Mike, Classic symptom of a bad computer governer. When I bought my car last year it was doing exactly what your car is doing.It's gear changes were very erratic.You did the right thing by not driving it much.The last owner of my car drove it for some time with the defective governer computer and when I drained the oil out of the transmission I started to unearth all sorts of carnage.Had to have the tranny rebuiult and also needed a new torque converter. I also replaced the governer and have had to problems since.The governers can be frustrating,one minute its acting crazy,the next its fine. So replace the governer and you should be good to go. So keep your chin up,you're almost there! Andrew VIN 2883 Sydney,Aus. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com