# Shifting techniques **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 21, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shifting-techniques/25301 "2009-01-21T18:36:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jonesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@jonesa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jonesa)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shifting-techniques/25301/1 "2009-01-21T18:36:39Z")
My husband drove a standard for years. We have two automatic cars and he will shift from drive to reverse without coming to a complete stop, foot is not on the brake. The car seems to labor at this change in direction and everytime I drive the car that he frequents, I feel that it rolls further forward when placed into park and turned off. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shifting-techniques/25301/2 "2009-01-21T19:41:08Z")
This is VERY hard on the transmission, but I don’t think it would affect how far it rolls before ‘park’ would engage, except that it might also be wearing out the motor mounts, allowing the whole engine/transmission to rock more. ---
**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shifting-techniques/25301/3 "2009-01-21T20:12:01Z")
Definitely hard on transmission. Once asked a friend to drive my car for me while I was tired…he pulled the same act. He’ll never get behind the wheel of my car again unless he agrees to buy it. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shifting-techniques/25301/4 "2009-01-21T20:14:40Z")
In Tom and Ray’s book 10 Ways You May Be Ruining Your Car Without Even Knowing It, they say that this is harmful to the whole drivetrain. The book costs $4.75 at [http://www.shamelesscommerce.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=B-RUIN](http://www.shamelesscommerce.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=B%2DRUIN) . Perhaps you should buy it for your husband. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shifting-techniques/25301/5 "2009-01-21T20:43:24Z")
p.s. - it’s not good to do this with a manual transmission, either. That’s what brakes are made for! ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shifting-techniques/25301/6 "2009-01-21T21:20:30Z")
``` We can rightly tell you that it is a bad idea and may damage the car. Now you have to decide what you might want to do with that information. In some cases, new transmissions are cheaper than a new spouse. ``` ---
**Author:** ![jonesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@jonesa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jonesa)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shifting-techniques/25301/7 "2009-01-22T21:59:01Z")
Thank you so much for the information. A new transmission is less expensive than a new husband and I will keep that in mind as I share your comments with him. Thanks again!