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Originally Posted by Jeff7
Good assumption, indeed. There are a number of conditions that must be met for the skip shift to activate (light throttle, certain speed, et al). These conditions seem to correlate to the EPA test cycle which is why Chevy does it. Makes for higher mpg and helps avoid the gas guzzler tax. When I was in stop and go traffic and wanted to shift to second gear, the skip shift was really annoying. I don't have that problem anymore!
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Leaving work today I tried shifting at 10 MPH and it let me shift to 2nd, so 20 MPH isn't the magic number. I tried several times to see if it would force me to do 1st to 4th, just to see what it was like and every time I could shift to 2nd. Oh well, it'll probably just happen when I least expect it. Like you said, there are probably a number of factors that all have to occur to force this. No complaints though...