Is that forwards first or backwards first? (Re: unintuitive for-loop behavior)

[alister]

On Mon, 03 Oct 2016 22:10:52 +1300, Gregory Ewing wrote:

> Rustom Mody wrote:
>> My new car goes in reverse when I put it in first gear but only on
>> full-moon nights with the tank on reserve when the left light is
>> blinking
> 
> OT aside: When I went to take my current car (a manual) for a test
> drive, I had to stop and ask the dealer how to put it into reverse.
> 
> Turns out the only difference between first and reverse on that model is
> whether you lift up a little ring on the shaft of the gear lever prior
> to engagement.
> 
> Who came up with *that* brilliant piece of user interface design I don't
> know. It seems specifically designed to encourage velocity sign errors
> when starting off...

that sounds like typical Vauxhall & i never found it an issue when i had 
one

.
unlike my current car which supposedly requires extra force to move 
across the gate to reverse. I constantly find that it selects reverse 
without effort when not required, but goes into 1st when trying to select 
reverse. 

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