Should the Design of Automatic Transmission-Shifters in New Vehicles be Standardized?
06-29-24, 07:17 AM
#46
Lexus Fanatic
Certain controls, the steering wheel, pedals, gear selector, turn signals…not the place for design to express themselves lol
06-29-24, 10:02 AM
#47
Lexus Fanatic
Thread Starter
06-29-24, 10:33 AM
#48
I totally disagree. The issue is trying to fiddle with a slider on a screen and thinking drive has engaged when it hasn't I can 100% see how that could happen in a Tesla and if you're in a hurry you could put your foot on the accelerator and expect to move forward and in fact move backwards. When you have a physical gearshift that you physically feel and see go into a specific gear thats much harder to do.
Physical feedback is a huge part of how we accomplish controlling something. No physical feedback in how you do anything in a Tesla which IMO makes them less safe.
Physical feedback is a huge part of how we accomplish controlling something. No physical feedback in how you do anything in a Tesla which IMO makes them less safe.
06-29-24, 10:37 AM
#49
Lexus Fanatic
Sliding gear selector on a screen and no turn signal stalks completely disqualify a Tesla as an option for me.
06-29-24, 10:49 AM
#50
Lexus Fanatic
She made a mistake that was made MUCH easier to make because of the design of the gear selector. Having driven Teslas like this, I absolutely see how she could have done that. Its poor design. She slid up but was just a little bit off and it didnt go into drive. When you're maneuvering around changing from drive to reverse drive to reverse I absolutely see how this could happen.
Sliding gear selector on a screen and no turn signal stalks completely disqualify a Tesla as an option for me.
Sliding gear selector on a screen and no turn signal stalks completely disqualify a Tesla as an option for me.
06-29-24, 11:57 AM
#51
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my experience driving teslas has been great, although i do wish the 3/Y had hud or gauge in front of driver. also not a fan of the yoke, although i bet it's a lot better in cybertruck because that finally has much more sophisticate variable steering.
06-29-24, 02:58 PM
#52
Lexus Champion
i bet 99% of all accidents related to shifters happen in parking lots, garages, or home driveways. hardly a 'recipe for disaster'.
more hilarity... most tesla owners i've seen LOVE the controls, while acknowledging there is a learning curve from the 'traditional'.
my experience driving teslas has been great, although i do wish the 3/Y had hud or gauge in front of driver. also not a fan of the yoke, although i bet it's a lot better in cybertruck because that finally has much more sophisticate variable steering.
more hilarity... most tesla owners i've seen LOVE the controls, while acknowledging there is a learning curve from the 'traditional'.
my experience driving teslas has been great, although i do wish the 3/Y had hud or gauge in front of driver. also not a fan of the yoke, although i bet it's a lot better in cybertruck because that finally has much more sophisticate variable steering.
06-29-24, 03:40 PM
#53
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06-29-24, 07:15 PM
#54
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Exactly. Ask Anton Yelchin. Oh wait you can’t because the stupid shifter in his Jeep killed him. Remember in response Jeep went back to a regular shifter. People can be hurt or killed very easily in a driveway or parking lot
06-29-24, 07:21 PM
#56
Lexus Fanatic
I have to agree. Although I have gotten used to the MB shifter and like it. Whenever I drive the Pacifica I’m always shifting the wiper stalk lol
06-29-24, 07:40 PM
#57
Lexus Fanatic
For sure. Others are great too. My friends Pacifica dial it is really convenient. The Toyota/Lexus shifter also adds a nice visual appeal too. It also has an experience all to its own Both my 4Runners have a cable so there is this tension that ads to it. New Tacoma has a cable too but not a gated shifter. Your MB has its only experience too. But likely all computer. I would expect that the Telsa design would have some sort of failsafe or something that would have detected the pole and ahut it down, that’s the bigger disappointment
06-29-24, 07:56 PM
#58
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06-30-24, 07:57 PM
#59
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reminds me of the old adage... "the great thing about standards is there's so many to choose from"
06-30-24, 07:59 PM
#60
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he was part of the 1%. he didn't put the car in park (either sloppy or didn't know how the shifter worked, probably the former), and didn't engage the park brake.
i HAD that same jeep and shifter. never any issue and i liked it.
i HAD that same jeep and shifter. never any issue and i liked it.