A buddy of mine stopped by Santa Monica Honda the other day to shoot the shit w/ one of the salesman. An older guy that purchased a Yeller S2k the day before pulled up and was furious. He jumped out of his car and started screaming "my fuc____ tranny is broken already, I can`t get it into reverse!!!". My buddy replied with "down and over". You know the rest

I guess you never use reverse on a test drive haha

Ryan

 

LOL! When will they learn!?

 

Good taste, money and/or good credit doesn't always mean common sense

 

Ha, ha, that guy should've been on this board. Then he would've known how to get it into reverse. Wonder if he had to push his car backwards since he couldn't get it into reverse.

 

LOL!!! That's too Funny...

On the other hand, I had to give up my car for a month while my ankle healed from a fracture...My friend that I loaned it to...called up the next morning...say he couldn't figure how to get it in reverse...

Oh well live and learn...

 

aren't most manual transmissions set up with some sort of trigger to get into reverse these days? oh well, i guess some folks have more money than sense or brains.

 

I keep expecting valets to have a problem with reverse, but not one has asked me yet. Over 50% do have a problem finding the start button, though.

TXR

 

I have never valet parked my car. I saw Ferris Beuhler's Day Off more than once, and I fear that a joyride might mar the parking experience.

 

Yah, I've had a car w/ a reverse lockout. However, I'll say that the Honda method is quite unique. Most lockouts have a collar under the shift knob that you lift up to get into reverse.

 

Reverse lockout is apparently unusual to the Japanese. I drove VW's for years, and was accustomed to a lockout on reverse. I'm worried now because I own both a 2000 S2000 and a 1994 Integra. I've become used to making a 4-6 shift on the Honda when I'm just loafing along, keeping up with traffic; this same movement of the shifter would be a 4-R shift in the Integra( and there's no lockout to prevent it).

Fortunately, I would only make this shift when lazing along, so I don't think that I'd force it enough to do any real damage. However, some sort of lockout on Reverse should be a requirement to enter the sportscar market.