Michael Chare wrote:

Just yesterday I parked my car in a grass car park. The space I parked in was
sloping and as I was going to have to reverse out uphill I did think I am glad
its not wet!

I thought reverse gear in vehicles was always a lower gear than first?

My father learned to drive whilst in the army. He's well retired now,
but his
driving license put me to shame with all the categories of vehicles he
was
permitted to drive.

One day he was at a friend's house (built on hilly ground) when a
delivery
lorry arrived.
With the weight on the vehicle, the engine wouldn't pull the vehicle up
the
driveway.

Having watched the driver attempt this a couple of times, my
genetically-irate
father walked over to the driver's opened window and shouted at him to
"put it into the lowest gear".
By this point the driver wasn't too endeared with the situation, so he
shouted back words to the effect of "If you can do this better pal then
you're welcome to try."

So my father took him up on the offer, jumps into the lorry, turns it
round
then reversed up the hill!

I can just picture his smug satisfaction having taught the driver that
reverse
is actually lower than first.

Mungo :-)