Throwing it in reverse does not sound like a good idea. Once a crazy chick kicked my car into reverse as we were driving down the highway in a big city and my car went into a spin. I ended up facing the wrong way in my lane stopped. That was not good.
Oh, it was horrible but if I timed it just right it'd stop the car. I only did it at very low speeds, so it's all good.
Amusingly, I used to ride in a Dodge (maybe a Chevy) something or other - an 80s car began with a C I think, a compact car and generally a shitbox - with a guy who'd drive like 60 mph and toss it into reverse just for amusement. He was a good buddy for a long time.
I want to say Chevette.
Yeah, I think it was the Chevy Chevette. It had a weird sealed transmission, for example.
Anyhow, we were in school together in the late 80s. His dad owned a garage and kept giving him shitty Chevettes. So, we'd try to trash them as fast as we could but each time they'd get replaced with another Chevette. He must have gone through a half dozen of them.
He finally ended up buying his own car. I think that was his dad's point the entire time.
I remember the place I worked at in the 80's had a few Chevettes in the fleet. On a hot day if you had the AC cranked it would barely go
They were shitty cars, but their transmissions were damned near indestructible. They were otherwise pretty much useless.
Willie! That's his name! I'd forgotten it. It was William but I called 'em Willie. I was older than he was. He was still an undergrad when I met him. Hell, he was still an undergrad when I finished my degree. I think he owns a construction company these days. That's what he was doing the last time I bumped into him - which was likely a couple of decades ago.
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