[Shotimes] ATX or MTX?

Tom Teixeira tjteixeira@earthlink.net
Wed, 4 Feb 2004 20:23:29 -0500


At 11:48 AM -0800 2/4/04, Shylo McKinsey wrote:
>Switching between MTX's and ATX's for me is not a good
>thing. Drving my folk's '03 Sable got real interesting
>over Christmas. I was passing someone on a two-lane
>highway, and when I hit 70-75, I was thinkin it was
>about time to drop into 4th or 5th (don't remember
>what gear I was in) and the left foot slammed right
>down...on the brake pedal. Whoops....
>
>Shylo McKinsey
>
>'91 White MTX

It was more interesting back in the days of column-mounted manual 
shifters: I was riding with a friend who slammed on the brake pedal 
AND shifted into "Park" instead of second...

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