[DeTomaso] Shifting Problem, Too Funny

[Rob Dumoulin]

Or worse yet, since the brake pedal is bigger on automatics, you hit the
brake hard when trying to shove in the clutch out of habit.  Done that.

Rob

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 9:56 PM, MyCars <MyCars at comcast.net> wrote:

> I used to have the problem of hitting the air clutch when I'd drive one
> of my automatic cars! I'd feel real stupid when my foot would slam to
> the floor... then I'd laugh at myself.
>
> Roydon
>
>
> On 4/15/2011 6:38 PM, tmshinro at aol.com wrote:
> >   I've got one better than that.   I have an 86 Porsche 944 turbo that
> has the traditional 5 speed shift pattern where reverse is all the way to
> the left and down (where 5th gear is on the Pantera).   Whenever I go
> between the two cars I have re-orient my thinking on the gear patterns.
>  Years ago I was driving the 944 on the interstate and went to engage 5th
> gear and accidentally moved the shift lever in reverse at about 60 mph.
> The gear actually engaged but before I let out the clutch I realized what
> happened.   To this day, I always look at the shift pattern on top of the
> gear lever in the 944 when I shift into 5th.
> >
> > Tom
> > #5186
> >
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dennis Yogi<dhyogi at gmail.com>
> > To: Detomaso Archives<detomaso at realbig.com>
> > Sent: Fri, Apr 15, 2011 8:12 pm
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Shifting Problem, Too Funny
> >
> >
> > Well after a long winter storage (just was busy during the past winter
> > season to drive it, although we did have some 20 degree weather days) I
> > pulled the cover off of the 5-0 Pushbutton and decided to start and take
> her
> > out for a drive and circulate the fluids.  She started up fine but when I
> > went to back out of the driveway I found that I had no reverse gear.
>  Damn,
> > leave her sitting and the shifter adjustment must have gone off tune.
> > Having done the adjustment routine so many time that I have it memorized,
> I
> > got out the wrenches and went to work.  After several attempts I still
> > couldn't get reverse gear working.  Frustrated I took a break and just
> sat
> > in the car thinking of my next move.  Then looking at the shift plate I
> > realized . . . Having been driving my newly acquired Toyota T100 pickup
> > during the winter months I had gotten used to it's shift pattern and was
> > putting the Pantera in 5th gear instead of reverse!  Duh!  Funny thing is
> > that when I first got the truck, I kept starting off in 2nd gear (1st
> gear
> > on the Pantera) and always stumbled the take offs.  I guess the moral of
> the
> > story is to drive your toys or you'll forget how!
> >
> >
> > Aloha from Las Vegas,
> >
> > Dennis
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