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I’ve always liked the almost horizontal, console mounted shifter on the Polonez. It was one of the reasons why I wanted to get one for a while now.

pip bip - choose Corrour > . . 06/09/2020 at 05:21

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that’s a bit weird.

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > . . 06/09/2020 at 05:22

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Did they do it like that on purpose? Or did the mold just slip in production lol.
I’d have to try it IRL to see how it feels. The Renault 4 “umbrella” shifter is great fun to use, so this might be as well.

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 06/09/2020 at 05:22

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Oh and btw, I LOVE that canvas on the seats, I might find something like that for my Volvo upholstery.

InFierority Complex > . . 06/09/2020 at 05:46

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So you’re saying it’s basically an Alfa

. . > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 06/09/2020 at 05:47

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I really hope it was done on purpose. :D

The shift pattern is completely standard, except obviously instead of the shifter going forward and backward it goes more up and down. It feels pretty intuitive overall.

. . > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 06/09/2020 at 05:48

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Yeah, it's a sea of wooly, Tweedy grey. Pretty hilarious. It's very rare to find this upholstery pattern in good shape so I was very lucky there.

. . > InFierority Complex 06/09/2020 at 05:54

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It’s clearly much better than an Alfa because the Polonez at least has adequate windshield demist vents, not the 2 round vents in the middle bollocks.  ;D

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > . . 06/09/2020 at 07:10

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So when are you sending RallyDarkStrikr a 126?

Cé hé sin > . . 06/09/2020 at 07:44

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Those horizontal levers are cheaper because they go straight into the box rather than having a remote change like this with an extra and expensive casting and shafts to allow the lever to be further back.

Also, I see that Polonez is the Polified version of polonaise, a dance. Also and furthermore , the Polonez was made with Fiat and Ford engines at various times plus Peugeot and VM diesels.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > . . 06/09/2020 at 07:53

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How DOES the demist function do anyway? :P

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > . . 06/09/2020 at 07:55

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I demand a post explaining how the Multilock works for the benefit of everybody here to see the wisdom of it’s design and the security and peace-of-mind if offers :P

. . > Cé hé sin 06/09/2020 at 08:01

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Funnily enough, the 125p had a normal, upright shifter originally, but when they moved on it Polonez gearboxes the shifter started coming out of the floor at a slightly odd angle.

And yeah, the Polonez used old Fiat 1300/1500 (and later bored out to 1.6), 2.0 DOHC Fiat engines, 2.0 Ford Sierra engines, 1.4 K-series Rover engines, 2.0 VM Turbodiesels and 1.9 XUD diesels from PSA.

. . > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/09/2020 at 08:19

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Sure. I don't have any photos of it in operation at the moment though. :(

. . > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/09/2020 at 08:20

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Haven't really had an opportunity to test it out properly just yet.