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Porcupint · 01-08-2015, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by anthros

I'm pretty sure I got a pre-2015 WRX STI knob. I don't believe it's a 2015 WRX STI knob because, as far as I can remember, it doesn't have a red ring on the base. The knob looks a lot like the one in the image Porcupint posted.

Probably should have clarified. The STI knob will have the red as the background color for the shift pattern on top of the knob while the rest looks the same. If it looks like the image I posted, it is more likely that you got a 2015 WRX non-STI model shift knob.

Either way it's still pretty neat in my opinion that the car was delivered and no one noticed that reverse was not where the pattern says it is.

echo419 · 01-08-2015, 10:41 AM

turn it around. your knob is probably just rotated.

yes I know not really just trying to be funny

Turbo95eg6 · 01-08-2015, 02:45 PM

anthros · 01-08-2015, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Porcupint

Probably should have clarified. The STI knob will have the red as the background color for the shift pattern on top of the knob while the rest looks the same. If it looks like the image I posted, it is more likely that you got a 2015 WRX non-STI model shift knob.

Either way it's still pretty neat in my opinion that the car was delivered and no one noticed that reverse was not where the pattern says it is.

Yep, I've got the non-STI WRX knob from 2015. Very odd. I agree that it's interesting that no one noticed this at all through production, inspection and delivery. I only noticed the second time I tried to shift into reverse.

The first time, I went up and to the left because that's where reverse was on my 2005 MINI; it was by force of habit. When I actually looked at the pattern, I wondered why the heck it was so hard to find reverse...

Cheers,

Jason

wbradley · 01-08-2015, 04:05 PM

I can confirm that is the same as a 2015 WRX knob. I am sure it was swapped AFTER it left the factory.

anthros · 01-08-2015, 04:33 PM

Wbradley, what makes you so sure of when the swap took place (if it took place at all?)

I have no idea how or why this might have happened, so all theories seem equally valid to me. Do you have more insight?

Porcupint · 01-08-2015, 04:44 PM

Just my 2 cents here...

There's probably a large box of WRX shift knobs and BRZ shift knobs at the factory in Japan. Perhaps there was a guy who was moving the boxes to the assembly line. Little did that guy know he didn't tie his non-slip tennis shoes as tightly as he though and it came undone. That undone shoe lace cause him to trip and fall spilling many WRX shift knobs every which way. Not wanting to get in trouble from his superiors, he quickly gathered all of them and tossed them back in the box. All except one. Which was found by the clean up crew. The clean up guy figured it had been dropped and forgotten and nonchalantly tossed in the next box of similar looking shift knobs he saw. Little did he know that his small act of helpfulness would lead to a small mass confusion on a forum board a few months later.

Congrats op. You have the chosen shift knob. Cherish it forever. It's journey has been a long and tiresome one devoid of it's friends and family.

DaJo · 01-08-2015, 05:07 PM

In 4 Duh Pic~

anthros · 01-12-2015, 02:21 PM

Here's one of promised pics. To me, the knob is slightly different from the one in the photo of the '15 WRX knob, as the leather is plain all around (as opposed to being perforated on the sides, like the one in the picture).

carma143 · 01-12-2015, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Turbo95eg6

Waddya' know? He delivered.

Wilsonk227 · 01-12-2015, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anthros

Here's one of promised pics. To me, the knob is slightly different from the one in the photo of the '15 WRX knob, as the leather is plain all around (as opposed to being perforated on the sides, like the one in the picture).

take it to the dealers!

Stang70Fastback · 01-12-2015, 02:48 PM

So it looks like they stuck the wrong shift pattern insert in the top. You should sell it on eBay for a million dollars as the only factory-produced BRZ-WRX hybrid shift knob ever produced and sold to the public.

anthros · 01-12-2015, 02:54 PM

Normally, that's what I'd do. But I like the people on this board so much that I'm going to offer it here at a massive $50,000 discount. That's right--just $950,000. Step right up!

Cheers,

Jason

carma143 · 01-12-2015, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anthros

Normally, that's what I'd do. But I like the people on this board so much that I'm going to offer it here at a massive $50,000 discount. That's right--just $950,000. Step right up!

Cheers,

Jason

Keep it in your office to remind you that even a multi-million dollar factory screws up from time to time...

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01-12-2015, 02:21 PM	#23
anthros Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: 2015 BRZ Limited, Dark Gray Location: Wisconsin Posts: 25 Thanks: 13 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Here's one of promised pics. To me, the knob is slightly different from the one in the photo of the '15 WRX knob, as the leather is plain all around (as opposed to being perforated on the sides, like the one in the picture). Attached Images

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anthros Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: 2015 BRZ Limited, Dark Gray Location: Wisconsin Posts: 25 Thanks: 13 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Wbradley, what makes you so sure of when the swap took place (if it took place at all?) I have no idea how or why this might have happened, so all theories seem equally valid to me. Do you have more insight?

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Porcupint Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Drives: 13 GBS BRZ Location: TX Posts: 446 Thanks: 447 Thanked 233 Times in 144 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Just my 2 cents here... There's probably a large box of WRX shift knobs and BRZ shift knobs at the factory in Japan. Perhaps there was a guy who was moving the boxes to the assembly line. Little did that guy know he didn't tie his non-slip tennis shoes as tightly as he though and it came undone. That undone shoe lace cause him to trip and fall spilling many WRX shift knobs every which way. Not wanting to get in trouble from his superiors, he quickly gathered all of them and tossed them back in the box. All except one. Which was found by the clean up crew. The clean up guy figured it had been dropped and forgotten and nonchalantly tossed in the next box of similar looking shift knobs he saw. Little did he know that his small act of helpfulness would lead to a small mass confusion on a forum board a few months later. Congrats op. You have the chosen shift knob. Cherish it forever. It's journey has been a long and tiresome one devoid of it's friends and family.

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anthros Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: 2015 BRZ Limited, Dark Gray Location: Wisconsin Posts: 25 Thanks: 13 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Normally, that's what I'd do. But I like the people on this board so much that I'm going to offer it here at a massive $50,000 discount. That's right--just $950,000. Step right up! Cheers, Jason

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