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The 61 Dodge Lancer that I owned had the buttons on the left end of the dashboard. It was great, out of the way, not cluttering the center. I wish my present car had them instead of the handle sticking up on the console.
Had them in my dad's Dodge. Second thing that broke, right after the push-button radio,
with more and more complicated technologies in cars today i see repair shop owners rubbing their hands together )
Except today's push button transmissions aren't a complicated technology. It's simply an electronic signal telling the computer to tell the transmission to go into gear. Gear selection has been electronically controlled for a very long and is a proven technology.
Except today's push button transmissions aren't a complicated technology. It's simply an electronic signal telling the computer to tell the transmission to go into gear. Gear selection has been electronically controlled for a very long and is a proven technology.
Everything's got or is getting an E-Shifter.
Some of them are on the floor to fool people into thinking they have the old style shifter. They don't.
I like Lincoln's set up as well. It's very well integrated, easy to use and out of the way.
I've noticed that some cars also have push button ignitions. Think back 100 years or so.
And what's not noticeable is that your gas pedal may no longer be connected to the fuel system by linkage. Depressing the gas pedal sends an electronic signal to the fuel system to accelerate the car.
Called "drive by wire" on Ford products since about 2006.
My experience/worry is that its the difference between the button on the car radio or for the AC and a light switch. Which is to say that its not that the technology isn't reliable, but I really have concerns about the longevity of the materials used.
Buttons, in the sense of a keyboard, or the many buttons on a car, or a remote control for a TV, have a limited life. Most of them last the life of the car, most of the time, but I've also had to replace them prematurely.
Its like when my Saab had a bewitched gas cap. IIRC there was a servo that opened it, but when it gummed up a bit, it was a nightmare. Not to say that a cable couldn't fail, but it sent me to levels of p**** off I've not recently seen. I've never had a problem with the more substantial shift knob types. I do understand that its simply a heavier switch to send the same electronic order.
If you watch Wheeler Dealers, transmission linkages go wrong all the time, at least the manual ones anyway.
It seems like the linkage needs work on just about every car they buy.
If they have an automatic, it's hard to say because they don't try to rebuild those, they'd get sent out.
The only downside to this is that with a normal shifter I can shift from reverse to drive, or vice versa without even needing to look down. This may not seem like a big deal, when when I’m backing a trailer and have my eyes on the mirrors, I don’t want to have to be fumbling with buttons.
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