Originally Posted by
MirageRally
This is also true as Loren had somebody who accidentally mis-shifted and blew the motor. There have been times where I almost mis-shifted but quickly looked down and realized what I was trying to do... Then put it back in the appropriate gear. Sometimes you can almost feel the grinding before it even happens too... For example I went from 5th to 3rd and immediately could feel the vibration of the gear before I quickly put it in 4th.
I have heard people say manual is dangerous, because a mistake crossing train tracks could be too costly for a shifting mistake. But all old cars were manual trannies at some point, I'm pretty sure only high end Olds had automatics in days of yore. And in the old days the actual automatics were weird. Autos in new cars are weird too. No longer up and down lever, now you go left and up and you can damage the engine in an automatic with the paddle shifters.
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