Originally Posted By: Polak187
I heard stories about people from other countries (polish jokes) who were under impression that "r" stood for rockets and when going really fast they would put transmission into that gear. That's what I heard from my friends when I got my first car smile


I accidentally threw my old F350 dumptruck into reverse doing ~30mph a few years back. It popped out of gear and instead of throwing it back into fourth I put it in reverse. It locked the rear wheels up and sent me slidding sideways with a 1500 lb. set of pre-cast stairs in the back. Lets just say I was more careful after that. blush

I really need to be careful though as the car I drive now is a six speed and all my trucks are only four or five speeds.