Originally posted by wcollegenj:
It's happened to me before too.....believe it or not, I think that's the way they all are. I've been in other cars and I'm able to move the stick into neutral as well. My mystique does it and so does my mom's cougar. Even my grandmother's 96 camry coupe does it too so it's not just ford messing up. Don't ask me why this is but it seems dangerous if you ask me.
Normal behavior - if your throttle ever sticks and you need to kick your car out of gear real quick you'll be glad you don't have to press the button
My friend back in high school had a 69 Riviera with a 4-barrel Buick 430 in it. One day it was running rough so while cruising along at 30 mph he decides to go to neuatral nad rev it a little. Well, the fool pressed the shift button and went right to reverse! He did a full positraction burnout in reverse while going forward at 30mph. Damn good thing they built them with the General Motors TH400 tranny or he'd of cooked it for sure. He said after sh|tting himself he just put it in drive and drove away.
