Dial Shifter - Let Me Vent!

Dice Roll said:

What is the problem here? Do you like things to be in the way? I can have stuff out over the console and it’s not sticking up to mess me up. It’s not cluttered in the dash area.

You can even get out and not have to bother with it because when you turn it off, the trans goes into park by itself. When having to do a lot of back and forth moves, it’s way easier than messing with a stick and button deal.

I seriously can’t find a downside to this and don’t want another vehicle with the old school stuff ever again.

and I’m a guy that drives a 1969 car on the weekends.

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Clearly, you are a guy who "takes your chances"....

I'll tell you what I like about the new shifter: because there's no physical connection between the shifter and the tranny, you don't have to move to P when you stop. Just stop the car with the brake pedal and press the Power button to shut off the engine. Voila, the system switches to P magically! I developed this habit after noticing that AS/S kicked the engine off when I stopped the car just to have it immediately restart when selecting P.

JamaicaJoe said:

If I recall some celebrity got run over , killed, by his jeep due to uncertainty that the vehicle was in park mode.

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Anton Yelchin. His jeep rolled into him and pinned him against a gate, and he died slowly, age 27. Very tragic.
Wouldn't have happened with electronic shift, where it automatically goes into Park when you push the start/stop button to shut the engine off.

I like the rotary dial. Had it on my 2015 RAM 1500. I do not like the GM button thingy. I'd probably buy a Yukon today if it weren't for that. The new Traverse and Tahoe/Suburban will switch to a column shifter. I might try to wait for a 25 Tahoe, but I'm sure it'll be stupid expensive when you include the dealer markups.

JamaicaJoe said:

Clearly, you are a guy who "takes your chances"....

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I put a vehicle in the gear I need and it goes. Not sure what else you’d need in life. Perhaps some people need training on how things work. I remember some guys were shocked to learn the Expy has a self protect feature to prevent damage from people slamming from drive to reverse while moving, something people have done on old vehicles that tears up transmissions. Wouldn’t surprise me if people had trouble with turning a knob.

Dice Roll said:

What is the problem here? Do you like things to be in the way? I can have stuff out over the console and it’s not sticking up to mess me up. It’s not cluttered in the dash area.

You can even get out and not have to bother with it because when you turn it off, the trans goes into park by itself. When having to do a lot of back and forth moves, it’s way easier than messing with a stick and button deal.

I seriously can’t find a downside to this and don’t want another vehicle with the old school stuff ever again.

and I’m a guy that drives a 1969 car on the weekends.

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I'm real old and these things are a distraction. If ya have that much junk to put on your console I'd respectively suggest a pocket book. Which 69?

My 8 year old son thought the rotary shifter was a elevated cup coaster

Fastcar said:

I'm real old and these things are a distraction. If ya have that much junk to put on your console I'd respectively suggest a pocket book. Which 69?

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If I have something out to look at, it isnt something you can put in a notebook.

69 GTX. 440 with AC. 72,000 miles California car.

Dice Roll said:

If I have something out to look at, it isnt something you can put in a notebook.

69 GTX. 440 with AC. 72,000 miles California car.

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Your post brings back memories.

When I was young, I wanted to buy a 1970 GTX with the 440 and automatic transmission. It had a black vinyl top, yellow body and the air-grabber hood.

My Dad said no - he was afraid it was too powerful of a car for me to drive.

Rob6805 said:

Shift controllers like Ford's dial aren't going away. Jeep/RAM have a similar style. The dial type is 100x better than the stupid buttons GM uses. They take up much less space that can be used for storage. I don't mind it one bit.

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This dial shifter of what you speak, is it on your side of the vehicle? I have it 20/20 Lincoln with push buttons. The drive button is on the passenger side of the car. Unbelievably I have to reach to the right of Center to put it in to drive. I hate it. My wife's 2013 expedition, King Ranch with every villain whistle they offered so far as I know, is getting old but only has 55,000 miles on it. And most of those were racked up prior to 2016 when we were 25 miles to a cell phone signal. Now she would like a new car but refuses to even drive mine. And I must sympathize as I still don't know how to wash my rear window or manually control my headlamps, and do not understand at all why that vehicle talks to me when I walk out into the garage to do something else. It squeaks creeks and moans. It only gets worse if I actually have the key fob in my pocket. I'm going to go look for a really good old SUV, one madebefore the computers took over.