Possible Upcoming Land Rover Lawsuit Over Rotary-Shifters

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12-26-20, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SW17LS

I actually much prefer the gated shifter. With fore-aft shifters I tend to overshoot the gear I want. With the gated shifter I can shift totally by feel and not have to look at all.

Yeah....Lexus and Toyota owners seem to like the gated shifters.

12-26-20, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill

You would probably just get used to the cruise control stalk or button either way. I had always liked the black Toyota or Lexus stalk they have used until most recently.

Oh I'm sure, you get used to pretty much anything over time. The Mercedes stalk wasn't as simple as the Toyota/Lexus stalk though, and when feeling you had 3 stalks on that side of the steering wheel, the turn signal, the steering wheel control stalk and the cruise stalk.

12-28-20, 11:52 AM

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JLR should provide software to put the e-shifter into park on the cars when a door is opened, but from what I'm told, haven't been in a Land Rover in a few years, they don't do this with their e-shifter for whatever inexplicable reason.

We have no problems with our e-shifters in the Pacifica or e-tron, never had issues in our Odyssey or X5. Even my elderly parents have no issue with the e-shifter in their Pacifica or RDX. People can get used to these, but yes there should be easily programmed safety functions.

Love the Mercedes shifter stalk, as it truly opens up the center console area for additional storage or controls.