A few things to know before stealing my 914
> Depress the clutch as you would in any car, and pull the knob from its secure location out of first gear. Now you will become adrift in the zone known to early Porsche owners as “Neverland” and your quest will be to find second gear. Prepare yourself for a ten-second-or-so adventure. Do not go straight forward with the shift knob, as you will only find Reverse waiting there to mock you with a shriek of high-speed gear teeth machining themselves into round cylinders.<p>I was confused by this until I searched for "Porsche 914 shift pattern" on Google Images. I guess it's a dog-leg gearbox (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-leg_gearbox" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-leg_gearbox</a>).