Originally Posted by blackcrossfire07
All the cars I ever drove that were sticks were American cars... Like ford and gm. I would have never figured out how to put the crossfire in reverse unless I read the manual. Since the crossfire I drove a BMW and Audi a4 and both were sticks. I either had to push the shifter down or up to get them in reverse. My guess is that it is a German car thing.
It's not all Germans anymore; the Mazda 6-speed on the MS6 is push-down. It makes sense when you've got reverse off where someone inexperienced might go looking for 1st.
Hell, I'm lucky my other car (4runner) has a good reverse gate or I'd be hitting reverse where I wanted my nonexistent 6th gear
