'93 90 slushbox weirdness?

[Elliott Potter]

So I guess my 90 is a bit jealous of the good time I had in my mother's
brand-new A6 4.2q (wow...), because the automatic transmission is
starting to act a bit funny.
It's always had this thing where when you shift from Reverse to Drive,
it takes a second or for Drive to actually engage; well now it takes a
few seconds, like 5 or 6 or more, and it helps a lot if I'm giving it a
bit of gas.  I found this out after nearly backing in to my neighbor
after pulling out of the driveway (which is a bit of an incline).

Any thoughts on what this might be?  Do I need to be looking for a
transmission/new car?  I'm going to check the fluid tomorrow, thought I
don't see any evidence that it's been leaking.

Thanks as usual,
--
Elliott
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