Automotive Fail Achievement Unlocked

"Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager" (Nighthawkwill7) 10/14/2014 at 17:30 • Filed to: None

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Today I tried to turn off my Malibu while the transmission was still in drive. I have no idea what I was thinking at the time.

I'll be sitting facing the corner now.

Cherry_man1 > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 17:33

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I've done that a few times with my mustangs and once with the torino

Leon711 > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 17:33

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it's lost on me, only driven an auto once. can you not switch it off in D?

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 17:33

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/shameful chime in

16 times with the Lexus....

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > Cherry_man1 10/14/2014 at 17:34

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I was beginning to wonder if something was wrong with the ignition before it dawned on me. I felt like such an idiot.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 17:35

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Ive done that on my dads odyssey. I felt so bad afterwards, especially because that transmission is the original one and at 94k miles its just waiting to fail.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > Leon711 10/14/2014 at 17:36

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Not in the Chevy. Haven't tried it in the Merc and I am not exactly keen on trying.

Tohru > Leon711 10/14/2014 at 17:36

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Some cars will let you, but with the engine off it's like it's in neutral.

JGrabowMSt > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 17:36

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I still stall once in a while when parking. That whole flipping between an auto and a manual thing. Gets me every time.

I also furiously stomp the footwell on occasion in the Magnum.

For some reason though, I never do it in the SL...I don't know....

thebigbossyboss > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 17:38

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You can switch it off in most cars. But you can;t turn it on. That is one safety feature I am perfectly all right with.

Leon711 > Tohru 10/14/2014 at 17:39

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I guess as its an auto you'd leave in park, so turning it off leaves it to roll. manuel is easier hombre.

RazoE > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 17:39

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I do this all the time in my xB. I'll then wonder why the hell the key won't come out. This and the phantom clutch that makes me nearly break through the floor sometimes.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > JGrabowMSt 10/14/2014 at 17:40

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I haven't driven stick in a while but I remember the stomping the footwell feeling.

Übel > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 17:42

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When I do find myself driving an automatic car, I do this literally every time.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 17:43

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Done the manual version of this, leaving car in gear for parking, but releasing the clutch before killing the engine. Causes it to stall and lurch forward.

Manuél Ferrari > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 17:44

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When I got back into my car after lunch today I noticed I had not pulled the parking break. And it wasn't in gear either. Luckily it hadn't rolled back as it was on a slight include :o

This is the problem with switching back and forth from different cars. I had been driving nothing but Manuél for over a week and then drove DCT yesterday (which automatically goes into park for you when you turn the car off).

Manuél Ferrari > JGrabowMSt 10/14/2014 at 17:45

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Flipping back and forth does cause weird situations indeed

twochevrons > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/14/2014 at 17:45

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Worse, and I've done this far too many times than I care to admit, is trying to start the car with it still in gear. That lurch. Ugh.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > twochevrons 10/14/2014 at 17:47

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I start every car with the clutch down so I've managed to avoid this, a decent habit to develop if you switch between cars a lot or park in gear.

twochevrons > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/14/2014 at 17:50

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Every time I do it, that exact thought goes through my mind. But old habits die hard, and until now, I'd always driven cars with strong handbrakes, so I never bothered to park in gear. Now both of my cars have bad handbrakes (the MG's one won't release if you apply it, and the Volvo's simply doesn't work), and I just end up making a fool of myself.

Tohru > Leon711 10/14/2014 at 17:51

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I know this. Why are you telling me this?

ttyymmnn > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 17:53

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At least you didn't lock the keys in the car with the engine running. Been there, done that.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > ttyymmnn 10/14/2014 at 17:54

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I'd die of shame if that ever happened to me. I felt bad enough with this already.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > twochevrons 10/14/2014 at 17:54

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My parents last two cars both require the clutch to be down to start at all so that's where I got the habit. I never used to park in gear but got into that habit after a car rolled down the road into my grandparents driveway, taking our trailer out in the process.

Leon711 > Tohru 10/14/2014 at 17:56

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for my self affirmation. I'm an automatic trans noob.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > Manuél Ferrari 10/14/2014 at 17:56

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DCT is the Bimmer? Lucky your car didn't roll down the road though, lol.

ttyymmnn > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 17:57

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You're only ashamed or embarrassed if you let yourself be.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 18:05

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My mother does it in her Passat almost every single day. Poor car.

Cherry_man1 > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 18:09

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lol

Manuél Ferrari > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 18:14

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I know! Haha. It wouldn't have rolled onto a major street. But it could have rolled back into the parking lot of the shopping center I was in. That would have been bad...

Yeah the bimmer is a DCT. It works well, with ONE big exception.

I like that it puts the car in park for you when you turn the car off. No issues with that.

What I don't like is that the car lets you turn it off while rolling, and it still keeps that auto park feature in place. So sometimes I forget that the car goes into park for you and turn the engine off when slowly rolling to a stop. That's bad cause the gear engages and you get a loud thud. Can't be good for the car even if going pretty slow!

Cé hé sin > twochevrons 10/14/2014 at 18:38

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This is a thing I believe you can't do with US spec cars, they have an interlock that prevents you using the starter unless you press the clutch first.

Cé hé sin > Manuél Ferrari 10/14/2014 at 18:41

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"Can't be good for the car even if going pretty slow!"

Definitely not, park usually works by putting a pawl into a toothed wheel. Do that when moving and you'll break it. I'm surprised your car allows you do that.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > Manuél Ferrari 10/14/2014 at 18:44

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I put an F-350 in park while at speed when I was younger, it sounded like a low rpm Gatling gun.

Manuél Ferrari > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 10/14/2014 at 19:50

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It's the opposite of beuno when it happens!

Manuél Ferrari > Cé hé sin 10/14/2014 at 19:50

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I'm surprised too! Seems like a design flaw to me.

I know it was my fault for being an idiot and doing that. But still... Cars should be designed to protect themselves.

AV Nerd > RazoE 10/23/2014 at 16:16

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Happens to me all the time when driving automatics at work and I've only had my personal car with a manual for 8 months. Very disorienting at a stoplight or when hitting the gas to pass someone.