Resurrection of the Windstar

Today Mike picked my family up in his van and drove us to church. He lives in Lewisville now, so it was pretty generous of him! His wife, Trisha drove us all back after church.
When we pulled up, Jim noticed something funny... our yard had been mowed! We thought maybe the neighbor lady had mowed ours or something. Jim decided that Dave had been at our house earlier and mowed before his hockey game at 2. :) Jim made pizzas from scratch for lunch.
He and Dave went to look at the van. Dave put the key in, turned it and THE VAN STARTED! I was online, looking up bus schedules and planning how early I would have to get up to walk to the nearest bus stop before class.The boys came inside to tell me the van had started and I kept repeating, "seriously?" The van wont start unless it's in Park or Neutral, not Drive. Dave simply starting it differently, made it work. Dave says that is common on newer vehicles. HORRAH for FREE solutions. Praise God that it was something simple.