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LSxJunkie 09-01-2012 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave-ROR (Post 416053)
Correct. They look great but they really like slow shifts, you have to be precise with shifting motions, etc..

Since I'm a function>form guy, I would never want one. But they do look cool.
This. I like a shifter that I can just shove 2-3 with my palm instead of having to zig-zag through some gates. Granted, that's from years of drag racing T56 cars.

Kimsey47 09-01-2012 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbowned (Post 416055)
I rather like the shifter they use on the Volvo; it's pretty cool-looking IMO.

I would honestly be happy with a proper leather boot and just a metal lockout ring; less plastic and more metal would help to make this car feel more upscale.

I rowed through the gears in a Gallardo Balboni earlier this year (not driving, just sitting) and ermahgerd did it feel so good! Just like Richard Hammond said on Top Gear: "it feels like shaking hands with an old friend." If they don't like to be shifted quickly though, that's a problem.
My Volvo S60 had that type of shifter... It was neat at first... Then I realized I was driving/owning a Volvo. I HATED that car. Horrible engineering outside of the engine/turbo. I could def. tell Ford had their hands in on making the car I owned.

civicdrivr 09-01-2012 02:05 PM
I still think Spyker has the coolest shifter of any car:

http://tvrphoto.files.wordpress.com/...leron_2256.jpg

CSSM 09-01-2012 02:14 PM
Nothing beats the *ting* sound when shifting

rice_classic 09-01-2012 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by CSSM (Post 416348)
Nothing beats the *ting* sound when shifting
That's why I have a metal slinky sitting around my shifter. My shifts sound like they're out of Fast and Furious... Even when I double clutch up shifting, you know, like in the movie! ;)

Turbowned 09-01-2012 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Kimsey47 (Post 416152)
My Volvo S60 had that type of shifter... It was neat at first... Then I realized I was driving/owning a Volvo. I HATED that car. Horrible engineering outside of the engine/turbo. I could def. tell Ford had their hands in on making the car I owned.
Well, yes, I wasn't saying Volvo was cool, just their shifter design ;)

Travis 09-01-2012 06:01 PM
To add one on afermark wouldnt work really, probably just get in the way. I will say the Audi R8's gated shifter is fantastic, really really impressive

Jeff Lange 09-01-2012 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by LSxJunkie (Post 416124)
This. I like a shifter that I can just shove 2-3 with my palm instead of having to zig-zag through some gates. Granted, that's from years of drag racing T56 cars.
Unless you have one of the odd shift patterns like some older exotics (Ferrari comes to mind) Where the shift pattern is

R 2 4
1 3 5

Then 2-3 shifts are fantastic! 1-2, not so much.

Haha.

Jeff

SkitterSkotter 09-01-2012 08:19 PM
Actually I'd have to say that Pagani makes the best shifter on the face of the earth:

http://just.razzi.me/photos/118124/a...jpg?1314262561

Actually I would love to have a gated shifter, please somebody make one.

Dazza 09-01-2012 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by LSxJunkie (Post 416048)
Oh they are very very slick looking. And the exotics, up until this generation (458/F12 Berlinetta and Aventador) have them. I just can't imagine making my car shift worse for aesthetics.
IMO it doesn't make them shift worse and it adds to the experience.

Do you honestly believe Ferrari would have continued with the gated shifter for so long just for aesthetics? The only reason the gated shifter is no longer offered, is because they no longer have a true manual (stick) shift in the range.

civicdrivr 09-01-2012 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Dazza (Post 416860)
Do you honestly believe Ferrari would have continued with the gated shifter for so long just for aesthetics?
Yes.

mashal 09-01-2012 08:50 PM
Someone make one

ahausheer 09-02-2012 02:27 AM
Exotics are babied luxury symbols and if you miss shift and fuck something up it'll cost tens of thousands. Do any race cars have gated shifters?

Calidrifter 09-02-2012 03:07 AM
No, they have paddle or sequential shifters. A/T for the win!


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