Is Starts In 2nd Gear?

[boomtime]

One of my friends told me that the IS starts in 2nd gear to meet claiforni smog laws. I live in Texas. Is the true, if so is there away to bypass this???

[bartkat]

One of my friends told me that the IS starts in 2nd gear to meet claiforni smog laws.  I live in Texas.  Is the true, if so is there away to bypass this???

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Never heard of that. The shifter and the Eshift only indicate a 2nd position, but the car still takes off in low.

You should be able to tell what it's doing by taking off from a standstill and counting shifts.

[SKperformance]

2nd gear starts are for snow

[bartkat]

2nd gear starts are for snow

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We got a snow button for that. I don't believe you can force a 2nd gear start with the gear selector, with an IS300.

[Matthew_McNally]

I don't know about californian laws - but on the IS's and GS's I have driven with E-Shift, you cannot shift down to 1 manually.

This may give the impression that the car pulls away in second gear.

However, in auto, an e-shift mode, the car will start in 1st.

The manual selection of the gear is the same as on a standard autobox.

The gear selected in the highest gear the car will move up to - not the gear it starts in.

If you select 3 on your auto gearbox, it doesn;t start it in 3rd does it.

[bartkat]

I don't know about californian laws - but on the IS's and GS's I have driven with E-Shift, you cannot shift down to 1 manually.

This may give the impression that the car pulls away in second gear.

However, in auto, an e-shift mode, the car will start in 1st.

The manual selection of the gear is the same as on a standard autobox.

The gear selected in the highest gear the car will move up to - not the gear it starts in.

If you select 3 on your auto gearbox, it doesn;t start it in 3rd does it.

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Exactly.