Gear shift lever. Note position of "R" |
Ozyasar, who may well be a moderately authoritative author when it comes to business topics, must've been desperate for cash the day he penned this one. Even if he can't drive a manual transmission himself (many drivers can't), Ozyasar managed to find a website with instructions: look over your right shoulder (left in a right-hand drive car), etc. Of course, being stuck with the DMS command to "begin each step with an action verb" forced Hunkar to write stupid stuff like
"Master the launch in first gear..."
...which, we suppose, means, "If you can't drive a stick shift forward, you probably can't drive it in reverse, either!" Whatever the case, Ozyasar then exhorts his readers to"Depress the clutch pedal with your left foot. With the clutch fully depressed, place the gear lever into reverse.... Take your left foot off the clutch slowly... Take your left foot off the clutch slowly..."...all of which is pretty much correct (good references, we suppose). We just have one problem, and it's a problem we suspect results from Hunkar's unfamiliarity with manual transmission: How the hell do you "place the gear lever into reverse"? Never mind the weird preposition, just where is reverse gear? |
Well, folks, the position of reverse depends on a lot of things. It depends on where the shifter is: yes, there used to be cars with "three on the tree." It depends on the number of forward gears: three, four, five or six (and more in big trucks). It also depends on the car maker and the manufacturer of the transmission. There are two Toyota pickups at ANHQ, with the 5-speed transmission reverse is opposite 5th gear in the rear right position; with the 6-speed reverse is to the left of first gear in the forward left position.
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