Hi Guys & Gals,

Just thought share a rather strange incident that occurred yesterday
morning. I was on my way to work, and I was going up an on ramp to
highway 5 in Marietta. This ramp doesn't fade out, but becomes part
of the highway for about a mile before it ramps down on to I-75 south.
There is a second lane on this highway that continues on for about
that same mile when it branches with one branch going north and one
going south before swinging north.

So, I've got these two really slow drivers in front of me going up the
ramp, and I plan to move to the other lane and pass these pokeys and
then get back on the ramp/thruway to I-75. I'm just making my move
and stepping down hard on the gas when the vehicle directly in front
of me blocks my advance by moving into the other lane ahead of me.

Now the transmission has already kicked down into 2nd gear, but I
lift my foot off the gas very quickly to avoid crashing into the slow
moving minivan. So now I'm stuck, and can't get around these guys,
and I back off, but I notice the transmission hasn't up-shifted to a
more reasonable gear for the throttle. I could not get it to up-shift
by moving the gear selector either. The car stayed in this gear,
reving about 4500 rpm for nearly 3/4 of a mile. The whole time I"m
trying to get it to respond to the gear selector.

We started braking at that point, as we were coming into the feeder
lanes for I-75 (two lanes run for about 3/4 mile then merge to one, then
merge onto I-75) and traffic is always a bit jammed here. As we were
slowing down, the transmission up-shifted. And has worked as normal
since. I"m just curious as to why it seemd to hang. I know the tranny
will hold a gear a little longer than other cars when down shifting on its
own (stepping down hard on the gas), but that was ridiculous.

I dunno, that was just wierd.

Coyote