shifting to reverse

[Mr 5 0]

Shifting into reverse with a T-5 always requires a shift to fifth or even third, to avoid 'The Clash'[.
This is a problem inherent in the T-5.

My '90 LX did this from the very first time I shifted into reverse, as I prepared to drive it off the dealers lot in March of 1990.
It had 3 miles on it. The dealer mechanic told me "They all do that" (which I didn't believe at the time) and then my best friend, an auto shop owner who had a '88 LX, told me the same thing. They were both right. Shift into fifth, then reverse.