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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Could be worse. Could be car from pre 1970 or so that didn't have the switch and could be started in gear.
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Bam! as he goes through the back door before it opens
I actually had to use that "feature" a few times like when the throwout bearing carrier melted on my 72 Chevy Luv and you couldn't put it in 1st unless it was off. Pretty much the same thing when I almost completely snapped off the shift fork because the tob seized on my 79 Fiesta Sport. The Luv wasn't too bad, it had a super sloppy tranny anyway so a little slammin' around got it to a shop, of course it was 5:15 on a Friday afternoon in the middle of the eastern Oregon desert. Made for a long weekend
The Fiesta left me with a 300 mile overnight drive through the central Rockies, thankfully there's no traffic at night on US 40 so I just milked it up to 4th gear by accelerating up, turning it off and gently shifting it to the next gear and turning it back on. Then I didn't stop for the next 5 hours. There are only a couple of small towns and at the time only 2 of them had traffic lights so no biggie
