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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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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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Replying to: hickey86 (Feb 29, 2008 6:22 am) I do not like being in an overdrive gear in hilly country, to get decent power going up and braking going down you need to be in 2nd or 3rd gear. Either is tricky to select from the column although I admit going back into D is easy because the detents are set up properly so that it'll drop right into it. On a more positive note, I think those of you complaining about gated shifter patterns being overly complex would be surprised to know that the motion to go from 5th to 4th on my car's Steptronic is almost the same that you'd use to go from 5th to 4th w a manual shift (in a typical 5-sp pattern). Move Lever back, then to left and back again. Tap lever back once for Fourth, twice for third. If that's too complex, there's always the "shifter" in the new Jag XF>  
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