On Mon, 03 Oct 2016 22:10:52 +1300, Gregory Ewing wrote: > Rustom Mody wrote: >> My new car goes in reverse when I put it in first gear but only on >> full-moon nights with the tank on reserve when the left light is >> blinking > > OT aside: When I went to take my current car (a manual) for a test > drive, I had to stop and ask the dealer how to put it into reverse. > > Turns out the only difference between first and reverse on that model is > whether you lift up a little ring on the shaft of the gear lever prior > to engagement. > > Who came up with *that* brilliant piece of user interface design I don't > know. It seems specifically designed to encourage velocity sign errors > when starting off...
that sounds like typical Vauxhall & i never found it an issue when i had one . unlike my current car which supposedly requires extra force to move across the gate to reverse. I constantly find that it selects reverse without effort when not required, but goes into 1st when trying to select reverse. -- The Hollywood tradition I like best is called "sucking up to the stars." -- Johnny Carson -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list