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I do not want to be the one to test.

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This may have been discussed before but I could not find anything. Has anyone accidently confused the transmission selector with the drive mode selector while driving at cruising speed? I can see how this could be an honest mistake and curious if the thing is smart enough not to get slammed into reverse or park while flying down the highway.
 

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No the car will not do that. The computers won’t allow it.
 

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I have done it twice when driving on the freeway. Thought I was changing drive mode.

Dash pop up with a warning message but nothing changed.
 

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I'm guilty as well. Just a warning message as mentioned above.
 

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Thanks for asking. I was wondering too.
 

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One benefit to the funky shifter that no longer has a physical connection to the transmission - the electronics step in and protect us from our mistakes lol.

Doesn’t stop you from accidentally throwing it into park instead of reverse when you’re going to back into a parking space or doing a 3 point turn or something similar…made that mistake a few times in the early days…let’s just say it’s an abrupt halt lol
 



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