I disagree, I've owned 15 Mercedes and several were early 80's
diesels. And
all of the automatic transmission models I owned, but my 280SEL 4.5's,
started in second gear. The 280SEL 4.5's started in first gear.
We also have owned quite a fleet, and the only one we had that started
in second was the Albatross (79 240D). The rest all start(ed) in first,
though a couple of the gassers do rest in second while stopped.
It's complicated, I think we can all agree. We should just leave it
at that.
-- Jim
