Yal - thanks! I don't normally drive the car. My mother thought it felt "Weird" and has me looking at it. From a dead stop i can count 3 gears - at 60MPH it runs at about 3200 rpm - does this sound right? Also the gear shift indicates 2, 3, and D - I have read the owners manual and it says absolutely nothing about how to shift the car or how it is suposed to shift itself.

So just to confirm you are saying that there is a first (LOW) gear that the car dosn't normally use unless you jump on the gas from a dead stop? And does 3200 rpm sound correct for 60 MPH?

Thanks again.

B