As we left our company meeting downtown this morning, I merged onto the interstate with an ease I am unaccustomed to in the Odyssey. Something felt a little funny, but I couldn’t tell what, and I had to watch the other vehicles… (and keep up with the in-car conversation, too, of course!) But it definitely was peppier than usual. Once I was safely on the interstate, I glanced at my speedometer to find my speed and happened to glance at my tach.

Needle straight up.

5500 rpm. 55 mph.

The highest this engine has ever revved. Not good.

I let off the gas for it to shift, and it didn’t. I began running a mental checklist to try and pinpoint the problem. It was kind of amazing that for all its revving the engine didn’t sound very loud ~ a good thing, I suppose. But what could be wrong?

Then on my instrument panel, I noticed the little numeral two highlighted.

You know, between the ‘D’ and the ‘1′…