My drive to work this morning...

"As Du Volant" (skuhnphoto)
05/18/2015 at 09:57 • Filed to: None

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DISCUSSION (25)

extraspecialbitter > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 10:00

Guilty of almost doing this a couple times. Stupid Imprezas.

Party-vi > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 10:00

Doug is that you?

As Du Volant > extraspecialbitter
05/18/2015 at 10:03

Today I learned there’s a lockout preventing you from moving the shifter straight from 5th to reverse. Stupid Lancer.

Carl (@stuffcarlsays) > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 10:03

This was my weekend, summed up in a meme. Silly 2.5L Jetta.

Tripper > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 10:06

Haha sometimes I shift out of sixth, looking for seventh?! Morning brain...

DoYouEvenShift > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 10:07

A buddy of mine got a free Ford Fiesta once. The shitty 90s box style. I went to shift from 4 to 5th. Nogo, only 4 gears. Scary shit on the highway.

ttyymmnn > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 10:08

I’ve done this more times than I care to remember. Especially since TX raised its speed limits to 75, and my Golf revs higher than I’m used to. I tend to shift based on the the sound of the engine, and the higher revs often catch me out.

OPPOsaurus WRX > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 10:12

i’ve almost done that a few times.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 10:12

Shift into 4th then... Nope, wait.. that’s it

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 10:13

That has nothing on my morning: I drove many highway miles without stopping in my automatic transmission car. When I finally stopped, I instinctively tried to shift into first to take off and tried to push my nonexistent clutch. I shifted into reverse.

Jayhawk Jake > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 10:15

At least a quarter of the time I drive my CRX I do this

Jayhawk Jake > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 10:15

Haha, my lockout is the grinding noise it makes when you try to put it in reverse at speed

As Du Volant > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
05/18/2015 at 10:19

Can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten into an automatic and tried to push the clutch in when coming to a stop, only to stomp the edge of the brake pedal and almost end up kissing the steering wheel.

philipilihp > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
05/18/2015 at 10:32

I had a very similar experience not long ago. I have now owned an automatic E90 for 3-odd years after driving a 5sp manual Mazda3 for 4 before that. The other day I was making a three point turn and tried to instinctively push the clutch and push the shifter all the way right and down for reverse... Freudian shift...?

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 10:49

I used to drive a 4-speed Toyota Tercel. Once in a while I would still hunt for the mysterious 5th gear, hoping the shifter was just stuck.

Jayhawk Jake > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
05/18/2015 at 11:10

I got one better: yesterday I took my Sonic through a drive through and reached for the non-existent manual crank to lower the window

Opposite Locksmith > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 11:13

Reigntastic, an oppo frequenter, tried to shift in 6th in my WRX twice haha

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 11:35

I have a manual bmw so instead of accidentally getting reverse instead ot sixth, I get reverse instead of first.

desertdog5051 > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 11:39

Loan my 5 speed manual car to my brother for the day to go across state. Returns it with the comment that is gets lousy gas mileage and revs too high. I ask if he knew it was a 5 speed. No, he says, I thought it was a 4 speed.

Pixel > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 11:41

My xB is a 5-speed, my ‘64 c10 pickup is a 3-speed. Driving the truck is interesting as *all* my shift pattern instincts are wrong. First in the xB is reverse in the truck, so at least once in nearly every trip i the truck I nearly back into the car behind me at a light. Also 1st is non-syncro & where 2nd “should” be, so when I instinctively try and downshift to 2nd at low speeds I instead grind first. And on the highway I keep trying to shift into the other two gears that aren’t there.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 12:18

I have never mistook the brake for a clutch, but I have stomped the dead pedal pretty hard once or twice when an “Oh Shit” braking has happened.

I also just realized when I moved it again just now that I probably shifted into neutral when I came to a stop, too.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Jayhawk Jake
05/18/2015 at 12:23

I used to do that a lot before I lost my last car with crank windows about 6 months ago.

At least the manufacturers haven’t added something that looks, feels, and moves like one in the same location while it has a distinctly different purpose (and controls motion of the car - dangerous!)...

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > As Du Volant
05/18/2015 at 13:42

Ive done that. Ive also downshifted into third while trying to upshift into 5th

pip bip - choose Corrour > As Du Volant
05/19/2015 at 07:12

i didn’t get out of 3rd on my commute this morning

thebigbossyboss > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
05/19/2015 at 13:04

For the past 10 years when I have visited home, I have driven my parents van around since it was sort of a spare car. I live across the country so I visited only one or twice per year. The van had a column shifter. So when they sold it, and told me “take the mazda instead” I got to the end of the driveway and instead of putting it from reverse into forward I .....turned the windshield wipers on very forcefully.

Good one smart guy.