Copyright jalopnik
If you've ever been in a hurry before, there's a good chance you've backed out of a parking space and put your car in drive without coming to a complete stop. As long as you're going slow enough, your transmission probably didn't explode on the spot, but that doesn't mean it didn't add unnecessary wear to one expensive-to-replace component. The automatic transmission band is designed to change gears, not stop your vehicle, and while the part itself shouldn't be too expensive, actually swapping the old one out for a new one is far more time-intensive than you might think. After all, brakes are designed to be changed regularly, and it's a pretty simple process. Transmission work, on the other hand, is more complicated. You'll either spend a lot of time fixing your transmission yourself, or your mechanic will charge you a lot of money to do the work for you. Either way, you're creating a future headache for yourself every time you shift an automatic transmission while the car is still in motion.
