shifting into P while driving..??

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This girl I dated in college had a new dodge neon 2002, her parents graduation gift lol...

It had the most annoying over assisted power steering/no steering feeling, so I'd get car sick whenever she drove, and her driving was just too aggressive for what that POS was designed for. Every single trip led to an argument about the car and/or her driving style.

So after a few hours drive to crater lake, I had enough, and ended up driving as I was going to "show her how it's done,"

My first "lesson" for her was to show her it can actually take off fast if you shift manually, however, I neglected to think about the fact that the automatic gear shifter required far less effort than my pos 4 speed mazda I had at the time.

With beautiful crater lake in front of us on a medium straight away:

Slammed on the gas in 1st gear, redline, time to shift: BAM! Right into F'n PARK! at 35-40mph.... the transmission made this nice CLANK CLANK CLANKKKKKK sound, dash lights lit up, slowed to stop, car died, and she's going crazy screaming at me.

The car went on to last another 10 years, and just had to be thrown in neutral, then park, then neutral, then drive, and it started right up just fine.

She drove the rest of the way, and never let me drive that POS again.

Evidently it had some kind of lockout that never fully engaged park, but it didn't sound pretty.