Our five-speed Porsche decided to become a four-speed

This was going to be expensive, right?

First gear, second gear, third gear, fourth gear, third gear.

Um, how about fifth gear?

Nope, back to third.

Let’s try that again.

First, second, third, fourth, third.

Breathe in, breathe out.

Sliding the lever over to the right and then up again…

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When this happened, for a minute I was like, Did I just forget how to drive stick? 

At least you didn't end up with 5 neutrals.

Didn't GRM already do this?  It'll be fine, just drive it cross country.

Yes, true, but I wasn’t sure if first through fourth were getting ready to split town as well. :)