Oh as far as the term lowering the quality of this forum,1.don't quote out of context.2.I did not use the slang BS first!And i do not continually quote out of context to prove a minor point ! And I stand by my original explanation for a sluggish feeling from the MB autostick, it rarely uses 1 gear and starts in 2nd off the line unless you manualy shift to 1st or put your foot on the floor! Try it under 5mph downshift manualy if it drops to 1st then you started in 2nd!