some people say it's a bad habit to shift to D while the car is still slowly rolling backwards.

Can lexus built in the last ~10 years handle this abuse?

 

I've done it in my 2008 several times without it being too jerky. I say several times because I always park nose out. The times I do park nose in and reverse with a slight roll, there's no issue. I think it's really dependent on how fast 'slowly rolling backwards' is to the driver and their familiarity with the vehicle/transmission. That said, I wouldn't make it a habit lol.

My favorite would be when someone is parking and puts the car in P while they're still moving say >5mph. If you're a passenger, HOLD ON!!

 

Its not good for the transmission, even if it doesn't jerk or clunk. Although they do design them to take this kind of abuse, imagine if you're stuck in snow, sand, mud, etc you'll need to be able to rock the car back and forth with some wheelspin to get yourself unstuck.

 

I've done this in every automatic-transmissioned car I've ever driven, and in fact do the opposite (from D into R) as well, since I back into my driveway/garage. The torque converter is unlocked at these low speeds, and takes nearly all of the shock off the actual transmission. It's significantly less stressful than accelerating fast, and obviously modern transmissions have no problems with that. Our two current vehicles (2RX and E90) have 200k miles between them with no trans issues.

Definitely agree with Hoovey about being absolutely stopped before putting it in Park. The torque converter has absolutely nothing to do with the parking pawl.

 

Your car will handle it no problem. Your transmission sees more load when you're accelerating from a stop.

 

I'm not sure I understand why anyone would be in such a hurry to risk damaging components. Maybe it takes less than one more second to stop completely? I guess I a old fashioned or have no life.

 

agree 100%

 

not sure about the new ones but I assume so. I accidently put my 1990 Ls400 in reverse at 35 mph once. it clicked very loudly till I put it back into drive. it was fine, but don't try it..

 

just take the extra 2 sec to stop before shifting, no hurry

 

+1 I cringe everytime i see someone slam it into D while the car is still rolling backwards. Or when they slam it into P while still rolling, transmissions may be designed to handle the abuse, but why put them through that if you dont have to? take ONE extra second and let the vehicle come to a complete stop IMHO

 

One of those things is abuse. The other is not. A basic understanding of inertia is all that's necessary to make the distinction.

Put another way, to be consistent you should cringe every time you see someone apply more than just the slightest pressure to the accelerator when starting from a stop.

 

Now imagine stop and go traffic. Cringing all the way home.