Larry Jaques wrote:

I was stunned one day when I had reached down to feel the floor outlet
to see if the heater vent was working in my '90 F-150. I was doing
about 30mph after leaving my driveway and as my hand came back up to
the steering wheel, it hit the shifter and knocked it into reverse. In
about 2 seconds, I sat on the road in complete silence in a non-moving
truck. It had actually gone into reverse and stalled the engine,
stopping the truck. That blew me away. I had no idea that an auto
trans would allow that today, with all the other nanny crap we're
"protected" by.


My 2001 Saturn will not go into an opposite gear until it feels like it. Also, in
reverse, the engine is governed low. That refusal to change direction sucks if you just
spun out on an icy road and need to go the other way to get out of on coming traffic.
Sitting there forcing your self to just let it idle for a moment is hard to do.

Wes