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IIRC, even manual transmissions have a speed limiter that will prevent you from shifting into 1st at 100 mph.


Maybe on fancy transmissions, but the Citroen I used to drive certainly didn't. Never tried at 100km/h, but I did sometimes accidentally switch to the wrong gear at lower speeds (like switching to 2 or 3 while driving 80) and it never stopped me.


You can always force it ... but in general there is some protection that at least makes a lot more difficult to move to 1st/2nd when doing 100 km/h. Third and fourth are no issues.




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