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What possible improvement does the gated shifter give to a car, personally, i find it annoying having to move it left, down, right, down, right, left, and finally into D to get the car movin.
What possible improvement does the gated shifter give to a car, personally, i find it annoying having to move it left, down, right, down, right, left, and finally into D to get the car movin.
Eliminates the depression of the button to shift, and is to avoid accidentally putting it in the wrong gear. Alot of domestic cars easily slip into lower gears than the generic "D" if you don't pay attention to how many positions you've moved the lever.
Wow, that explanation actually makes sense. Funny thing, the other night i was leaving my friends house, and shifted into what i thought was D, when i pressed the gas it felt as if it were pulling harder, or the motor was working harder to move the car, and when i released the gas, i didnt feel the tranny shift like it usually does, and when i looked at the shifter i noticed i put it on 2. So i guess the gate shifting does have a purpose.
03-05-06, 07:45 PM
