[Shotimes] Re: Park vs. Forward (was Autolock and MTX)

[Donald Mallinson]

Also, just as a point of history, the PRNDL format has not 
always been the same.

in the early days of automatics, GM used this format:  PNDLR

Chevy for their Turboglide used: PNDGrR   Now that was 
confusing, Gr stood for Grade Retarder.  Since there were no 
"gears" as such in the Turboglide (the tranny used three 
torque converters in a row and as they locked up the car 
went faster, was like driving a train!) they reversed the 
vanes on two of the torque converters as a type of low gear 
for going down REALLY steep hills.

Mopar had NO park position on their buttons from the 50's 
and 60's, you had to flip a little lever to lock the tranny!

Don Mallinson

fwhittle@mindspring.com wrote:

> (F)orward might be confused with (F)irst?  (Reaching, I know!)
> 
> Besides, "Prndl" is easier to say than "Prnfl" (the "official" name of the gear indicator is "prindl")
> 
> Frank Whittle
> '95 ATX
> 
> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:29:42 -0800 (PST)
> From: Ron Childs <rbchilds@pacbell.net>
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Autolock and MTX
> To: "James F. Ryan III" <av8r567@optonline.net>, shotimes@autox.team.net
> 
> Drive is the opposite of Park?
> 
> -Ron
> 
> --- "James F. Ryan III" <av8r567@optonline.net> wrote:
> 
>>>With an automatic, you always have to go through reverse to go
>>>from P to D.
>>
>>
>>The opposite of left is right.
>>The opposite of down is up.
>>The opposite of reverse is forward.
>>
>>So, why do automatics have "D"rive instead of "F"orward?
>>Anybody know the origin of this sillyness?
>>
>>
>>
>>Cynical Jim Ryan in Salt Lake City
>>'91 PLUS - All white/mocha
> 
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