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03-29-2009, 06:49 PM
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column shifter?
Does anyone here prefer the column shifter over the shifter on the floor in an automatic?
I might be the only person in the world who likes the shifter on the column.
On plus of it is that it gives you a place to rest your hand when you are station surfing on the radio!
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03-29-2009, 07:06 PM
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I love the column shifter, along with a 60/40 split bench with fold-down/up armrest. Besides being out of the way, I've always loved exactly the same radio-changing handrest function as you.
Automatics have no reason to clutter the console area with a shifter. There's nothing that most people need to do with it while driving. In new models there are various types of manual control, but having a column shifter doesn't even prevent that:
...and of course, then there's always paddle shifters or buttons on the face of the steering wheel. |
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03-29-2009, 07:17 PM
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I had a Chevy S-10 with a column shifter. Now that you mention it, I guess I did sort of like that better. Not a strong preference, though, so I'd never thought about it before. All my other cars have been manual, but I drove other people's automatics with the floor shifter.
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03-30-2009, 07:22 AM
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i prefer the column shifter even tho i dont like automatics in general, it prevents me from wanting to "shift" the floor shifter like a manual lol.
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04-01-2009, 07:32 PM
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"Best" of both?
I have a four speed manual column shifter in my Saab.
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04-01-2009, 07:54 PM
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This thread always puts the Cake song Stick Shifts and Safety Belts in my head.
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Pronunciation: \kō-di-ˈpen-dən(t)-sē\
Function: noun
Date: 1979
: a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition (as an addiction to alcohol or heroin) ; broadly : dependence on the needs of or control by another
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04-02-2009, 08:34 AM
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06-15-2009, 01:59 AM
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I really like the dash-mounted gearshift on the Nissan S-Cargo... don't know if any of those ever got to the US.
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06-15-2009, 08:21 AM
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Depends on the car I guess, can't imagine driving Marvin with a floor shifter, it would be too low, and I like the center console shifter in Wile-E...
Bigger cars or those with more upright seating are better suited for column shifters, smaller cars with a lower, sportier driving position are better suited to the center console shifter I guess.
However... I miiiight at some point try rigging a button or paddle shifter on Wile-E when I discover more about how the electrics work, since it's an electronic auto in him.
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06-15-2009, 09:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by markweatherill
I really like the dash-mounted gearshift on the Nissan S-Cargo... don't know if any of those ever got to the US.
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Like this?
We don't have the S-Cargo in the US, but we have minivans and SUVs with that dash-mounted console shifter. I don't like it. It's more intrusive than a column shifter, but offers none of the additional convenience of a floor-mounted console shifter. |
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06-15-2009, 09:59 AM
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I prefer the column shifter above all others, then again I did learn to drive on a 1980 Pontiac.
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06-17-2009, 10:22 AM
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Oh I love a column shift...for autos AND manuals...
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