Haha my buddy's focus has the same little thing you have to lift to get it into reverse so I actually found it pretty quick when my car would only drive forward loli drove a 4 speed mt with an overdrive gear yall may refer to it as a 5spd even tho it really isnt. I didnt have a problem at all dude we were trying to figure out how to get it outa the parking spot when we picked it up from the dealership as they didnt have any manuals before mine lol was quite interesting as nobody there knew how to put it in reverse...