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Oh come on now, granny cars~? I don't feel that way. Plus, I like the larger seats. The smaller seats don't give you enough room to move around. And the comfort is like sitting on a seat at the baseball game~!
How much room do you need while driving, that a bucket seat does not give?
I do not miss column shifters. I test drove a couple different Tundra's when I bought mine. First time using a column shifter in years. It just did not feel right to me.
Not to mention, the bucket seats were so much more comfortable.
How come they changed the gear shift on cars from the wheel to between the seats~? I'm so use to it on the wheel when I had Chevy's and then they quit. Went to Buicks, and now they quit. What's the reason for it, does anyone know~? I'm comfortable with it on the wheel and then again you use to get a larger seat, a bench seat. Now all I'm finding is gears between the seats with less seat room and more gadgets.
Because they were 3 speeds. 4, 5, 6 speeds would not work on the column and the floor shifter works better and is faster.(Im talking manual trans)
How much room do you need while driving, that a bucket seat does not give?
I do not miss column shifters. I test drove a couple different Tundra's when I bought mine. First time using a column shifter in years. It just did not feel right to me.
Not to mention, the bucket seats were so much more comfortable.
One of the reasons I bought a car with bench seats was because I did not want a console shifter.
I wouldn't mind having bucket seats, but every car with bucket seats had the shifter in the middle console.
For me.....console shifters are a huge PIA. I always throw my purse on the passenger seat and the strap gets hung up on the shifter all the time.
Which SUVs still have column shifts? The old Explorer and Escape used to have it, but not in the latest generation. Toyota Sequoia also had it, but maybe not anymore? Cadillac Escalade, Chevy Tahoe, Ford Expedition (not sure), and...?
One of the reasons I bought a car with bench seats was because I did not want a console shifter.
I wouldn't mind having bucket seats, but every car with bucket seats had the shifter in the middle console.
For me.....console shifters are a huge PIA. I always throw my purse on the passenger seat and the strap gets hung up on the shifter all the time.
Stop throwing your purse at the shifter, try thowing it over instead. Come on, you'd have to be throwing it at the passenger seat floor to be catching on the shifter. Typically both seats are AFT of where the shifter is located.
How much room do you need while driving, that a bucket seat does not give?
I do not miss column shifters. I test drove a couple different Tundra's when I bought mine. First time using a column shifter in years. It just did not feel right to me.
Not to mention, the bucket seats were so much more comfortable.
I don't know how much room I need, but I like a roomy car. I'm a petite female but I like my butt room Anyways, I didn't know this would be a "hot topic" Just kind of noticed it when I was looking for a new vehicle that the gears now all are between the seats and everything is on the wheel is included in the price, where at one time it was extra.
Do you know me or something~? Cause this is too realistic for you to say this and it's mostly true~!
I don't think so as I don't know too many folks from KY. My dad had LeSabres from '90 through 2005 and they definitely had a column shift. He would hang his ball caps on it by poking the shifter through the hole in the back of the cap. They were certainly uncool "grandpa cars" but they were very comfy, rode well if not a little too soft, got about 30 mpg on the highway (not bad for a ~4000 lb barge with a fairly large, old-school V6 and absolutely no modern fuel-economy tweaks) and lasted near forever. I understood why people would buy cars like Buicks and Cadillacs that after my dad had those Buicks.
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Originally Posted by Annie53
One of the reasons I bought a car with bench seats was because I did not want a console shifter.
I wouldn't mind having bucket seats, but every car with bucket seats had the shifter in the middle console.
I really like the 40/20/40 two buckets and a flip-down console/third front seat setup. My current truck has it and it's handy to occasionally be able to stuff a sixth person in the vehicle for short runs. It's also nice to be able to flip the console/seatback up to be able to reach over to the passenger seat to grab a map or something. Those LeSabres of my dad's had a similar setup too.
There is still nearly always a cable or rod that goes from the shifter to the transmission even on a floor shift transmission. The only transmissions where a direct linkage is available would be a floor shift manual in a longitudinal engine vehicle but those are not very common these days. Your typical transverse engine car needs a linkage no matter where the shifter is located because the transmission is underneath the engine, not underneath the console.
No idea of what you are talking about. The following vehicles, all that I drive now and then, have manual transmissions:
a. 1987 Civic Si. The stick is positioned right on top and middle of the transmission
b. 1981 Ford F-150 (same thing as above)
c. 1994 Susuki Sidekick
d. 1988 Sierra GMC
All have 5-speeds forward, and the shifter is located in the middle (on the floor above the transmission), plus attached to the top cover of the transmission. I do my own work on these transmissions, too. If any linkage used, it's usually a very short piece of petal, not one that has several twists and turns all the way from the steering column down to the side of the transmission.
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Come on, you'd have to be throwing it at the passenger seat floor to be catching on the shifter. 
Typically both seats are AFT of where the shifter is located.
Anyways, I didn't know this would be a "hot topic" 
