There are several people who hates this style of automatic gear stick

Kinja'd!!! "Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
09/24/2013 at 17:26 • Filed to: None

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I am one of them. Motor Trend does, too. I’m also not fond of the transmission it’s attached to.


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Kinja'd!!! Nibbles > Boxer_4
09/24/2013 at 17:27

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Damn, I wish my car had a download button


Kinja'd!!! desertdog5051 > Boxer_4
09/24/2013 at 17:31

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How does that work?


Kinja'd!!! Boxer_4 > desertdog5051
09/24/2013 at 17:55

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It doesn't. How it is supposed to work is as follows: You move the lever either forward or back, depending on what gear you want, and then you hold the lever until it selects the gear you want.

It's basically a 3 position switch that returns to it's original position in between selecting gears. We had one in a 300 rental, and it had a bad habit of jumping gear positions. It was a bit startling the first time it happened, but then it just became annoying. Reverse was the worst, where it would either select neutral or park, and take a little bit of fiddling with it to actually get reverse.