omg..ok. so just moments ago i was about to go out and i was on the phone at the same time. engine was on, car was in the garage..i was about to back out and while being on the phone, i Forgot to clutch and placed it into Reverse!!! and it made some horrible-Ass noise that terrified me if i messed up my barely broken-in tsx! is this bad? and what was that sound? should i worry about it?

 

Grinded your gears man. Don't worry too much about it. Just don't do it again.

 

First of all, your car should be fine.

Second, hang up the phone and drive

 

lesson learned

 

Or so we hope....

 

no telling how much metal you ground off....

 

Forgot to clutch...? Yikes, maybe some more MT practice is necessary before you hit the public roads?

 

multitasking sucks.

 

naw..ill say im a pretty alrite mt driver. its just that night i was so busy and i was rushing and i juss totally wasnt paying attention and my hand juss shifted without me knowing..haha

 

age: 18

practice more before doing damage to the car your parents bought you or the people around you.

cheers!

 

hey, I am 34 and I apparently lost a race with my garage door... Shyt happens...

 

Gear ginds happen. Although I can't understand not clutching.

most of my gear grinds come from throwing the car in reverse before I fully stop rolling foward.

It happens Ive had 5 Stick shift cars & never blew a tranny

 

Don't multitask.

Glad it wasn't anything too serious.

 

just be careful next time and NO phone!

 

You're not grinding gears then.

I also don't understand shifting before clutching.
To me, that's like putting on shoes before wearing my pants, or showering before taking my clothes off.
One can't be done before the other no matter how distracted I am.

 

Talking on the phone while driving a M/T car? Were you using the Handsfreelink? Not that I condone talking on the phone while driving or multitasking. I agree with psteng, it's like human nature and the car being part of my body.. haha.. Clutch, shift, tsug.. tsug..

 

make sure the car is not moving when you go for reverse too...

 

you are gonna need a new transmission. Hurry to your dealership before your warranty runs out!!!!

 

Your car will be alright.

 

ok so dat guys tellin me to get a new trans. it was it Only ive grinded my gears. im an 07 and got only 3600 miles on it. wat the heck is it that i should do?

 

Huh?

 

Umm, I think you're overreacting. You just grinded your reverse gear a little bit. It's not going to kill your car. Jesus.

 

What you should do:
1. Have an adult park the car. Preferrably one that knows how to drive a manual transmission
2. Wait 5 years
3. Take a drivers' ed course using a manual transmission car
4. Get rid of your cell phone in anticipation of soon driving
5. On Feb 10, 2012, start the car and test your skills
6. Report back here to let us know how it goes.

J/K!!! Your car will be fine, just try to be easy on the thing! And DO NOT drive distracted, you can hurt yourself, your car, or other people and/or their property!

 

LOL I'm just teasing you man Its fine dont worry about it, try not to let it happen again

 

A big

 

Probably anyone who's driven a MT car for any period of time has done a gear grind at one time or another. Your car is fine. Just don't make a habit of it.

 

lol. phew. thanks guys. i didnt catch some of your guys's jokes and got me a bit worried. its just i have never grinded my gears before and didnt what to do. =] and uhh~yea i noticed i had some grammatical errors in my last post...haha my bad.

 

Replacing Tranny :- $5000
Replacing Phone : $300
Paying Attention : Priceless

 

haahah

you'll be alright. just pay attention next time.

 

lol.hilarious! thanks guys for all the support

 

Give him a break man. Some people have a lot going on.

 

Seriously, we've ALL multi-tasked and done things we shouldn't have done. The only difference between him and us is that he messed up and shared it with us. How long of a thread do you think we'd get going if we asked people to share their own multi-tasking accidents made while driving? And stop ripping the kid about his age...if he's put 3600 miles on the car thats more than enough practice. Since he's put that many miles on it lets just assume he knows how to drive stick. If you can't drive stick after 3600 miles of practice then you need a sippie cup and a motorized wheel chair. Let's chalk it up to a careless mistake due to yes....multi-tasking.

 

Dude not everybody can just have a relaxing drive to the general store. Some of us live in busy places and have a lot going on in our lives.

 

Dude...first of all....EVERYONE is busy. Everyone that has a job and pays for their own shit is busy. But, what exactly are you getting at anyway, because if you read my post you'd see I'm actually backing the kid up...

 

^^uhhh it sounds me like you guys are agreeing with each other.

 

stop arguing over stupid shit. He learned his lesson so lets move on people.

 

Would anyone suggest he get consider having the tranny fluid replaced? (For a mild grind, I'd say no, but if you really grinded it, maybe it would something to think about -- the idea being that you don't want what you shaved off swimming around in your gears for the next few years).

I don't know about the TSX, but some other makes use a magnetic drain plug for the manual transmission fluid that will collect any metal flakes that end up in the fluid, so it the TSX has one of these I also wouldnt worry.

 

You know there's a nicer way to put that. Ever thought of trying to be a little less agressive? Sheesh.

 

The car is ruined for good..selling it and get a new one now !

It should be good, I am sure it won't be the last time you will grind those gears..

just kidding ...pay attention to shifting ...you will be fine .

 

Mr. Three days late to the joke everybody! lol

He knows now that the car is fine and that he needs to be more cautious.