This is BS

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 07/24/2014 at 14:38 • Filed to: None

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No. Automatics don't get boots. Stop this.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 14:38

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I know GMC did this in the Envoy

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 14:40

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Good thing all Benz's come with column shifters now.

Audi's guilty of using boots on their auto shifters.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 07/24/2014 at 14:40

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Go find that pic of the Cimmeron that was posted earlier. I think it had one, too.

Party-vi > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 14:41

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Just for that, Imma put a manual level cover on my auto shifter.

AdmiralAkbar > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 14:42

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That transmission boot is lying!

heliochrome85 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 07/24/2014 at 14:42

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not all benzes. Just C/E/S.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > heliochrome85 07/24/2014 at 14:42

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And all the SUVs, if my memory serves me correctly.

Cherry_man1 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 14:42

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I see no problem with this.

heliochrome85 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 07/24/2014 at 14:43

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and CLA. Im not sure about G-class.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 07/24/2014 at 14:43

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Autos belong on the column. It just makes sense, and leaves the center free for more storage or three-abreast seating.

Vicente Esteve > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 14:44

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RED SEATS.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Cherry_man1 07/24/2014 at 14:44

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It tries really hard to look like a manual. Dishonesty bugs me. I really thought I was looking at a manual until I noticed the lack of a clutch pedal, which made me look back at the picture of the shifter and let out a disappointed "oh..."

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > heliochrome85 07/24/2014 at 14:45

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G-Class has a console.

So nearly all of them.

macanamera > heliochrome85 07/24/2014 at 14:46

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#notallbenzes

Brian Silvestro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 14:46

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Automakers,

Take that leather, wrap it around your dick, and make YOUR PET PYGMY GOAT BLEED

-regular car reviews on this topic

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 14:46

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Agreed. Which is why I don't understand why people bash GM for using column shifters in their trucks/SUVs.

macanamera > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 14:47

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Somebody should get really creative and stick on a PRNDL on the left side of their manual, and throw one of those ugly button-having auto shift knobs on.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Brian Silvestro 07/24/2014 at 14:48

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Oh, that's hot.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > macanamera 07/24/2014 at 14:49

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"Nah, man. It's an auto. You got this"

*sound of grinding gears*

Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 14:50

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Dude. I...like my automatic boot. Depends on the car honestly.

Cherry_man1 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 14:50

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Always assume everything is an auto till you read about it.

Brian Silvestro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 14:51

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Find their S4 review on YouTube. I can't link it because I'm at wörk right now.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Brian Silvestro 07/24/2014 at 14:54

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Oh, boy, an excuse to binge on RCR. Again.

My wife has triceps now.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 07/24/2014 at 14:54

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Because it seem everyone hates GM.

Brian Silvestro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 14:55

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aaaawwww yeaeeeeaaah

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 07/24/2014 at 14:56

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Even before everyone hated GM, they'd still complain about it being on the column.

I for one welcome the open real-estate on the console.

macanamera > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 14:58

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"Don't you see the parking brake? Down there, on your left? I swear its auto."

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 07/24/2014 at 15:00

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But even Ford and I'm pretty sure Dodge do as well. My dads Mercury has column his work truck, a F250, also has column.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > macanamera 07/24/2014 at 15:02

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Yeah, that's where my parking brake is and after driving JayhawkJake's 6-speed Sonic I got in my car and... immediately held down the parking brake wondering where the stick was.

Textured Soy Protein > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 15:25

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Yeah, that looks too much like a manual transmission.

My DCT shifter has a boot on it but nobody would mistake it for a manual.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Textured Soy Protein 07/24/2014 at 15:29

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Yeah, if it must be floor/console mounted that's about the way to do it. Is that a pushbutton parking brake on the stick and two other buttons on the sides?

Nibbles > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 15:32

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A dial is fine too

Textured Soy Protein > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 15:33

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The button on the top is to engage P. There's still a regular pull-up handle parking brake though.

The button on the side similar in function the usual auto shifter button—you need to hold it in while shifting. The difference is since this thing is basically just a joystick, it'll still move without the button pushed.

If you try to shift without using the button, the car dings at you and flashes an icon of the shifter with an arrow pointing at the button, to tell you "PUSH THE BUTTON DUMMY."

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 07/24/2014 at 15:57

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Most AMG variants don't have column shifters.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 17:37

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I disagree. It's all a matter of execution, a boot can be pulled off as long as it's not trying to pass as a manual.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/24/2014 at 17:52

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I agree, that's pretty well done (is that a Concorde?) but when it's styled like in the image I used... just no.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 18:00

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300M. Same difference.

jdrgoat - Ponticrack? > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/24/2014 at 23:43

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Does it look better with a boot? Then it gets a boot. Is it trying to look like a manual? No. It's trying to look classier.

I get it. I don't like driving automatics either, and I'm sad that I now own a car with one. But this is seriously a ridiculous argument and I hope you realize that.