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Automotive News & Views Gated Shifters (Automatic Transmissions)
43 messages, Last post on Aug 15, 2008 at 5:18 PM
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| My one and only automatic was a 1986 Merkur XR4Ti, and it had a gated shifter. I got used to it, but never really liked it (the gate or the automatic). I'm sure it's there to prevent people from shifting into the wrong gear, but it's annoying to have to hit each and every bump on the way from Park to Drive (snap right then down and to the left through Reverse and Neutral into Drive). Just another reason why my other vehicles are stick. | |
| Im a fan of the traditional stalk shifters. I dont like the stuff on the floor much. Too little storage space, and i find it annoying when you have to make it go through the gates like that. Im a stick-shift purist, but when I do drive automatics I like the stalk behind the wheel. | |
| I love floor shifters and my mazda 3's is gated. It also has the correct push-for- downshift pull-for-upshift configuration for it's manumatic mode that follows the natural momentum of the car when shifting. The gate pattern makes it easy to shift without ever looking down. Since I have to parallel park everywhere I go, it saves time. | |
Something new in this forum. I never knew so many people shifted by themselves when driving a automatic. Other than off roading or driving in the Snow I simply haven't seen much shifting by owners of automatics.
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Replying to: boaz47 (Feb 25, 2008 8:32 am) 
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I hate the gated shifter , but love to shift the automatic when getting on the freeway.  
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Why? With a gated shifter, you simply move it into the gears - a one-step process. With a column shifter, you have to press the release button first then move it into the gears - a two-step process. Not to mention that a properly designed gated shifter looks much better than a column one.
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Replying to: louiswei (Feb 25, 2008 2:25 pm) Not to mention that a properly designed gated shifter looks much better than a column one. I think possibly the complainers have never encountered a properly designed "gated" shifter. Personally I have yet to meet the column shifter that I liked.
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Replying to: andys120 (Feb 27, 2008 12:24 pm) The column shifters in all new Acuras and Infinitis aren't bad at all but a gated one is better. |
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| But my favorite automatic was the Chrysler push button. After all a automatic is all electronic with servos and switches and hydrolics. But then again with a gated shifter or paddle you can at least hold a gear a bit longer if you wish without mashing hard on the go pedal. | |
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