Moneyshifted

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by sunami88

I was going in for a service one time, and saw a '17 being hauled off by a flatbed. Story goes the guy was heading down an off-ramp, and instead of going 6-3 he went 6-1 (probably going ~100kph at the time). IIRC he fully owned up that he was showing off for a girl.

#totaled... Literally. The dealership even had a line on a surprisingly cheap replacement engine+tranny but the guy ended up selling it to a friend for pennies.

Shit happens

That is a big ooff.

[TooSlow]

Is it even possible to get into 1st gear going anything over 5 mph? I thought there was a shift lockout.

[sunami88]

Originally Posted by TooSlow

Is it even possible to get into 1st gear going anything over 5 mph? I thought there was a shift lockout.

Good question: That's just the story I was told. I imagine if you were hooning it trying to impress someone and jammed it in there hard enough you could, but I wasn't in the car or anything. From a mechanical standpoint that's a tad over my head lol.

But Service Managers do love their stories, and that's who I was talking to, so take it with a grain of salt.


Edit:
A cursory Google tells me you may be correct, but lockouts vary wildly by make/model. Also, double clutching might get around it.

Pretty OT but I'd be interested if anyone more knowledgeable chimed in briefly.

[JesseG]

That really sucks for the OP, if it’s even a real story. I thought there was a shift lockout for 1st if you are going fast enough? Guess not!
I can understand what NoHaveMSG said about selecting a wrong gear on a track. On the street though it should be easy to avoid. The manual in the twins is so good, it’s very precise. Aside from the 2nd gear synchro which can be temperamental.
But mistakes can happen to anyone, even if you are experienced with driving a manual.


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