Never been to one. Although I heard from reliable sources there is a porno titled "Grannies and Trannies".

Me too.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Its actually bad for the tranny to take it out of gear at a light.

In D all the gears and clutches are stationary and the only things moving are the torque converter impeller and the pump. The car brakes and transmission bands/clutches are not wearing at all to keep the car stationary.

When you put it in N everything is moving freely with the torque converter and wearing. When you put it back into D the clutches must absorb the engine torque to stop everything from moving.

Put in in neutral, rev it to 5,000 rpm and then slam it into 1st and peel out the instant the light turns green.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Only in rentals...

Which reminds me of a major pet-peeve: "friends" who like to throw your car out of gear while driving. My brother had a friend who tried to slip the gear selector from Drive to Neutral in my brother's Toyota pickup once, and accidentally got it all the way to Reverse. Luckily, they had JUST pulled away at a green light, and it did no (immediate) damage. My brother wasn't terribly happy, and let his buddy know it in no uncertain terms.

The "pull the ebrake" gag is good for the occasional laugh in a pinch, I guess, but keep your hands off my gear selector!

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1992 300D 2.5T
1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold)
1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy"
1974 Triumph TR6
1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's)

Mental note: from now on, just leave it in D!

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1992 300D 2.5T
1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold)
1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy"
1974 Triumph TR6
1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's)

Back in tech class (waaay back in highschool), the teacher loved to get hold of our cars if we left it in the shop with the keys....

With my wagon he piled 10 people into (and on) it and drove around the campus for awhile. Somebody made the mistake of parking in HIS spot, he blocked it in with the Freightliner for two days. He took another classmate's Geo, got it up to 10mph and slammed it into park...a few times.

Mr. Brand didn't come back to teach the next year...

What a great guy. He probably ended up in a ditch somewhere by a disgruntled ex-pupil who now has a slight scratch from first to second.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

Me too.

Or, if I feel like being a jerk. I’ll put it in reverse and see how nervous it makes the guy behind me.
(leave it Aklim)

- Shelby

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

And I leave my slushbuckets in D at stop lights.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

Of coarse you did!!............No surprise......

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Matt (SD,CA)

1984 300SD.. White/Chrome Bunts..Green

1997 2500 Dodge Ram 5.9 Cummins 12 Valve 36 PSI of Boost = 400+hp & 800+tQ .. ..Greenspeed

2004 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 Quad Cab Cummins 5.9 H.O "596hp/1225tq" 6 spd. Man. Leather Heated seats/Loaded..Flame Red....GREENSPEED

Global warming...Doing my part, Smokin da hippies..

Fight the good fight!......

$3k later you have a new tranny!

I put mine in neutral so I can roll the car backwords like its a manual and look cool. I also rev it every few seconds. Than I look at the guy next to me and give him the "do you wanna go for it look".

When I had the Jetta I used to just throw the lever from park to 2nd about a million times and try to confuse it. Than as I started to go I would like to grab the gears, so I would pop it into neutral, bounce it off the limiter, than back into drive, or sometimes park or reverse. When I junked that car the trans fluid looked like oil that had been in a 617 for 20k miles, but it still shifted perfectly!

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Ahhh, we are all guilty of this (at one point or another).... I like to do the rollback thing when there is someone on my ass... Their look is priceless.

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

My favorite are the morons in New Haven that love driving in the gutter to try to get in front of the line of traffic. My dad makes great sport out of them when driving the dump truck, pulling the trailer, usualy with a 30k pound machine on it. Wait until the SOB is about even with your rear corner and turn into the break down lane on them. They **** there pants as a dump truck or the side of an excavator moves in on them. Extra bonus points if you do it on the highway and drive them onto the grass or into the guardrail.

Even an H2 is a toy compared to a tri axle.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Ok for now on i am leaving it in D...

Speeking of reversing in a red light i should get some small flash (wireless actuated if there's one ) light and place in the reverse light so it looks like i am going to reverse in a red light but drives forward I bet that trick is going to make the back driver VERY Angry and confused...

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Current Garage
2008 Mercedes GL320 CDI 188k mi Repair/Work in progress
1994 S350 160k mi Garage Queen & prepping for repairs
2005 E320 CDI 203k mi Healthy & Daily Driver
1994 S350 357k mi Retried as parts car
1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap??

Sold
1987 300SDL 200K+
1994 S320 181K mi
2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi
1999 S420 130K mi
1980 240D 360k mi
15+ Others that has come, stay and gone

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1995 E320 SE 220k mi
1984 300SD 350k mi

So F***ing what?


I buy so many of them that the Mercedes Benz dealer gives me every 3rd one for free, and I pay the bills for them by bounty hunting riced out Honda Civics and kicking their azz every time.....

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)