I have not had a chance to try it again yet, but I will soon and post my results. I currently don't have a way to demonstrate it for posting. If I'm wrong, I'll admit it, no problem, but I am 99% positive that I have manually put it into second and floored it without it kicking down to first.
Yes you can take of I #2 in the A8Looking forward to see it. Maybe we get lucky and someone else is testing it.