Auto Kick Down

[winnie]

C5 2001 auto estate 2lt.

I have given the car a good run and if I remember rightly, on automatics there is a kick down so I am traveling at 50 mph and I floor the accelerator, after about 3 to 5 seconds it decides to drop a gear but dose seem a bit on the sluggish side.

As I am getting on in years I'm not to worried but would like to know if this would be right for an old girl, the car that is.

Pat

[winnie]

My husband thinks it is ok, he said I am to gentle in putting my food down on the accelerator.

On the dashboard just under and to the right of the radio there is a button with a picture of a pad lock, what dose that do?   

[paul.h]

The padlock button will lock/unlock the doors. If you hold it in, it should activate auto locking once the car reaches 6 mph, keeping the doors locked until a door is opened from the inside by a door handle or the dash button.