2019 Ram 1500 info

mich800 wrote:

wilber1 wrote:
Jaguar and Land Rover have used a knob with the same ZF transmission for years. They also have paddle shifters for manual shifting in forward gears. Wondering if the Ram has some kind of manual shifting option.

Save a lot of room over a console shifter and can't be any more awkward than the column shifters on HD trucks, provided it is in an easily accessible location.

Just on the steering wheel. No paddles on the trucks.

Better the steering wheel than on the column shifter. Whenever I haven't used my truck for a spell, I find my fingers looking for the paddles that are on my car and just find radios controls.

wilber1 wrote:
Jaguar and Land Rover have used a knob with the same ZF transmission for years. They also have paddle shifters for manual shifting in forward gears. Wondering if the Ram has some kind of manual shifting option.

Save a lot of room over a console shifter and can't be any more awkward than the column shifters on HD trucks, provided it is in an easily accessible location.

Just on the steering wheel. No paddles on the trucks.

Go ask your old lady if length matters. ;)

downtheroad wrote:
Nice looking truck....
Not sure if I like the, "knob shift wheel," on a truck. Have to think about that some. Shouldn't trucks have a ' real' shifter?

Why? You just put them in "D" and go anyway. The electronics do 99% of the work in modern pickups with the auto trannies.

ROBERTSUNRUS wrote:
:) Hi, the only mechanical connection to the transmission from the shift lever is parking pawl. The shift lever moves a switch that electronically tells the transmission what gear range to be in. Not much difference between a shift lever and a shift knob.

A lot of new vehicles are now using a button for the park function as well.

:) Hi, the only mechanical connection to the transmission from the shift lever is parking pawl. The shift lever moves a switch that electronically tells the transmission what gear range to be in. Not much difference between a shift lever and a shift knob.

transamz9 wrote:

IdaD wrote:
New technology and Chrysler - what could possibly go wrong?

I'm not a fan of the knob, either. I like column shifters in trucks.

It's not new technology, the knob has been around in the cars and SUV's for a while. Most transmissions are electric shift anyway they just put a shift column with a cable down to the switch. The cable and shifter is just more mechanical stuff to break IMO.

x2. "Real" trucks (large HD trucks) with automatics have had a touchpad instead of a shifter for 20 years or more. The Ram 1500 has used the rotary shifter for a while, and all pickups have buttons for manual shifting.

IdaD wrote:
New technology and Chrysler - what could possibly go wrong?

I'm not a fan of the knob, either. I like column shifters in trucks.

Using an electric motor to boost performance for short periods of time is nothing new. That's what every hybrid does.

Jaguar and Land Rover have used a knob with the same ZF transmission for years. They also have paddle shifters for manual shifting in forward gears. Wondering if the Ram has some kind of manual shifting option.

Save a lot of room over a console shifter and can't be any more awkward than the column shifters on HD trucks, provided it is in an easily accessible location.

1995brave wrote:
When my 2012 was in the shop being repaired (hit by some woman who even said "I saw you" as she proceeded to drive into my front fender), they gave me a 2017 rental that had the knob shifter. I could not get used to it in the week I had the truck. Took too long shifting into and out of gears. Put it in Park and had to wait 3-4 seconds for it lock. Also did not like the tow mirrors, could not adjust the mirrors the way I like to see traffic beside and behind me.

Here's a quote from ZF on that transmission. I can attest it shifts wicked fast and allows you to go from forward to reverse and back again just as fast as you can twist that knob.
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Due to changes in internal design, the shift times have reduced to 200 milliseconds; additionally, the unit brings the ability to shift in a non-sequential manner - going from gear 8 to gear 2 in extreme situations.
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