No expert has this correct. ZF box. My Jag did this a lot until I learnt to either stop as straight as possible if braking hard to allow 1st to be selected or carry enough speed to keep box in 2nd. Carried same principle in my RRS and don,t suffer the lag

I think the second gear from stand still, is an 8 speed box thing, in D mine does it.

my 2006 4.2 SC keeps it self in second gear if it moving or coming up to a round about
it only drops to 1st if you come to a complete stop

That sounds about right. Mine usually only downshifts before a complete stop if I’m creeping pretty slow. 2011 RRS HSE Luxury 3.0 TDV6 Fuji White on Ebony/Ivory
Born and raised in So Cal. Moved to the UK in 2018 for a few years. Now in Poland and looking at moving back to the UK.

My gut feeling is that my 3.6 diesel (6 speed) is programmed to start in 2nd and only moves to 1st if I encourage it to go forward quickly. It is quite happy to move off in 2nd (even when stationary) but then realises from the throttle level that I want to go off a bit quicker and so selects 1st. Hence the lag. But there is no science behind my belief, only guesswork and feel. Robin
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NoExpert wrote:

That sounds about right. Mine usually only downshifts before a complete stop if I’m creeping pretty slow.