This issue has been going on for sometime now but I haven't realized the weight of it until recently. On start up the vehicle sounds great and throaty and the first 15 secs or so it has sufficient power in 1st and 2nd. Afterwards on any type of incline or say the smallest mound of snow behind a tire it struggles to move in reverse, 1st and 2nd - 3rd gear is a god send currently.

Automatic shifts smoothly between the gears, no hesitation in that. When manual shifting its the same scenario, it's like 1st and 2nd take forever to engage power and only after 3,000 rpms.

Before I go and spend buku bucks, any suggestions of where to start?

2006 LR3 v6.