yea i heard about the trannys. Today when i went on break at work i went to put it in drive and very lightly press the gas( im not used to the car yet seeing as it was only my 2nd time driving it) and it launched really hard and made a "thud " sound. i took off and it did fine. alo another thing i noticed was that from goin from 1st to 2nd it felt as if i was dirving a 5spd. my bf (cootees) said that seeing how its an older car it wont shift as smoothly. I know of a few people to take a lookat it but what could make it launch and thud like that. I dont wanna let my moms bf look at it. (hes the "i know everything about cars (domestics) person...arragont SOB)..any ideas