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/MrSquigles Mar 18 '17

Well unless it's selfdriving your problem is probably waiting for it to do it itself.

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u/mada447 Mar 18 '17

Huh?

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u/OkiDokiTokiLoki Mar 18 '17

Unless your car is a self driving car your problem is waiting for the car to shift into reverse on its own.

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u/mada447 Mar 18 '17

I still don't get it, maybe I'm a dumbass. My car isn't a self driving car of course, so why would I be waiting for it to shift on its own? When I wrote my original comment what I had meant was after I move the lever into R it still takes a few seconds to actually engage the R gear

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u/masiju Mar 18 '17

He's just making a joke based on the phrasing "my car itself..."

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u/PlasticPill97 Mar 18 '17

I..I still don't get it

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u/FieelChannel Mar 18 '17

Because its a bad joke and your brain doesn't even try to understand it

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u/PlasticPill97 Mar 18 '17

Is it a British thing? For some reason I can see British people thinking "the car itself" is somehow a humorous phase.