Need help finding REVERSE
 

Just got a new 370z and cant find the reverse gear? Can anybody help?

try pushing down and to the right of 6th

Push down, then go all the way to the right and down.

Blue beat me.

well i tried goin as far right as possible and then down and for some reason im guessing im goin into 6th cause the car moves forward..

Press down on the knob, it should move an inch or two down. THEN go to the right and down like you were going to 6th.

bingo

your dealer failed you

totally right. I've rarely heard such a dealer fail.

I think you can't drive a manual car,should go for the Auto.

Uh not really man. Alot of people know how to drive manual and cant find reverse on my Z

Yep, same on my veedub that was similar.

id give a shiney nickle to anyone who can find reverse on my e30. It only lets me do it. BMWs are not meant to go backwards.

Going backwards only hurts your gas mileage anyway.

How is it the dealer's fault if you can't work a stick shift? Are they supposed to show you how to unscrew the tire valve stem caps too?

Maybe he got an auto :icon17:

The dealer has a pretty extensive checklist to go over, I know it took them a while to go over everything with me.

The 370z was the first car I ever owned where you had to push down to go in reverse. All my previous cars where made before automakers lost faith in mankind.

Oh same here, when I first drove my car.

I think in the Porsche Boxter you have to push the knob down, close your eyes, and click your heels three times.

it's the direction opposite of what your facing, lol. i had the same prob when i went and test drove the z, i looked at the salesmen and just shook my head. you'll get the hang of it, trial and error. hang in there

But it subtracts the current mileage you already have.....that's why I only have 13.4 miles on my Z....and I've owned it since April. I specifically drive in reverse on 395 during rush hour traffic. :icon17:

As learned from Ferris Bueler...

:bowrofl: Nice! I totally forgot about that part of the movie...haha! Rep for that one!

Ditto; was the same in my old 90 VW G60 Corrado. Its nothing new, its just new for people who've never seen it before.

LOL, thanks for the rep :). They just tried to sell the Ferris Bueler house actually for about $3 million. It's on the north side of Chicago. Probably what made me think of it when I read your post. Well that and that I remember being horrified as a little kid when the ferrari fell off the jack stands in the movie. :eek:

Did abe froman buy it?

I kid. Actually, I posted pictures of that house somewhere here when it went on sale. Pretty nice place if you don't mind anyone being able to see you. Place had a lot of glass.

I drove my friend BMW and when I tried to parallel park, I could not find it anywhere. Lol Who would have thought its on the left.

Yes...they should!

My salesman failed to explain which of the three pedals operated the brakes, so I wrote a very nasty letter to the GM of the dealership, as well a 1-star rating on Yelp. Needless to say, I had a very difficult time leaving the lot with my new car.

What a surprise, JoeD has some douchebag smart *** comment to make. :rolleyes:

is this thread f0 real! ibtl

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Smartass > dumbass.

Yeah, everyone should just be able to jump in any car and find where reverse is. I've had cars mario andretti couldn't find reverse in.
Why don't you stop being rude in every single thread you walk in. No one is impressed.

RTFM :stirthepot: :tup:

Was there a salesman involved in this transaction? :icon14:

I thought his comment was funny. In fact now Ima go back and give him +1 rep lmao:tiphat:

Well that's the POINT you don't sell someone a car without giving the person who just spent the better part of 30 or 40 GRAND on a car a thorough walk-through on how it works? WTF? :hello:

I already knew but my dealer did tell me about having to push down to go in reverse.

I learned the hard way years ago back in high school auto shop class. We had a VW as a shop car and it was out in the lot and i went to go drive it in the shop. Well i didnt know at the time that you had to push down to go over in reverse so i had put it in drive. So im looking back over my shoulder expecting the car to go backwards, gave it gas and hit the wall that was like 1ft in front of me.

Didnt leave any marks and no one saw me do it so i just pretended it never happened. Went inside and asked the teacher if there was a trick to getting it in reverse and he was like "Oh yea, you gotta push it down and then over"

:icon18: +1 ftw

When I test drove one, they didn't tell me either, however I figured it out in 3 seconds. I helped that my first job out of high school was working on cars. I believe it was volvo that had a button type deal under the shift knob that you had to pull up on in order to go into reverse. And the shifter on my '69 Camaro had a red lever that you had to push to go from neutral into reverse. B&M Pro Stick.

I personally really love that function because in spirited driving I've found myself going into reverse on my SVT focus trying to go into first (left and up just like first but a little resistance to go into) around a sharp corner. Luckily I've always stopped myself from ripping it apart because I realized what I had done.