Do you fully stop before shifting from reverse to drive etc?

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Do you fully stop before shifting from reverse to drive etc?

Hi everyone, this is still bugging me.

A while back, I lent my car out to a friend who shifts from reverse to drive etc. without completely stopping first. I realized this after I agreed to lend it to him. He did it once while I was in the car with him and it made me literally queeze. I asked him not to do it again for the day but who knows what went on. He used the car for about 40 miles.

Anyway, is it super-bad to do that to the transmission? It makes me go crazy, and I can't stop thinking about it, but yet I see people in parking lots doing it ALL THE TIME.

So, do you do it and is it bad for an auto transmission? A friend told me it wasn't because there's no metal to metal contact, but who knows.
 
well, in a stick i don't think it matters but with an automatic, it's gotta be hard on the tranny... not like i really know the answer lol.
but i always come to a stop when shifting cuz i have to pay for my own auto repairs. you know what i don't like is seeing people who drive with one foot on the gas and the other on the brake.
 
I make a full stop before shifting to Drive. I am not sure if not stopping when shifting is bad for the car, but I take no chances. And I figure it can't be good for the car anyway.
 
From a chevy site"

Most trannys go out because of the shift from reverse to drive without stopping,
 
Yeah, that sort of answers my question, GRRRRR...

It still drives me crazy that it happened once. I like to take care of my car.

But wait, isn't it the same principle as being in drive and letting your car roll back a little bit on a hill? Interesting thought...
 
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It depends if your car has an automatic or standard transmission, but it's bad for both as far as i know.
 
in a manual, it is bad, the gears can grind, but in an auto, it isn't all bad as long as you have your foot off the gas and the brake.
 
Actually, if you do need to stop quickly, you can shift to reverse on a manual if you're going 50mph..... However, that's for really an extreme situation......

Eric, I wouldn't let anyone drive my car. What do you do about insurance?
 
In some vehicles with manual transmissions, it won't let you shift to reverse if you are in a forward gear, or, if it will, you will most likely kill the engine
 
My mom killed one of my grandpa's cars by shifting from reverse to forward to reverse to forward ad nauseaum. Of course, she did it with her foot all the way down on the gas pedal. LOL

Hopefully your friend is more forgiving to your car.
 
morriefisher said:
Actually, if you do need to stop quickly, you can shift to reverse on a manual if you're going 50mph..... However, that's for really an extreme situation......

Eric, I wouldn't let anyone drive my car. What do you do about insurance?
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He did a lot of research and somehow we're covered. It's basically loaning your car, which you're allowed to do. I don't remember the details.

It was for one day, and I've now learned not to let it happen again. ;)

I'll assume that the couple times it was done weren't too bad, but I hate to do that to a car that has 97k on it.
 
Any licensed driver is allowed to drive someone else's car, provided that car is insured. So if someone tells you they don't want you to drive their because they ar enot insured, they are either misinformed or they just don't want you driving the car.

But yeah, this will kill a transmission almost as quick as neutral drops.
 
in college, i found that driving my toyota truck in 4wd 65mph down the highway doesn't work well either :p
 
clubchick said:
in college, i found that driving my toyota truck in 4wd 65mph down the highway doesn't work well either :p
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clubchick....you dont seem like the truck kinda gal!! but kudos to you!
 
clubchick said:
in college, i found that driving my toyota truck in 4wd 65mph down the highway doesn't work well either :p
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Did you get good traction? ;) ;)
 
groove1 said:
But yeah, this will kill a transmission almost as quick as neutral drops.
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i would agree. in an automatic you dont have a synchromeshes to slip in the
gears to soften the wear. in a manual, you can still wear out your synchros
which may lead to grinding.
 
casey said:
clubchick....you dont seem like the truck kinda gal!! but kudos to you!
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lol i drive a lifted chevy tahoe now due to all the kiddos-- gotta have that 4wd!
hmm.. that gives me an idea for a new thread...
 
It's funny though, he didn't have his car at the moment but his has a little over 50k on it and it's had no trans problems. :P Is it okay that it was done once though?

He leases his though so it's a little different. ;)
 
"Any licensed driver is allowed to drive someone else's car, provided that car is insured."

I don't think so. What state are you speaking of?

They handle that on Judge Judy/Brown Etc a lot......
 
In Utah we can let a friend drive a car as long as it is a temporary thing...meaning once or twice a month. I've contacted my insurance agency to be sure. Now if they can prove that the person drives the car regularly then the insurance won't do anything.

By the way Erik, you want to make sure that you change out the tranny fluid at the 30k, 40k, or 60k intervals specified by the car manufacturer. I'd be more worried about tranny failure from that than your friend.
 
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