The Dodge pickup truck I had as a rental last week in Flagstaff was really weird (to me.) It had a knob on the instrument panel for selecting the gears. I kept looking for the shifter (on the column) when I would get in and get ready to go. Took a bit of getting used to.
At least it didn’t have the pushbutton start and shutdown at stops like some modern cars have. Both of those make me crazy. -D > On Mar 6, 2021, at 2:04 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Before 1968 or so, there was no standard in automatic shifters. This > resulted in people getting run over because drivers were unfamiliar with > all the various types of automatic shifters, especially in situations like > valet parking where someone may drive many types of cars in a short period > of time. The shifter design was later standardized for all vehicles sold > in the US to avoid this. > > This is covered in details in Nader's Unsafe at any speed. Quite an > interesting read. > > We've gone away from this again with modern cars (2007 S class being one of > the first) but there are many mechanisms in the car to prevent them from > unexpectedly staying in gear and is regulated by FMVSS. > > Jaime > > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 9:57 AM M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> [image: image.png] >> Why were they mounted essentially upside down with Park at the bottom and >> 1st at the top? Seems to be the potential for considerable confusion... >> >> -MMM- >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
