I recall watching WRX races and those cars had shifters right next to steering wheel Some even had shifter button on steering wheel. Maybe there is a trend... Leon 85 Subwagen Cruiseship 12/10/02 7:05:09 AM, David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG> wrote: >On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, george jannini wrote: > >> Nothing is new. I think that someone already mentioned that back in >> the day, (Joel & I remember well) GM auto levers were in the dash on >> Corvairs and Tempests for sure. And back then, good ol' Chrysler >> Corporation had auto push buttons located on the left side of the dash by >> the A pillar. > >The new Honda Civic Si has its shift lever sticking out of the dash, even >in the manual version. People I've heard from who have test-driven it >like it, because it's less of a reach from the steering wheel. > > _ _ > __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI > / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- >| (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org > \__, |\__,_|_|_| "BSD is for people who like UNIX. Linux is for people > |___/ who hate Microsoft." -- Brendan Howes > > |
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