Is the floor shifter going away? (F150, CR-V, biggest, Chrysler)

[HappyRider]

I am not even talking about manual here. Every time I climb into my wife's C300 I miss the floor shifter. Instead, I have to play with an idiotic stalk on the steering wheel. Once on the road, I have nothing to grab with my right hand either (no jokes please.) So what's the trend? Are they getting rid of the shifter or is it just Mercedes?

[Mae Maes Garden]

My Nissan has the shifter on the dash...I got used to it pretty quickly..been driving it 6 years

[OutdoorLover]

I will miss the shift lever being in the center floor tunnel location if they do away with it - I am used to that, aesthetically and ergonomically. To me the biggest argument for keeping it there is clarity of the "user interface" of the car - it's an important control, and people know what that is right away on getting into the car, they don't need to search for it, and that's a practical advantage, not just aesthetics or tradition.

[m1a1mg]

But it doesn’t need to be there. I like the aesthetics of my F150 shifter, but it’s still just a switch.

[southernnaturelover]

I hate it when they put it at an odd angle, like in the CR-V. Even in an automatic, I tend to rest my hand on it sometimes. I guess it’s just a habit.

[ukrkoz]

Shifter? It's all buttons or knobs now... Two weeks and I still can't get used to knob in my RAM. Always shoot past R into P.

[AlfredB1979]

Originally Posted by ukrkoz

Shifter? It's all buttons or knobs now... Two weeks and I still can't get used to knob in my RAM. Always shoot past R into P.

Know that feel when I take the ‘03 F150 for the weekend and hop in the Ram on work days and have to get reacquainted with the knob!

Anyway, OP, it’s cheaper to get rid of all the extra linkages and whatnot, for exactly the same reason manual trans are going away. Cost.

[Hulsker 1856]

Originally Posted by HappyRider

I am not even talking about manual here. Every time I climb into my wife's C300 I miss the floor shifter. Instead, I have to play with an idiotic stalk on the steering wheel. Once on the road, I have nothing to grab with my right hand either (no jokes please.) So what's the trend? Are they getting rid of the shifter or is it just Mercedes?

You prefer the shifter on the floor, so therefore it is 'idiotic' to put it on the steering column?

Just out of curiosity, why do you think your subjective preferences determinant of idiocy?

"Oh, no! Shifting on the column!" sounds like the ultimate first world problem to me.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by Hulsker 1856

You prefer the shifter on the floor, so therefore it is 'idiotic' to put it on the steering column?

Just out of curiosity, why do you think your subjective preferences determinant of idiocy?

"Oh, no! Shifting on the column!" sounds like the ultimate first world problem to me.

I'm old enough to remember, and it wasn't all that long ago, people complaining that the shifter was on the floor and not the column.

[easy62]

Chrysler has had a push button automatic transmission in the 1960’s this is on on a 1964 Dodge Polara.


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