Quote Originally Posted by Thymeclock View Post
I assume this is an automatic. I'm confused by the statements in #2. In what you said, do you mean that no matter which selection of gear you chose (1st or 2nd or drive or reverse) the car wouldn't move at all for 5 minutes?
That's correct, it's an automatic, and regardless of the front-to-back selection of the gear selected, the car wouldn't move (to be even more clear, the transmission wouldn't shift out of Park).
Sorry for not being more clear.