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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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| 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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| column shifters in trucks (loved the one in my 07 Avalanche, which btw, had NO button to push to change selections). I also prefer non-gated console shifters in most cars. I find it more intuitive and comfortable using the pushbutton on the stick and moving front-to-back rather than the side-to-side-as-I-move-front-to-back layout of the gated shifters. The only place I care for gates, and for good reason, is with a manual transmission! | |
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I am a fan of the floor shifter over the column, because column shifters always are harder to put in gear I find. (mind you my column shifter experience is with taurus's and f-150's, not exactly the new s-class) That being said I prefer the classic floor shift with the straight line down. You can switch gears really quickly. I'm not really a fan of the gated shifters, they seem to overcomplicate the process. The Escape I drive now has the floor shfter and has a fairly simple setup and I like it. |
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