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Ok here comes John's question of the day: The couple of times I've driven my Alpine (series 1) I've realized how low(?) (or is it high) first gear is. I've read almost everything I can get my hands on regarding Alpines and several articles have mentioned that first gear on this transmission is more of a utility gear designed originally for "Alpine" driving, starting out on a hill, or quick acceleration from stop when needed. One article suggested that 2nd gear is low enough that it can be used as start off gear in typical daily around town driving, to avoid using 1st and listening to the vintage sound of that gear quickly reving the engine up. In other words, 1st is kind of like low gear, used when needed, but otherwise 2 through 4th are normal driving gears. Any thoughts or experience with this train of thought?