I'm talking about the gears that I change every time from "D" to "S". Can I set to other gears to start with, or it has to be "3" at all time.

 

Why does it matter? It's not like it's literally always in 3rd gear when you do it. It means your RANGE is 3 gears, and if you're from a stop, you're starting in 1st gear and going all the way up to three.

 

I did try that from stop, still 3, hummmmmm

 

Read what I said carefully. It'll say 3 because that is what the range is. It doesn't matter what the # is when you're stopped. No matter what the # says, you start in 1st gear. If the # said 50000, you will still be in 1st gear when you're stopped.

 

Put it to "S" and pull the shifter towards you two times and you'll stay at one!

 

FromTheOld, I understand what you said the RANGE is.

Schmohey, I know that lol, I was thinking about if my car is just start moving from the 1st gear, and going to change to 2nd gear, right at that moment, I push from D to S, it should show me either 1 or 2 on the dashboard instead of in the 3 range.

 

It is pretty dumb. Every other auto shift Ive driven shows 1.

 

Finally someone with me on the same page. Do we have a way to change it?

 

Nah, I think its just what they chose. First time I did it I was like "WTF, third gear"