by "Jcarr" (jcarr)
Published 01/11/2017 at 20:21
by "Jcarr" (jcarr)
Published 01/11/2017 at 20:21
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STARS: 7
Dying breed, here.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
01/11/2017 at 20:24, STARS: 2
I have a Town Car with a column shifter and an XJ8 with a weirdo J-Gate and driver seating like a fighter jet. I much prefer the latter, personally.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
01/11/2017 at 20:29, STARS: 1
Call me crazy, but the entire time I was driving the Micra I kept trying to column shift, thinking it was a van.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
01/11/2017 at 20:31, STARS: 1
ITs a dying breed unless you keep in mind the some of the F-series trucks have column shifters.
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
01/11/2017 at 20:39, STARS: 5
Oh look, another excuse to post BRONCO.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
01/11/2017 at 20:40, STARS: 1
Bench seat and column shifters FTW!
A Colorado/Canyon would be the perfect next truck for me, but only if they decide to offer a bench seat and column shifter.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
01/11/2017 at 20:43, STARS: 0
I think some GM trucks still do as well.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
01/11/2017 at 20:46, STARS: 1
And some of their vans, like the express. Those actually handle driving down lease roads at speed pretty well.
"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno)
01/11/2017 at 20:55, STARS: 0
Full-size GM trucks and vans will probably have column shifters until the world ends.
"Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition" (realasabass)
01/11/2017 at 21:02, STARS: 1
Does the stalk shifter in Mercedes count?
They don’t count for me. I have two vehicles with real column shifters.
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
01/11/2017 at 21:02, STARS: 1
Bench seat all the things!
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
01/11/2017 at 21:14, STARS: 0
Yes!
I’ve said this many times, but whichever company grows the balls to sell me a new crew cab truck with two plaid bench seats, gets my money.
"Phatboyphil" (justphil)
01/11/2017 at 21:26, STARS: 1
I need an old car with a column shift auto, V8, and bench seats in my life :(
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
01/11/2017 at 21:38, STARS: 1
That seems right to me. A console shifter in a truck just feels weird.
"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
01/11/2017 at 21:44, STARS: 0
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"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
01/11/2017 at 21:58, STARS: 1
Hmmm... cars I have owned:
2 column shift automatics (both of which had bucket seats oddly enough)
2 console shift automatic automatics
3 manuals (all console shift nothing weird for me)
I just don’t get the point of putting an automatic shifter in the console. Just seems to waste space. Especially in a FF transverse layout, even if it is mechanical it’s not like it’s somehow closer to the transmission or anything. When I was 16 my dad bought an Olds Intrigue with the console shifter. Everything we’d had up to that point besides a cheap Cavalier and a manual S10 had been a column shift (an array of yawnworth Chevy and Ford sedans, wagons, and minivans). I remember being on the test drive and asking the salesman why they wasted so much space by putting the shifter there when they could’ve had a bench seat or at least another cup holder. He said it was sportier. I asked why the hell an Oldsmobile was trying to be sporty. My dad told me to shut up.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
01/12/2017 at 04:46, STARS: 0
You haven’t seen a Hilux.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
01/12/2017 at 09:01, STARS: 0
Sadly no. No Hilux in the States.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
01/12/2017 at 09:50, STARS: 1
Oh well.
Have a Hilux interior, with six on the floor.
On the other hand, the Hiace van began with a column change, as so:
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
01/12/2017 at 10:22, STARS: 0
I should have clarified: Floor shifter feels normal when it’s a manual, strange when it’s an auto.
"Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner)
01/12/2017 at 16:02, STARS: 0
You are right, it eats up way to much space in the cab.