After I wrote my question I knew I should have described how the car behaves in 3 and D. It shifts absolutely perfect in 3 and D. So why do I want to drive in 2 so bad ? In 3 and D you really have to keep it floored to run in second gear up to 25 or 30 which I find myself doing more often than I'd like. I would like to liesurely go from 10 to 30 mph instead of drag racing. Thanks for the suggestion R Leo, I'll check out the bowden cable as soon as I can find it in the manual. Can you tell I'm a newbie?

Thanks,
Gilbert