went into neutral by accident

tomtom11 · 06-08-2011, 07:39 PM

i was driving on the highway today and i wasnt paying attention and i thought i was in manual mode and so i pushed the gear lever forward to downshift from 6th to 5th. but i was in drive and so it clicked into neutral. it only got up to about 3,000rpm then i quickly clicked it back into drive. no lights came on or anything and the car continued to drive fine. could this have caused any damage? thanks

Elie335 · 06-08-2011, 07:40 PM

no problem at all.

pits200 · 06-08-2011, 07:41 PM

No offense but really?

It's not good to ever rev your engine without load because you can spin a bearing. But that isn't going to happen from one time, that's for people who sit in their driveway and constantly rev to 5k rpms over and over.

You're fine. Now just dont rev it and go from neutral to drive.

Jeff@TopGearSolutions · 06-08-2011, 07:42 PM

No damage whatsoever.

tomtom11 · 06-08-2011, 07:43 PM

ok so if i didnt feel any damage when it happend you think i'm ok? or could it have caused something to get fucked up for the long term? thanks

Elie335 · 06-08-2011, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by tomtom11

ok so if i didnt feel any damage when it happend you think i'm ok? or could it have caused something to get fucked up for the long term? thanks

you're totally ok, stop worrying lol. 3k is nothing.

tomtom11 · 06-08-2011, 07:47 PM

i know in general downshifting to 3k is nothing, but going from a gear to neutral and going from neutral to a gear at that speed i didnt know what problems may arise.

LOLrance · 06-08-2011, 07:49 PM

You should check your flux capacitor just incase.

tomtom11 · 06-08-2011, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by l4wr3nc3

You should check your flux capacitor just incase.

i did, it needs more plutonium

Elie335 · 06-08-2011, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomtom11

i know in general downshifting to 3k is nothing, but going from a gear to neutral and going from neutral to a gear at that speed i didnt know what problems may arise.

its same as parking the car neutral and revving it to 3K, that's not harmful, but not suggested.

tomtom11 · 06-08-2011, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Elie335

its same as parking the car neutral and revving it to 3K, that's not harmful, but not suggested.

alright thanks man

Elie335 · 06-08-2011, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by tomtom11

alright thanks man

no problem, just keep your mind free, do NOT even think about it

Forcefed3 · 06-08-2011, 08:00 PM

not sure if serious

ScaredOnce · 06-08-2011, 08:21 PM

I money shifted my buddy's dad's Miata when we were kids. Neither one realized nor knew what that meant. I just kept on driving and I don't think anything ever came from it. I mean, the wheels drug some. It had to have been messed up

OP. Your car is ruined. Good luck. The automatic warranty-voider surely stored a stealth code. Your'e scrawd.

Longboarder · 06-08-2011, 08:38 PM

That's nothing. I used to work on out-of-town assignments years ago with large teams from my company and we used to rent cars as a matter of course. One guy would beat this sh*t of the rental cars, going so far as to slam the transmission in Park or Reverse at speeds in excess of 40mph or do stuff like drive the car with the e-brake engaged. We rented one car for four months and he would slam the transmission on every drive or drive off-road or whatever and that Chevy just kept on going.

Elie335 · 06-08-2011, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ScaredOnce

I money shifted my buddy's dad's Miata when we were kids. Neither one realized nor knew what that meant. I just kept on driving and I don't think anything ever came from it. I mean, the wheels drug some. It had to have been messed up

OP. Your car is ruined. Good luck. The automatic warranty-voider surely stored a stealth code. Your'e scrawd.

if serious, I'd recommend you to open your own performance garage.

IancoleTX · 06-08-2011, 08:41 PM

You should learn more about your car, and how cars work in general

ttbmer · 06-08-2011, 09:00 PM

1 time I stepped on the gas in 1st gear up to 5500k then i missed second gear by then My foot was all the way in the gas peddle it Rev up to 7k no load. The car ran like shot for abt 2miles like it was choking then it when back to normal on by it self! It was scary I thought some broke oh and the smell was horrible, like rotten Rat.

PeteW84 · 06-09-2011, 01:53 AM

Bakeme521 · 06-09-2011, 01:59 AM

I screw with my friend who have autos and pop their cars in neutral all the time, doesn't hurt anything.

KyLu II · 06-09-2011, 10:32 AM

Is this a joke?

TurboSid · 06-09-2011, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Bakeme521

I screw with my friend who have autos and pop their cars in neutral all the time, doesn't hurt anything.

I used to do that to them all the time.

the best was when push start/stop first came out... and u stopped it at the ligth and they'd have to put the car in park and hit the brakes to restart, takes a lot longer than u'd think lol

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pits200 Colonel 555 Rep 2,598 Posts Drives: 09 335i X-Drive Black Sapphire Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Pittsburgh iTrader: (1)	No offense but really? It's not good to ever rev your engine without load because you can spin a bearing. But that isn't going to happen from one time, that's for people who sit in their driveway and constantly rev to 5k rpms over and over. You're fine. Now just dont rev it and go from neutral to drive.
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tomtom11 Captain 90 Rep 703 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Earth iTrader: (1)	ok so if i didnt feel any damage when it happend you think i'm ok? or could it have caused something to get fucked up for the long term? thanks
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tomtom11 Captain 90 Rep 703 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Earth iTrader: (1)	i know in general downshifting to 3k is nothing, but going from a gear to neutral and going from neutral to a gear at that speed i didnt know what problems may arise.
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