...or should it read, "...don't let your dog drive an automatic."

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Subject: Re: Tragic yet comforting bus news 
Author:  mantis@vt.edu (brad) at INTERNET
Date:    9/12/95 6:42 PM

>  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