Reverse to Drive whilst moving - Damage?

My audi specifically states in the manual that it doesn't lock the selector if you change it quickly so you can rock the car out of mud and such.

So they've clearly thought about it.

I actually do it all the time. Never noticed anything different. Change is smooth and almost seems like the car 'making sure it's all good'.
 
AshD93 said:
My audi specifically states in the manual that it doesn't lock the selector if you change it quickly so you can rock the car out of mud and such.
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This.

Every auto I've owned (admitedly older slush box not dsg's etc) this has been in the handbook as a way of dealing with mud, snow etc. In fact, I've used it quite a few times (flick between reverse and drive) to rock the Cosworth out of snow.

Don't put it in park whilst moving though - park puts a physical lock (I think it's an actual metal rod through the output shaft) on the transmission - do it whilst moving and something will snap eventually.
 
Also don't put it in Neutral and rev the nuts off it trying to work out why it won't go forwards. I did that the first time I went in an auto, needless to say, I was laughed at.
 
GeX said:
She can't be that good of a driver, shouldn't be reversing onto a busy road.
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It's easier to pull on forwards, it's the A60 into Worksop, you can be waiting 5+ minutes for a gap to get off the driveway. You want to reverse onto the drive in rush hour? the minute you slow down you get cars sat 3 inches from your rear bumper wanting to get around you. You end up with no option but to pull into next doors driveway & go down the pavement & drive allover the grass verge which after a few weeks ends up being a massive mud bath in the winter.
 
Iamzod said:
It's easier to pull on forwards, it's the A60 into Worksop, you can be waiting 5+ minutes for a gap to get off the driveway. You want to reverse onto the drive in rush hour? the minute you slow down you get cars sat 3 inches from your rear bumper wanting to get around you. You end up with no option but to pull into next doors driveway & go down the pavement & drive allover the grass verge which after a few weeks ends up being a massive mud bath in the winter.
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Surely it's still better than reversing onto a busy main road? The Highway Code is written this way for a reason... :)
 
Iamzod said:
It's easier to pull on forwards, it's the A60 into Worksop, you can be waiting 5+ minutes for a gap to get off the driveway. You want to reverse onto the drive in rush hour? the minute you slow down you get cars sat 3 inches from your rear bumper wanting to get around you. You end up with no option but to pull into next doors driveway & go down the pavement & drive allover the grass verge which after a few weeks ends up being a massive mud bath in the winter.
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Yes, I'd rather reverse onto a drive than reverse onto a busy road. As Joe T has said, highway code etc.
 
GeX said:
Yes, I'd rather reverse onto a drive than reverse onto a busy road. As Joe T has said, highway code etc.
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So would I. However you come home to standing traffic outside the house and end up being unable to reverse on once a gap opens up as you have a 40 car tailback 3 inches from your rear bumper therefore cannot start reversing or you will just back into someone.
 
I don't think it's possible to successfully reverse off a busy road with the idiots driving today with their 50cm following distance. Indicators will not have any response; a hazard light will get them overtaking you. Reverse lights will get you confused looks and shrugs as they are equally pinned in place.
 
Jez said:
FWIW re the shifting while moving thing, I have always done this and I have not had any auto gearbox faults in around 150-160k miles of doing it. I noticed my "father in law" doing this also in his 10 year old (but owned from new) auto too.
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Agreed.

My old man did this (and still does with his current car) with his old uber mileage 528i, not to mention a long line of preceding Granadas and the like, no problems at all.

Equally, I remember a neighbour breaking the auto box on his then new Sierra by knocking it into drive whilst slowly reversing... Possibly just bad luck on his part given how our old fellas treat 'boxes with apparent impunity.
 
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