Reverse gear?

[andru47]

Yeah it's like they said, If you shift to R while moving forward, you will hear a loud crank noise, at this point you should freak out and let go of the shift knob, the box should spit the gear the neutral, then place it in the correct gear. The shift box is designed to spit you to neutral when a gear isn't properly engaged. It has happened to me when I don't pull the stick all the way then I rev and go no where. Re-clutch and engage the correct gear and you're off!

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by andru47

Yeah it's like they said, If you shift to R while moving forward, you will hear a loud crank noise, at this point you should freak out and let go of the shift knob, the box should spit the gear the neutral, then place it in the correct gear. The shift box is designed to spit you to neutral when a gear isn't properly engaged. It has happened to me when I don't pull the stick all the way then I rev and go no where. Re-clutch and engage the correct gear and you're off!

lol, automatically eh?

that's some priceless misinformation right there

[IllusionX]

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

hmmm I guess most of us never dared to try so cannot speak from experience

let my mini cooper S (6 speed MT) friend drive my car once. Did, tried, done. It won't go in "6th" lol

Originally Posted by Ryu

What if you have a automatic, will you be able to shift back to reverse while driving?

I know that would be totally stupid to do so and no one should attempt, but just thought to ask.

tried that in a chevy uplander. It felt like the transmission was about to fall off.. tires would squeak like if you brake enough to lock the wheels (no abs). Tried it once... will never do it again, now i know what it is. please, don't do it on your automatic yaris. Wait untill the car is still before you put it in reverse.

there is really no excuse to mistakenly shift into reverse on any automatic cars.

[supmet]

Originally Posted by IllusionX

tried that in a chevy uplander. It felt like the transmission was about to fall off.. tires would squeak like if you brake enough to lock the wheels (no abs). Tried it once... will never do it again, now i know what it is. please, don't do it on your automatic yaris. Wait untill the car is still before you put it in reverse.

there is really no excuse to mistakenly shift into reverse on any automatic cars.

LOL.. good ole chevy. The Yaris will stay in neutral if you shift into reverse on the freeway in an automatic.

[tomato]

Originally Posted by Tamago

you've never sat with the engine off and shifted through the gears?

I used to do that every time I had to drive someone else's cars. Clutch always feels a little different from one car to the next.

Speaking of which, I think I'm starting to get used to the clutch on my Yaris, finally. Pfewww, about time, too! It looks like the key to shifting smoothly in low gears with that car is to give it a little more gas, otherwise it chokes.

[Ramblin yari]

Originally Posted by Ryu

What if you have a automatic, will you be able to shift back to reverse while driving?

I know that would be totally stupid to do so and no one should attempt, but just thought to ask.

Well, my brother did this to my dads car when he was young and stupid. 55 mph, slammed into reverse.

My dad was furious but never found out why the reverse gear didn't didn't work anymore.

[andru47]

Originally Posted by Tamago

lol, automatically eh?

that's some priceless misinformation right there

Well mine does it, if the shifter doesn't fall into gear right, the spring puts it back to neutral. Of course not unless you keep pushing it into gear, hence I said let go.

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by andru47

Well mine does it, if the shifter doesn't fall into gear right, the spring puts it back to neutral. Of course not unless you keep pushing it into gear, hence I said let go.

you said the box spits the car to neutral then puts itself into gear..

probably just poor wording on your part but it made it sound like the gearbox automatically put itself back into gear

[andru47]

Originally Posted by Tamago

you said the box spits the car to neutral then puts itself into gear..

probably just poor wording on your part but it made it sound like the gearbox automatically put itself back into gear

Ah I see should have put a period there! Yeah it was more like the next step. After that happens re-clutch and (YOU) place it in the correct gear.