yeah, it got locked permanently in reverse backing out of a parking space at the local Sonic Drive-In ... think it was fixable ... dropped $2400 on a new one ... would like to have converted to the 6-speed but couldn't mess with it at the time ... shoulda found a way though ...
I still have the orig tranny but it runs about $1300 to get it rebuilt ... I don't need a spare that bad ... but the car has never been wrecked so the fiberglass is excellent ...
I've owned a '79 (garage queen) an '85 (bad tranny) a '90 (great car!) and now the '01. Of all the models, the C5 is the best, IMHO. Rides well, and dusts rice rockets with ease.