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LtNoogie · 12-12-2008, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by lita_g

This is the best picture I found on google:

It's like the scary maze game on the Internet. If you are able to move the shift lever all the way to the bottom, Linda Blair screams at you through your stereo.

gid · 12-12-2008, 10:15 PM

it's easy to knock the shifting lever from OVERDRIVE to 3rd gear . If you look at the picture you'll see a oval shaped indicator . The lever can be pushed from right ( O.D. ) to left ( DRIVE , 3rd ) with litte force . This is an electric contact to the computer telling it which gear you've selected . If you have kids , pets , or are fiddling around it's not that difficult for it to be bumped into 3rd gear . This could be dangerous if pet(s) , kids , or other are not paying attention or goofing around .

MadMax · 12-12-2008, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by gid

it's easy to knock the shifting lever from OVERDRIVE to 3rd gear . If you look at the picture you'll see a oval shaped indicator . The lever can be pushed from right ( O.D. ) to left ( DRIVE , 3rd ) with litte force . This is an electric contact to the computer telling it which gear you've selected . If you have kids , pets , or are fiddling around it's not that difficult for it to be bumped into 3rd gear . This could be dangerous if pet(s) , kids , or other are not paying attention or goofing around .

If you have that many distractions going on then you shouldn't be piloting a vehicle down public roads in the first place!

Even without a tach, anyone with half a brain can tell when the engine is revving much higher in third gear than in drive.

Quit making excuses, the Yaris automatic transmission shifter is not a faulty design; the fault lies in people who can't be bothered to 1) read the owners manual or 2) pay even the simplest attention when driving. Turn down the radio, put the cell phone away, tell the kids to shut up and leave the dog at home. And eat the fast food at the fast food joint, not while you are hurdling down the road in a several thousand pound vehicle.

And I love how people who drive automatics think they only have to get in and smash down one pedal or the other! Automatics only mean the transmission shifts by itself, they don't mean you can put your brain in autopilot and mentally wander off to la-la land. Or in other words, they are not idiot-proof! You still have to drive the car and one of those responsibilities includes paying attention to what is going on with your vehicle, to include knowing what friggin' gear it is in; even with an automatic!!

YAR1S · 12-12-2008, 10:24 PM

wtf. I could have sworn i made a comment on this thread but cant find it, haha.

tuckevalastin · 12-12-2008, 10:36 PM

what anyone who hasnt used the auto shifter doesnt know is that D and 3 are the same position except that 3 is a slight tap of the shifter to the left of D. Anyone who isn't used to it could easily make the mistake by simply applying some pressure to the shfter as they are moving it to D... also as others have confirmed an accidental tap of the shifter to the left will put it into 3

I also love how some people believe because they drive a shift they are brain surgeons...

LtNoogie · 12-12-2008, 10:52 PM

Is this why people leave YW? Because of all of the preaching?

tuckevalastin · 12-12-2008, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by LtNoogie

Is this why people leave YW? Because all of the preaching?

yup

RejectedDemo · 12-12-2008, 11:10 PM

^Completely pwned. This thread attracted me because of the sheer stupidity of it. I mean, otterhere, you make all women just look horrible.

gid · 12-13-2008, 01:12 AM

lighten up . No need for name calling , etc..

eTiMaGo · 12-13-2008, 09:37 AM

for what it's worth, this is not the first person to have made what is really a simple mistake (and I am sure there are many more who haven't told us about it

)

So there' no need to get tempers flared up about it...

eTiMaGo · 12-13-2008, 09:43 AM

Anyway I am closing this thread, remember guys, the Yaris is an entry-level car, we need to expect people with limited driving experience to be fellow owners, and the more experienced ones should do their best to be supportive, not bash on them

Cars are like computers now, a commodity that you don't need to be an expert in, in order to own/use one. Be that for better or worse

12-12-2008, 10:52 PM	#6
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12-13-2008, 09:37 AM	#10
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	for what it's worth, this is not the first person to have made what is really a simple mistake (and I am sure there are many more who haven't told us about it ) So there' no need to get tempers flared up about it... __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

12-13-2008, 09:43 AM	#11
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	Anyway I am closing this thread, remember guys, the Yaris is an entry-level car, we need to expect people with limited driving experience to be fellow owners, and the more experienced ones should do their best to be supportive, not bash on them Cars are like computers now, a commodity that you don't need to be an expert in, in order to own/use one. Be that for better or worse __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

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12-12-2008, 10:15 PM	#2
gid Drives: '08 Yaris sedan , '08 Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northeast Posts: 643	it's easy to knock the shifting lever from OVERDRIVE to 3rd gear . If you look at the picture you'll see a oval shaped indicator . The lever can be pushed from right ( O.D. ) to left ( DRIVE , 3rd ) with litte force . This is an electric contact to the computer telling it which gear you've selected . If you have kids , pets , or are fiddling around it's not that difficult for it to be bumped into 3rd gear . This could be dangerous if pet(s) , kids , or other are not paying attention or goofing around .

12-12-2008, 10:24 PM	#4
YAR1S View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris 3dr LB (Bayou Blue) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,602	wtf. I could have sworn i made a comment on this thread but cant find it, haha.

12-12-2008, 10:36 PM	#5
tuckevalastin View User's Garage Drives: 2008 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Delaware/Connecticut Posts: 609	what anyone who hasnt used the auto shifter doesnt know is that D and 3 are the same position except that 3 is a slight tap of the shifter to the left of D. Anyone who isn't used to it could easily make the mistake by simply applying some pressure to the shfter as they are moving it to D... also as others have confirmed an accidental tap of the shifter to the left will put it into 3 I also love how some people believe because they drive a shift they are brain surgeons...

12-12-2008, 11:10 PM	#8
RejectedDemo Drives: 07 Yaris Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Here. Posts: 4	^Completely pwned. This thread attracted me because of the sheer stupidity of it. I mean, otterhere, you make all women just look horrible.

12-13-2008, 01:12 AM	#9
gid Drives: '08 Yaris sedan , '08 Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northeast Posts: 643	lighten up . No need for name calling , etc..