Is it me or is this shifter very tall

"The man in the iron mask" (Themanintheironmask) 11/06/2013 at 09:56 • Filed to: None

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Fl1ngstam > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 09:58

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I don't know. How tall are you?

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 09:58

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It's not the size man! It's how you use it... Oh wait you said tall not small, carry on.

BKRM3 > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 10:00

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Depends what you mean by "very"

EL_ULY > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 10:02

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yeah it is. Just like on Tundra. The cup holders are the victims here. On Tundra, you go for your coffee and it gets caught and spilled all over your huevos because it didn't clear the giant shifter. Your elbow will knock shit over in the Dodge as well. Solution.... race spec sequential paddle shifters

Casper > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 10:07

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Looks about right for something someone might try to race/drive sportingly. The idea is that the more performance oriented you get, the shorter the distance should be between hand position on the wheel and a gear selector change. That's why you see race cars with shifters nearly as tall as the dash and right next to the wheel. Especially for sequentials.

BrownMiataDieselWagon > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 10:09

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Better tall than short.

youshiftem > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 10:10

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Shorter than it has been

GhostZ > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 10:14

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The man in the iron mask > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 11/06/2013 at 10:19

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i thought using the word tall instead of long would prevent these type of mockery, but i see that the words dont matter.

The man in the iron mask > Casper 11/06/2013 at 10:20

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true, but those sequentials like on the photo move very little right? and im guessing the challenger will have a lot of travel when shifting

The man in the iron mask > youshiftem 11/06/2013 at 10:21

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Ive always wanted to use one of those

The man in the iron mask > BrownMiataDieselWagon 11/06/2013 at 10:21

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but shifting takes longer, well it takes more travel

Casper > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 10:23

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Yeah, that's why the Challenger's is about 50% the height... but also probably 50% the throw of a standard manual. They just scale based on "how performance" they want the car to be or feel. The stubby shifters are for GT/cruising cars where shifting isn't really a hurried process and if you miss/slip off the shifter it won't result in rods flying through the hood very often.

Jayhawk Jake > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 10:26

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Maybe maybe not?

I've driven an older Boxster which has a pretty tall shifter but the shifts were very quick and snappy.

It's a "Porch-uh" > EL_ULY 11/06/2013 at 10:29

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Worse is the E39 5-series BMW.

(Imagine that's a manual) Spirited shifts into 3 and 5 result in punching your drinks. Also, they're flimsy pieces of crap that barely hold anything in place.

gbbts > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 10:29

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How much time longer are we talking here?

The man in the iron mask > Jayhawk Jake 11/06/2013 at 10:30

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true, then i guess it depends on the mechanism below it

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 10:30

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If mine were any taller I'd hit the radio with my knuckles:

The man in the iron mask > gbbts 11/06/2013 at 10:31

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i dont know, comments keep coming and coming

EL_ULY > It's a "Porch-uh" 11/06/2013 at 10:32

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oh man, i forgot about those. Most of them are broken anyways if shopping for an e39 lol

SonorousSpeedJoe > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 10:33

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That pistol-grip shifter probably takes some effort to muscle around, but I still like it.

gbbts > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 10:36

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Lol

I think is between "close to zero" and "next to nothing"

Nibbles > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 11/06/2013 at 10:43

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Funny anecdote: While searching for a truck for the wife - we decided on a '95 Dakota 5 speed - I came across an odd duck. It was a '98 Ram 1500 5 speed that had the automatic's dashboard installed. You know, the one with the cup holders that popped out of the lower dashboard?

Yeah, that wasn't a good idea. Not a good idea at all.

The man in the iron mask > gbbts 11/06/2013 at 10:46

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lol, i didnt do that on purpose i just undestrood what you meant in your comment. and true it may be nothing. and you wouldnt care, just as i dont care that manual shifting takes longer than dual clutch transmissions.

fhrblig > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 11:40

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I don't care, I still want to wrap my hand around it. That's not a dick joke, I just really want a Challenger.

gbbts > The man in the iron mask 11/06/2013 at 12:16

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Just kidding too.

My preference is a for a long shifter with little travel. Much more comfortable than a small shifter that you might end up overloading your wrist.