HandBanana
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My wife just got a 2012 Fiat 500 sport (US Edition) With an automatic transmission. She knows absolutely nothing about cars. One of the features on the car is the ability to move the shift knob to the left while it is in D in order to shift up and down on your own. She apparently has never heard of this before and red lined the hell out of the car and I guess just assumed that it was made to only get up to about 20 and was super loud. She made it 40 miles without the car exploding, she also informed me that she was able to get up to speed on the Hi way (although it took quite some time). She also told me that eventually the car would shift on it's own (at about 7,000 rpms). I am wondering if anyone can tell me if the car has some sort of dummy proof safety feature that automatically shifts the gear. I tried calling Fiat but the US hotline does not know any mechanical specifications of the cars. And I speak least Italian out of anyone I know. I am assuming since she was able to get up to 75 MPH that the car did shift it's self. I also tried calling several Fiat dealerships and asking their head mechanics. But they did not know if the car has the ability to override stupidity either, as they probably assumed no one would ever do that.