904 doesn’t start in 1st?

The much hated skud missile (low flying, poorly guided missle) AKA 78 Ford LTD II, would lock in second if you selected "D2." It was much appreciated by me a couple of winters. I was fairly broke, then, and being able to kill some torque on an icy intersection got me goin' more than once. My 04 Sierra also starts in 2 if that is selected, but there's been times that I've had it in "2" and tromped on it, it will kick into 1. Weird, that. It does not have "posi"

That's surprising, as most of them do nowadays. Used to be, it was the other way around. How are the brakes now?