The time it takes to shift to 1st is a lot slower than being in the gear allready. Now I am fairly new to these cars, i'm used to turbo 350-400 where there is no issue to holding it in 1st. As far as I can tell there should be an extra set of clutches or an extra band engaged while in 1st. My question is why it goes in drive but not 1st, and what could be broken. I don't need critisium on how to drive I need answers. Now if someone tells me these transmissions suck that much that you can't drive them like this why are we all chasing more speed and power.