What Would Happen If....

Degag

...You're driving along at 60mph and then suddenly you put the car into reverse?

I'm guessing it wouldn't be good anyway!

BrokenArrows

Degag wrote: »

...You're driving along at 60mph and then suddenly you put the car into reverse?

I'm guessing it wouldn't be good anyway!

Your wheels would lock up and likley the engine would be damaged.

Mint Sauce

Degag wrote: »

...You're driving along at 60mph and then suddenly you put the car into reverse?

I'm guessing it wouldn't be good anyway!

Your car would be full of holes where the engine and gearbox exited due to the stress put on it.

:eek:

Max Power

Nothing, as you have to be stationery to engage reverse gear.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Bye bye gearbox and engine.....do it sure.

Princess Peach

Probably travel through time :eek:

Real Life

we need a volunteer with a recording device

girl in the striped socks

I don't think you would be able to. But if by chance you did manage to force the gear stick back I imagine the gear box & engine would be bollocksed.

PizzamanIRL

You would hear a 'kerrrkkkkkkk' sound and fúck up your car.

And get slapped for being a eejit hopefully.

Cee-Jay-Cee

You'd strip the teeth off the 5th gear/reverse synchro and probably the final drive too. It's not easy to do, you'd have to force it into reverse and even then it won't engage as the cigs are spinning in the opposite directions thereby stripping the teeth from the gear/synchro. It won't damage the engine.

It'd be much better craic to ram it into 1st gear at 60mph, the gearbox and engine will go pop at the same time.

keith16

Was in an empty carpark of a Saturday with loads of space so was reversing fairly fast and the jammed her straight into first and put the foot down....

Heard a noise....two CV joints fcuked

Headshot

What would happen if God was one of us, just a slob like one of us, just a stranger on the bus. Trying to make his way home

Shryke

Nothing would happen except some grinding. An engine will cut out before it bores a hole in the space time continuum. Engineers thought of that one back in dickety 2.

phasers

Your gearbox would implode.


Or you'll go back in time, I dunno lol

TheUsual

Errrrr ..... would be spectacular for YouTube.
Bring a video camera.

9959

CJC999 wrote: »

You'd strip the teeth off the 5th gear/reverse synchro and probably the final drive too. It's not easy to do, you'd have to force it into reverse and even then it won't engage as the cigs are spinning in the opposite directions thereby stripping the teeth from the gear/synchro. It won't damage the engine.

It'd be much better craic to ram it into 1st gear at 60mph, the gearbox and engine will go pop at the same time.

What he said.
Same for me.
I know nothing about cars, but the above sounds like it, particularly stripping the teeth from the gear/synchro thing, I like that bit.

tayto lover

You would end up back where you started.

Kylo Ren

Princess Peach wrote: »

Probably travel through time :eek:

Only if you are going at 88mph.

TheUsual

Or just ask any woman driver ?


*runs for nuclear shelter*

Profiler

There would be a whole segment on Joe Duffy all about you...

"Into REVERSE Joe.. while doing 60mph no less..."

Conchir

Trent could pull it off.

areyawell

I know a guy that was travelling 100 km/h on a motor way and said hmm what would happen if I put it into first. ****ed up the whole engine and gear box, had to get new ones. I reckon if you were travelling along and put in reverse and accelerated the engine would blow from the pressure and the car would skid!

A fella called fish

Mythbusters tested this in both manual and automatic cars. While it made a horrible grinding noise and didn't do the gearbox any good - it didn't (can't) go into reverse or jerk to a sudden stop as you might expect.

I'm sure you'll find their test results on youtube.

Happyman42

Degag wrote: »

...You're driving along at 60mph and then suddenly you put the car into reverse?

I'm guessing it wouldn't be good anyway!

It would be the car equivalent of falling off your bike and using your balls for brakes.

darragh16

They done that on mythbusters... makes absolute ****e of your car. But thats television.

I suggest you try it and tell us the result!

Mickey H

Degag wrote: »

What would happen if...You're driving along at 60mph and then suddenly you put the car into reverse?

I'm guessing it wouldn't be good anyway!

Your nutsack would explode... FACT.

slaneylad

If you try it Daniel Craig will kick your ass and you will be sued by MGM, Danjaq and Eon Productions cause they own that sh*t

TheUsual

A fella called fish wrote: »

Mythbusters tested this in both manual and automatic cars. It didn't (can't) go into reverse or jerk to a sudden stop as you might expect.

Myth busted.

A fella called fish wrote: »

I'm sure you'll find their test results on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hakNxO5pME4

hardCopy

keith16 wrote: »

Was in an empty carpark of a Saturday with loads of space so was reversing fairly fast and the jammed her straight into first and put the foot down....

Heard a noise....two CV joints fcuked

Thanks for that, no more J-Turn practice leaving the office for me.