What the fuck is this?

"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno) 11/17/2014 at 21:42 • Filed to: None

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Who decided the toggle switches for manual shifting needed to go on top of the shift lever on the Malibu?

What was wrong with it having it's own channel to the side? I don't understand GM's obsession with these stupid toggle shifters. My mom's Vue has one and it's a pain, and it's toggle is at least on the side of the lever! They do this on a ton of their cars and it makes any short of manual shifting annoying to do with awkward ergonomics.

And where the hell are the paddle shifters GM? Even the fucking Camry has paddle shifters. You offered them on the old Malibu, but why not this one?

See this shifter you did in the Vue Redline? Put this in everything.

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 21:43

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I don't understand things that GM does sometimes.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 11/17/2014 at 21:45

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I don't either. I understand this is just a little thing, but geeze.

whoarder is tellurium > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 21:48

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Upshift and downshift are still backwards.

Mazda gets it right usually

My citroen won't start > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 21:49

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The side toggles also make no sense IMO. So impractical.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 21:49

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That really only makes sense on a column shifter.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > whoarder is tellurium 11/17/2014 at 21:50

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I'm okay with it so long as it isn't just a button!

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 21:50

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Like the rest of the interior looks pretty sharp, but some aluminium paddles or a left-up-down to shift pattern would be cool.

Vicente Esteve > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 21:51

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Dr. Pepper Chap stick holder

Milky > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 21:51

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I doesn't matter, shifting a manumatic is stupid anyways.

Source: owner of manumatic

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > My citroen won't start 11/17/2014 at 21:52

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So impractical and not in the slightest bit dramatic.

He floors it, the buttery smooth 3.6 climbs to redline, he presses the plus button on the side of the shifter to go up to second.

No theater to it at all like there is with a pull shift.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 11/17/2014 at 21:52

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I would've been okay with the shitty button placement if it had paddles, which I thought it did since the old one did. But I was wrong.

twochevrons > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 11/17/2014 at 21:53

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In a way, I'd almost think that if they could find a shift pattern that was intuitive enough, a column shifter would be great for a +/- mode next to D: just 'bump' the shift lever up or down – it'd almost be as good as a paddle shift!

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 21:53

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Huh, They should work on that a little bit. I'd like it more without those things.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Vicente Esteve 11/17/2014 at 21:54

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Cellphone holder, chocolate bar holder, business car holder. The possibilities and endless!

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Milky 11/17/2014 at 21:54

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At least its more exciting then just putting it in drive and going.

My citroen won't start > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 21:54

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Exactly, the whole point of a manual mode is adding a bit of zest to the experience.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > twochevrons 11/17/2014 at 21:55

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i guess, but it still makes more sense on a column than on the center stack or what ever you call the normal place.

Scary__goongala! > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 21:56

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Typical GM. They give us the Z28 but throw this rubbish at us as well.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 21:59

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On the prior Malibu, they also messed up the shift paddles. Instead of one for up and one for down, it was a push-pull thing and it was relentlessly stupid.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 22:00

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Don't forget the chocolate bar in the summer.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 11/17/2014 at 22:03

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Someone needs to sit their engineers down and explain how to make a proper setup for manual mode. And that person needs to be whoever did the paddles in the C7.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/17/2014 at 22:03

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Oh yeah, that's always a melty sticky mess.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Scary__goongala! 11/17/2014 at 22:05

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They need to assign the engineers from that and the C7 to show the people who work on more pedestrian models how to do things right.

Milky > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 22:08

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You're more positive than I.

Vicente Esteve > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 22:09

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MINI SHARPIE HOLDER

GRAPE HOLDER

PAGER CAGER

Scary__goongala! > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 22:10

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I feel like this sorta stuff doesn't even have anything to do with cost. It seems like they just want to do little things like these to make their cars different from the competition, without actually thinking of how everything functions.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 22:13

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Then there are the fast food employees who don't drain the soda off the top of the cup. There is a special place in hell...

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/17/2014 at 22:16

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Or the ones who don't put the lid on all the way, but it's on just enough for you not to notice and pops off going through a corner.

DanZman > jkm7680 11/17/2014 at 22:20

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it looks ok in pictures, but I had one as a loaner a few weeks ago and it was a huge step down from my '14 silverado. It was even worse than my C6 vette

Vic788 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 22:23

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This guy did it.....................

shop-teacher > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/17/2014 at 23:31

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The previous Malibu had a paddle shifter option? My '11 just has that stupid toggle switch on the side of the shifter. That thing is worthless. It won't even let me do a second gear start in the snow.

Philbert/Phartnagle > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 11/18/2014 at 06:18

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NAWS!

jkm7680 > DanZman 11/18/2014 at 07:22

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Really? Was it the build quality?

whoarder is tellurium > Philbert/Phartnagle 11/18/2014 at 08:18

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Philbert/Phartnagle > whoarder is tellurium 11/18/2014 at 16:21

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Woo Hooooo! That's it!

DanZman > jkm7680 11/19/2014 at 01:46

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no, it seemed like it was well assembled and everything was tight. It just used very cheap materials. Everything I touched felt cheap. It reminded me of my sister's HHR.