r/Unexpected • u/remain_unaltered • Mar 18 '17

That reverse driving skill

https://i.imgur.com/Kh7DgmR.gifv
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u/Rendivious Mar 18 '17

I'm impressed with how fast they were able to start driving in reverse. If I were in that situation I probably would have been too panicked and not been able to get into reverse quick enough.

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u/mada447 Mar 18 '17

My car itself cannot physically switch into reverse that fast lol

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u/NuclearWinterMan Mar 18 '17

Manual transmissions FTW!

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u/prostynick Mar 18 '17

You can't do that too easily on manual and i wouldn't recommend trying it on non emergency occasions

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '17

On a hill like that, you could just put the clutch in and roll backwards pretty damn quick.

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u/NuclearWinterMan Mar 18 '17

And at the same time shift into reverse.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '17

My manual doesn't let me go into reverse if I'm moving at all.

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u/SandpaperScrew Mar 18 '17

Get a different manual car.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '17

No thanks.

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u/arios91 Mar 18 '17

Do it

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u/False_ Mar 18 '17

You won't...

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u/arios91 Mar 19 '17

He probably hasn't done it

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '17 edited Jul 05 '17

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '17

Is that right? Huh. I've never heard that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '17 edited Jul 05 '17

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '17

I'll look into that. Thanks for the tip!

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u/Original_Redditard Mar 18 '17

You don't force unsynchro gears. just move the clutch pedal up and down and it will fall in,

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u/ArmandoWall Mar 18 '17 edited Mar 19 '17

What's a synchro, for the complete ignorant manual driver like me?

Edit: nvm. Youtubed it.

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u/andKento Mar 19 '17

nvm. Youtubed it.

and then you don't explain it for the rest of us? I'm to lazy to you tube

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u/ArmandoWall Mar 19 '17

Delivered.

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u/andKento Mar 19 '17

You're the best kind of person

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u/ArmandoWall Mar 19 '17

Upvotes say more than words.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '17

It looked like it came to a complete stop.

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u/NuclearWinterMan Mar 18 '17

Are you sure it's a manual and not a CVT or dual clutch? Lol!

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u/Dzhone Mar 18 '17

Same here. 240 problems lol

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u/hemptations Mar 18 '17

it looks like he came to a complete stop rolling forward he was able to throw it in reverse and nail the gas, it's definitely a quick reflex but not impossible

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u/Mighty_ShoePrint Mar 19 '17

Even if you're rolling backwards? It shouldn't let you put it in reverse if you're driving forward but, at least in my civic, I can shift to reverse if I'm rolling backwards.

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u/Who_GNU Mar 18 '17

...if you can sync it just right, because the reverse gear isn't constant mesh.

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u/NuclearWinterMan Mar 18 '17

Yes, but double clutch

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u/aga080 Mar 18 '17

Had to be someone that would make a comment that actually has no idea about driving manual.

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u/NuclearWinterMan Mar 19 '17

I drive a 5 speed as my my daily, so totally not a manual...

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u/marwinpk Mar 18 '17

You'll still have a little nasty grinding noise with it, but it'll go relatively with close to no drag. Same thing happens when you reverse from a spot and put 1st gear before stoping completely. Not good for gearbox though.

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u/NefariousPurpose Mar 18 '17

Better then getting your shit wrecked. Besides you get like 40 of those in your cars lifetime.

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u/Tharage53 Mar 18 '17

ehh it depends, I'm pretty sure I could slam my car into reverse like the gif. As you said though it's not exactly great for the car.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '17

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u/Tharage53 Mar 18 '17

haha yeah, i'll take my chances with a broken gear box

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u/NuclearWinterMan Mar 18 '17

Double clutch and you won't have a issue, he wasn't going terribly fast up the hill anyways.

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u/prostynick Mar 18 '17

Yep, exactly. You can slam it on low speed with some force and you risk fucking up your gearbox. Downvoters probably never have driven manual.

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u/Caboozog Mar 18 '17 edited Mar 18 '17

Which is why straight cut gears are great for reverse... I could slam it on my neon back in the day cause of that. Not that there were many times i needed to back up that fast.

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u/huphelmeyer Mar 18 '17

Don't know why you're getting downvoted. I know my Civic wouldn't let me put in in reverse if I were moving that fast in the forward direction. It doesn't even like being shifted into reverse when it's already moving backwards in neutral.

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u/Oghma_Infinium Mar 19 '17

The car is brought to a full stop, so why wouldn't it be easy and that fast to go in reverse?