>  I'm not sure if I ever posted the story of my friend who found the
>creampuff '84 westy automatic, with *12,000* original miles !!!!!!!!!!
>For only $6,000 !!!!
>anyway, horribly, he, his wife, and her parents were driving down the
>highway, when their super-friendly huge rottweiler climbed into the
>passenger seat. The dog knocked the van into reverse, which locked up
>the rear end completely, and rolled the bus 3 times.
>  Thank God, no one was hurt at all. He was the only one wearing a seat
>belt even. Luckily as well, no other vehicles were involved.
>So, on the bright side, score another super-safety point for vanagons...
>:(
>And of course the other moral is-don't drive an automatic!
>:)
>
>Richard
>
>

As the driver of an '85 automatic, i am wondering: could the transmission be
shifted into reverse without the button being pressed.  I always thought
that it could not be shifted higher than neutral without pressing the button

??

brad 
'85