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Please note that your car starts in 2nd gear from a stand still. So it may seem like it only has 3 gears.

If you would like to test this out, with a operating temperature engine, do a full throttle and you will notice that the car will shift to 1st and then rev up.

Or, a more safe and sane way to do this, while stopped and the brake pedal applied, move the shifter from D to 3 and then to 2, then back to 3 and then D. This tells the transmission to start in 1st. Kind of like a user override. If you do it this way make sure you put a little extra throttle so that the car does not shift to 2nd so quickly.

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2006 BMW M5 "Heidi" @ 109,000 miles
2005 MBZ C55 AMG "Lorelai" @ 165,000 miles
1991 MBZ 300E "Benzachino II" @ 165,000 miles
1990 MBZ 500SL "Shoshanna" @ 118,000 miles

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