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- Fully independent suspension has made this a better choice for towing than any half ton and other full size SUV not so equipped.
Engines, transmissions and axle gearing have become irrelevant as topics of discussion any longer.
Suspension design, brake details and electronic stability are what's left. - The dial knob on my Ram, if not placed in park automatically switches to park when the ignition is turned off. I cannot exit my truck without it being in park. Wish the "lever" on my wife's 2014 Grand Cherokee would do the same. That's the dangerous one, not the knob.
Fordlover wrote:
dshelley wrote:
Looks great. The dial knob is fine, after a while, you don't think about it.
No conspicuous reminder of whether the truck is in park or not. I prefer a shifter handle. If it's not all the way forward or all the way up, you shouldn't be stepping out of the vehicle. Sadly, I predict more injuries.
Jeep crushes man, transmission left in neutral.
That problem in the jeep electronic shifter was the way to put it in park. It was easy to think you were in park even if you did it incorrectly. Current Jeep/Chrysler and in this case Ford use the dial. It is clear what gear you have selected.Groover wrote:
Fordlover wrote:
dshelley wrote:
Looks great. The dial knob is fine, after a while, you don't think about it.
No conspicuous reminder of whether the truck is in park or not. I prefer a shifter handle. If it's not all the way forward or all the way up, you shouldn't be stepping out of the vehicle. Sadly, I predict more injuries.
Jeep crushes man, transmission left in neutral.
I seriously doubt that my 2016 F150 with console shift has any mechanical linkage to the transmission so I am not sure that going to a knob makes any real difference. It does have an alarm in case I forget to put it in park so again the knob would not make much difference, mostly just takes less space.
Console shifters in pickups have never made sense to me because they waste space and eliminate that extra seating position which I use sometimes. I do prefer a column shifter to a knob because it gives you a better visual cue that's pretty ingrained in me at this point.Fordlover wrote:
dshelley wrote:
Looks great. The dial knob is fine, after a while, you don't think about it.
No conspicuous reminder of whether the truck is in park or not. I prefer a shifter handle. If it's not all the way forward or all the way up, you shouldn't be stepping out of the vehicle. Sadly, I predict more injuries.
Jeep crushes man, transmission left in neutral.
I recently had a Chrysler 200 rental car with the dial shifter. Absolutely hated it. One place pulled in to park and did not do the dial right and rolled into some bushes. I'll never own one.Fordlover wrote:
dshelley wrote:
Looks great. The dial knob is fine, after a while, you don't think about it.
No conspicuous reminder of whether the truck is in park or not. I prefer a shifter handle. If it's not all the way forward or all the way up, you shouldn't be stepping out of the vehicle. Sadly, I predict more injuries.
Jeep crushes man, transmission left in neutral.
I seriously doubt that my 2016 F150 with console shift has any mechanical linkage to the transmission so I am not sure that going to a knob makes any real difference. It does have an alarm in case I forget to put it in park so again the knob would not make much difference, mostly just takes less space.dshelley wrote:
Looks great. The dial knob is fine, after a while, you don't think about it.
No conspicuous reminder of whether the truck is in park or not. I prefer a shifter handle. If it's not all the way forward or all the way up, you shouldn't be stepping out of the vehicle. Sadly, I predict more injuries.
Jeep crushes man, transmission left in neutral.- Huge improvement. The Expedition badly needed an upgrade. My wife looked at the '16, and it was a complete non-starter compared to the new Suburban and Durango. We were off the lot in just a few minutes.
It's always been a decently capable vehicle, but now it looks pretty sharp, too. We'd have looked pretty seriously at one of these if it had been out a year ago. Nice family hauler, from the way it looks. Should sell well. - Looks great. The dial knob is fine, after a while, you don't think about it.
