Lancia Beta Forum

Well, I seem to anyway.
Just coming up to the fourth anniversary of getting my spider on the road, i discovered the EASY way to get it into reverse this morning.
I have been beating it in by slapping the lever sideways towards myself and hauling and coaxing it into gear by feathering the clutch until it slides in.
But wait, if I press DOWN on the lever whilst in neutral, it slides smoothly into reverse without any drama at all.
There's my father's Day present to myself and my long-suffering transmission.
In the immortal words of my alter ego Homer Simpson-DOH!

An example of why it's worth reading the instruction book  ;)

That's only the manufacturers' opinion of how to do things ;D

But we're men and men don't do that!

Wow, i would love to know if the list of profanities aimed at the car while selecting reverse over the last four years stayed "off the cuff" so to speak or became a well rehearsed string of words. :D.

I always thought it was women who didn't do that or if they did they always found a reason why the designers were wrong and they were right

It was always done with quiet dignity, especially in public as I just refused to give cause to anyone to comment about Lancia build quality ;D
Aside from which, being Irish, profanity is part of EVERY conversation. (Ah, good morning Father Murphy, and how the **** are you today? " "Sure, I'm ******* great, my son!")