Quote Originally Posted by Henry Rifle View Post
My oldest son did that in my Chevy Beauville van and totally trashed the transmission. I didn't know why trans failed at the time. My son finally told me after he was married and living in a different state.
My best buddy in HS was driving his pop's new '66 Pontiac around, and learned that it would really fry the tires if got it going in reverse and then simultaneously dropped the hammer on it as he dropped it into Drive. Then the dealer called pop and told him that the tranny case was cracked front to back, and that they would be ordering him a new tranny under warranty......