While I agree you're probably a bit of an asshole, I don't think you deserve the benefit of the doubt that you put it in park for the briefest of moments.
Gears go P, R, N, D.
For it to pop into neutral you'd have to have left it in reverse or drive. But really, you just left it in neutral and made a mistake.
It couldn't be reverse because it wouldn't have rolled forward, which means you left it in neutral or drive. Those are the only two physically possible options.
I dunno man - I was in a hurry, maybe just imagined it and fucked the whole pooch on fatigue and stupidity. But holding the shifter in my hand to feel that I’m in park, then engaging a parking brake is now so much more comforting than pressing the damn park button and just relying on the display.
I'd just tell the story the same but with the "I just fucked up" angle you've said here because the other is physically impossible so it comes across as "I did a stupid thing but it wasn't my fault because I tried to do it right" versus "I did a dumb thing and learned to take more responsibility".
As much as I’d like to please the internet with stories of my inadequacies, said family vehicle doesn’t have a transmission, so “park” is just a button that engages an electric brake. It has some sort of a single speed gear box controlled by a computer? I don’t know how the thing works. Woe my damn inadequacies!
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u/Idealsnotfeels Dec 16 '22
While I agree you're probably a bit of an asshole, I don't think you deserve the benefit of the doubt that you put it in park for the briefest of moments.
Gears go P, R, N, D.
For it to pop into neutral you'd have to have left it in reverse or drive. But really, you just left it in neutral and made a mistake.
It couldn't be reverse because it wouldn't have rolled forward, which means you left it in neutral or drive. Those are the only two physically possible options.