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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
Yes it would allow it to happen...you can do it in a manual too...
Yea, but you'd have to be He-Man and call upon the forces of Castle Grey Skull to break the reverse lockout.....
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by BonzoAPD
ah yes it is amazing what type of noobs this site attracts :chuckles:



as opposed to some sites which don't attract anyone at all...
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 05:01 PM
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Im pretty sure that auto trannys do not allow for that to happen.
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 97CivicSI
Im pretty sure that auto trannys do not allow for that to happen.
Can't speculate on anything else, but I accidentily did it to a customers Grand Am on a roadtest :nervous: The tires locked up instantly. Only lasted maybe 2 seconds before I quickly put it back in D.
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by umop-apisdn
Can't speculate on anything else, but I accidentily did it to a customers Grand Am on a roadtest :nervous: The tires locked up instantly. Only lasted maybe 2 seconds before I quickly put it back in D.
when we replaced the front suspension on my dads 88 camry, we had to take the calipers off, so we had to release brake line pressure. then my dad replaced the spark plugs and went for a test drive, he tried pressing on the brakes but nothing happened (since we didnt bleed the lines) so he yanked the e-brake and slammed it into park. now the tranny doesnt really downshift, lol.
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 05:19 PM
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when I was learning to drive I was going down hill on a dirt road and the car shut off and it wouldn't get the brakes, I panicked and put in in reverse and than on park, the car made all sorts of noises and it finally stopped, after having a mechanic check the car I ended up bending some kind of pin that was part of the tranny and it was replaced. so i guess some cars do have some kind of safety feature to prevent this :dunno:
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by GSR4444
what would happen if you were goin like 40mph in "drive" (auto tranny), then shifted to "reverse"
Shit be blownin' up! :doh:
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by RB
as opposed to some sites which don't attract anyone at all...
I think you need a hug :hugglez:
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 08:45 PM
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I actually did this in my 91 civic HB a couple years ago... Just a wee bit tired, driving a friend home, passed some old fawker in D3 and accidentally shifted to R. I remember that moment of terror when I saw the white lights in my rear-view. Oddly enough, nothing happened. In fact, the tranny still works fine to this day.

?? Stranger things have happened.
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Old Aug 25, 2004 | 06:25 AM
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The reverse lockout is only 5th to reverse, not neutral to reverse.
Might as well blow up that auto tranny, swap it out for a manual.
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