Transmission Questions 1998 G3

[commercialbrokerage]

I am really loving my 98' G3 but I had 2 questions regarding the transmission for this car:

1. Is it normal for the car to have a small lag from 1st to 2nd? especially when rolling through say a stop sign? I mention this because it seems to also lag a little from1st to 2nd when I hit the gas hard, yet the 3rd to 4th shifts much smoother. I havent reset the ECU but I wanted some opinions since it I have heard that this was just a characteristic of Lexus Tranny torque. Now I do want to say it IS a lag but I do not heard any gears slipping!

2. Also I own a 1996 Benz E320 and the tranny went out on that car with only 75K miles on it!! my Lex has about 97K miles on it now so realistically how much mileage should I get to expect before I have to change it out?

thanks!

[djspawn00]

I can't explain the lag, but your tranny should be fine as long as you stay on top of the maintenance.