Ok but that should've giving you a late and hard 1-2 as well; I would think, (insert disclaimer here). Are you even sure you had a 1-2 shift? Cuz these cars can go 40 mph easy in first. Don't forget you could have more than one problem.
lol well it might have been in 1st the whole time. I've never had the privilege of driving it with a working transmission but the manual shift seemed to work in every gear. It is very possible it was just stuck in 1st though.