Originally Posted by Biodiesel300TD

This is what happens at 35mph when your flex disc gives out. The previous owner did this not me. And this is why I got my 240D for $500.
Imagine if the car was traveling 60mph. At 35 it tore out all the shifter linkages, broke the shifter arms on the shifter, bent up the trans mount bracket, destroyed the centering cone on the driveshaft, and tore some holes in the trans tunnel.