Night Oppo

"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley) 08/19/2018 at 22:14 • Filed to: None

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I’ve clearly been driving the truck too much. Tried to put the CX-3 in park with the windshield wiper stalk tonight. Yikes.

facw > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/19/2018 at 22:27

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It’s been 13 years since I last drove my Previa, and longer since I drove it regularly, and I still occasionally find myself reaching for the column shift. Even if I feel fine, I tend to take it as a sign that maybe I don’t have it together enough to actually be driving when it happens.

Also: All automatics should be column shift. Or at least button/dial shift. No need to waste space on a big shifter just to imitate the manual configuration.

Nom De Plume > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/19/2018 at 22:28

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someassemblyrequired > facw 08/19/2018 at 22:43

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Floor shifters were for that crapbox Chevette or Tempo, not for a proper car for a dignified owner.  

ttyymmnn > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/19/2018 at 22:55

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Not quite as bad as the time I climbed into my parents’ Caprice after driving the Rabbit for a long time, pulled away from the curb, then lifted my left foot and stomped on the brake. 

fintail > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/19/2018 at 22:55

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I drive a modern MB with a column shift, and the fintail also has column shift (hmm maybe that’s where an automatic should be?  just sayin).  Every time I drive another car, I blindly reach for the column shift lever, firmly in muscle memory now.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/19/2018 at 23:05

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I went from a column shift, to a console shift, to manual floor shift, to a column shift, to a manual console shift. I’ve tried putting the manual GTI in park with the wiper stalk and using the clutch as a parking brake like the Silverado I owned before it when I  was particularly tired.

TheRealBicycleBuck > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/20/2018 at 00:06

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Every time I went to start the planes this weekend, I stepped on the left rudder first. It got to be embarrassing.

Tristan > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/20/2018 at 02:48

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I don't know how I haven't snapped the wiper stalk off of my wife's RAV4 yet.

Quadradeuce > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/20/2018 at 14:20

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If I’ve driven my forklift too much, I’ll often hop in my car and try to put it in reverse by engaging the left blinker. (On a toyota forklift, the “blinker” stalk is the forward/reverse lever)