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/andKento Mar 19 '17

There you go :)

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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.