Man, every damn freaking time!

So here's the scoop. 90% of the time I drive my 6-spd Max so I'm really used to the car. Occasionally, I drive the wife's 5-spd 2K, like last night for example. We occasionally take the 2K to spread the mileage around on the cars.

Anyhow, I'm driving last night and accelerating from a stop, finally shift into 5th, and then "try" to shift into 6th...again. This is like the 4th or 5th time I do this.

Its purely out of habit. I mean, I know the car only has 5 gears. I know trying to put it in reverse at high speed is bad. But its like I'm not even thinking about it. Its a reflex, like clutching. I don't know if its because the insides of the cars is so similar (both are black interior with the leather package) or if its just that I am used to shifting into a 6th gear.

Of course, the car doesn't exactly appreciate someone trying to put it into reverse at 100 km/h and makes this nice grinding sound. Luckily, I was doing a fairly light shift so I didn't jam it hard into reverse.

I sheepishly put the car back into 5th gear, hoping the wife didn't notice. Of course, she's no dummy so she turns to me and says: "You just tried to put into 6th, didn't you?". I lower my head in shame and meekly say "yes".

Man, I'm going to have to get a big yellow sticker on put it in the middle of the steering wheel: "THIS CAR DOES NOT HAVE A 6TH GEAR. SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AT HIGH SPEED IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE TRANSMISSION"

 

R? Reverse?? Heck no man that R (south of 5th) means 'RACE' and if it's a Honda it means 'Rice'

 

 

You need to get that fixed...trade in the 2k on a second 2002 Max 6 speed.

 

Fortunately there is a lockout going from 5th to R. You have to shift into 1-2-3-4 before going to R

 

Now you're talking! Better yet, I'm going to wait until the G35 Coupe comes out and trade the 2K for that.

 

or you can just drive an AUTO like me

 

My thought EXACTLY!

 

I got a kick out of this one - My favorite part - "I sheepishly put the car back into 5th gear, hoping the wife didn't notice. Of course, she's no dummy so she turns to me and says: "You just tried to put into 6th, didn't you?". I lower my head in shame and meekly say "yes". " - CLASSIC!!!!

 

So did you actually get it into the R gear? Or did the tranny keep you from actually putting it into R?

 

Thankfully no. I think because reverse gears lack a synchro, its more or less impossible to get the car into reverse with any kind of forward speed.

The car just makes a very disturbing grinding noise, kinda like when you miss a shift and try to put the car into gear with pushing in the clutch.

 

haha thank god for that...get a post it note that says "NO 6TH GEAR!!" and stick it on the 2k windshield...