Hesitation in Automatic ..am I just a lead foot??

[suzqfl]

1996-- only 19K on it that I just bought. I noticed that in the AM when I first start to get going it revs then kicks into gear around 40mph. It takes about 3 stops and restarts and then its smooth auto shifting up and down after that. It's not cold where I live (Fla) and it doesn't do it again usually like if I run out for lunch. If I leave it sitting all day while in the office and leave it starts the hesitation then rev cycle again.

Any clues????? or am I being lead footed on the engine and not giving it time to warm up in this type of car and shouldn't expect to be able to gun it?

[2ndBimmer]

instead of ignoring this, ill just say, i dont know. i have a stick.

im wondering though, if it has something to do with the joint effort of the engine management software and the transmission software...

[Rick]

I've had a '97 auto for about 3 months that does the same thing, I was very nervous, but talked to a local (Chicago) BMW mechanic who told me it was normal...He said that this is how the trans warms up and it also sets the on-board computer...

[Clockwork]

I drive a 1995, with an auto, and yeah, mine does the precise same thing. Down to a tee. About three strange hesitations, followed by smooth driving, for the rest of the day. My BMW has just under 100k miles, (bought it as a pity purchase, she was so pretty, and nobody loved her, cuzz she'd been around the block a few too many times.) and apart from this, which worried the heck out of me, the entire vehicle satisfies me.