I am officially the biggest idiot ever.

by **makethemusic72** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:08 pm

I was picking my roommate up from her class tonight, it was raining. On the way home, although i have an automatic, it was so slippery that i decided to put the car in "2", but shifted the wrong way and put the car in PARK. I heard a slight grinding sound and i shifted it back, i was going like 10 mph.

I'm going to try and park it on a hill and see if its alright, but i'm pretty nervous.

Am i f@*$ed? or can our cars take it?

i can just hear the insults now......... :oops:

by **Ruski** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:23 pm

you should be Ok, but you never know

by **makethemusic72** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:25 pm

yeah i stood behind it a second ago and pushed the car, no movement. I drove it around some more, engine sounds fine, like it normally does, accelerates and decelerates fine.

I feel like....im stupid....

tyler

by **krawzyazn** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:09 pm

~~~LOL~~~

by **jetbtkng** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:15 pm

its fine, it wont lock up until about 2-4 mph, it has a ratchet type thingey, cant remember what its called, anyway you are now a proud member of the idiot racing team, congrats................ :drinking:

by **ASG14** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:21 pm

I've done it.....

Website · by **99BlackSandv6** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:00 pm

That sucks, how did the roommate react?

by **Skew** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:45 pm

My ex did that to her Geo Tracker... AFTER she got halfway out of it not realizing she had left it in reverse. So it started to roll back off of my somewhat steep drive way, she panics and crams it into park. It made the same sound before coming to a stop.

by **makethemusic72** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:53 am

jetbtkng wrote:its fine, it wont lock up until about 2-4 mph, it has a ratchet type thingey, cant remember what its called, anyway you are now a proud member of the idiot racing team, congrats................

Thank god.

My roomate reacted by saying "why the F*&^ do you have it in park?"
I reacted by saying...."uhhhhh.....F&^^"

boy, did it get hot in that car. :oops:

by **wkbrdr91** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:41 pm

I did something similar a few months ago, i was driving in a parking lot, going around a corner, and i was thinking that i had the car in manual (which i usually do) but didnt, and went to shift up... and shifted into reverse at about 35 mph or so... the car just shut off, i sat there for like 5 minutes contemplating whether or not i even wanted to start it and find out it was f*cked up... but it drives fine!!

by **kenny6683** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:51 pm

how does an Auto allow you to throw it into Park while its moving? i didnt think this was possible

by **wkbrdr91** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:05 pm

^ as long as your pressing the brake it should let you into park, even if it dosent engage

by **Gibson99** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:24 pm

wkbrdr91 wrote:^ as long as your pressing the brake it should let you into park, even if it dosent engage

gen1 has a shifter button on the side - as long as you're holding that in, you can shift into park, whether or not your foot is on the brake.

i think the foot on the brake thing is only for getting OUT of park, so i bet you could put your gen2 into park without braking as well. obviously wouldn't recommend it, but i bet it's possible.

I am officially the biggest idiot ever.

I am officially the biggest idiot ever.

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