I think these are like a BMW where the lever doesn’t really move into a detent position, it just contacts switches and you have to watch the indicator to see which mode it’s in.
“I think these are like a BMW where the lever doesn’t really move into a detent position, it just contacts switches and you have to watch the indicator to see which mode it’s in.”.
I think you are absolutely correct. I’ve got a BMW and it took a while to get used to the gearshift as it is electronic. That being said, the iDrive system in the BMW is exactly the garbage that everyone has always said it was. Not at all intuitive.
Just realized how off-topic the last part of my post is. I guess it still bothers me.
We had a Charger with this shifter. Most awful thing I ever owned, and I have had a lot of cars in my 45 years of driving. Was particularly frustrating when trying to make a quick but tight turn around situation where you have to go back and forth from forward to reverse several times. There was no positive feedback to the stick to let you know if it took the shift change. You had to look down at the shifter display and see if it accepted the change and went to the gear you wanted. It was also very slow at responding to such quick changes forward and reverse. Extremely annoying!
Wow. Then why even have a lever?
Mercedes has a lot that are stems on the steering wheel - push a button on the end of the stem to put it in Park and move the stem up for Reverse and down for Drive.
I have some trouble when i drive my wife's Toyota after being so used to my Merc - It isn't odd for me to activate the wipers when I try to put it in Park.
The first thing I did was play with all the options to see how everything worked because mine will put it in Park and activate the emergency brake if you turn it off while in gear - it also has a nasty habit of putting it in Park if you open the door while rolling - probably a good feature but has potential to really mess up the locking detent on the flywheel - if that's even how they do it with them..
I passed on a new BMW for exactly that reason. It’s a flimsy stick that can easily change gears unintentionally.