Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
Ended up doing a lot of this stuff, in case anyone has any questions.
Trip was 2 years ago, and is still the last real trip I have taken.
Had less time in Bar Harbor than expected because the rental car had a bizarre problem where it wouldn't get in gear. The gearshift was fake. It acted like it was actually doing the shifting, but in reality it was just telling the computer to shift gear. It ended up getting screwed up to where it always thought it was one gear behind where it actually was, so it was impossible to get into drive. Reverse was park, neutral was reverse, and drive was neutral. Oh, and park was still park, I guess. What a fail.
Was incredibly difficult to get this switched out for a car big enough for the family. Took me several hours to get this resolved, since the breakdown hapened in a small town near Bar Harbor. Anyway, we ended up missing most of the day, but we did spend the early evening and night in the area until everything closed down.