I really did like it and would have left it on if it was just me by myself using the machine. But with a 100 lb lab and kids it was an accident waiting to happen. It was just to easy for the dog or one of the kids to step on it and rev the s*** out of the machine. I was always good about putting it in neutral when I got out to for a second for whatever chore we were doing so nothing bad ever happened. But it would have only taken one slip up on my part to leave it in gear and it could have had a bad outcome. Just made me uneasy so I took it off.