<VV> Reverse switch - not Corvair though.

[Mark Corbin]

Some of that is NOT the government's doing. I think some of it comes from
the manufacturers trying to out-guess the owners, and FORCE them to do what
"they" imagine is "the way to do things." 

I'm like you, Seth. I don't like a lot of it. So don't get me started on
the subject of manufacturers trying to out-guess the owners or
"idiot-proof" their car's functions.

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> From: <Sethracer at aol.com>
> Subject: <VV> Reverse switch - not Corvair though.
>  
> In a message dated 5/13/2010 11:04:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
> corvairduval at cox.net writes:
>
> On what  planet has ANY owner's manual recommended NOT  putting the 
> manual  transmission in a low gear (typically first or reverse) when  
> parking?
>
> Most three on the tree, and some floor four speeds, were made  so one HAD 
> to put the transmission in reverse to remove the  key.
>
> It got worse. The thing that still pisses me off about my 2005 Corvette -

> remedied, supposedly in later models. You have to put the car into
Reverse  
> (6-speed stick) to open the door and get out. Or to let someone else 
out. 
> So you cannot leave the car running and get out. (There are manual 
levers 
> down on the floor to release the door in an emergency.) I have  gotten
used to 
> it over the years, but I still don't like  it!   
>  
> Seth  Emerson
>