Push button gearshifts
So there was some banter about the the old push button gearshifts that some Chrysler vehicles used. Seems it wasn't just Chrysler using push buttons Ford did also and they put the buttons in the cente...
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jfkmk wrote:gbopp wrote:Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
Dad had a Corvair Monza that had a push button shifter come to think of it.
The automatic transmission Corvairs I remember had a lever type gearshift on the dash.
I'm not saying they didn't have a push button, I just don't remember seeing one.
I often wondered why Chrysler dropped them, I think they're neat.
Maybe the shift lever is cheaper and more effective?
A friend of mine had a Corvair with push button trans. Maybe they were more prone to problems than the mechanical linkage lever.
I rented a Chrysler 200 on a business trip that had a knob on the console for the trans. I didn't like it at all.
At first I didn't know what to think of it or my wife for that matter who is old school. But now, we are used to it. It has the same incremental feel as a gear shift so....But then again we've never had vehicles with the gear shift in the center console before so to me having that in a truck is just as weird as The Knob. It certainly takes up less room than that of a steering stalk or center console shifter.
