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Originally Posted by Braces
My mishap occurred when I 1st picked the car up from the dealership. They had completed all of the new car pre-info stuff and I was ready to drive off. But I needed to back up 1st. The car is a manual. I did not know that I needed to pull up on the shifter knob to engage reverse. I sat there for 4-5 embarrassing minutes attemping to find reverse. I finally asked. As a side note: when I test drove the car .... I never needed to put the car in reverse.
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This happened to me when I bought my previous car (STI, which has the same lockout ring). Could not figure out how to get it into reverse. Had to ask to figure it out.
It's also a good habit whenever someone has to drive your car to let them know how to engage R.