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<x-flowed> I can't point you directly to solutions without reading up in the manuals, but I can comment on how it should perform. >1st gear is brutally short - barely winds up at all, and pops into second >(sounds neat when it shifts - just happens kinda too soon, even with the >pedal floored). If you floor it, it should wind way up -- like over 35mph in first gear. Is the kickdown switch installed, hooked up and working? >@ idle, in gear, (like at a stoplight), the tranny and brakes seem to be >"fighting", the car wants to creep... sometimes, there's a hard lurch when >starting the car - either forward or backward, depending on which was the >last gear you used when parking - This sounds wrong, too. Sometimes f.i. cars will have oscillating rpm's at idle, which can indicate an idle setting that is too fast or problems with the auxiliary air regulator. >Should the car always be started and shut off in "N"? You have to select "N" to start (you can choose "N" or "P" in later models), since there's an ignition cutoff switch under the shift lever. You can cut the ignition with the key in any gear position, though you'd most often do so in park, of course. >Should I be >downshifting manually? No need to do so in regular driving conditions. >Is there any adjustment of the shift points? I believe so... but my sense is that you've got something else broken or out of adjustment that you might want to attend to before adjusting shift points. Other AT experts on the list will chime in with particular suggestions, I'm sure. -Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org </x-flowed>