WTF is that 3rd picture of a shifter? I've never seen anything like that.
I found an article about it: https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/a-cool-idea-at-the-time-the-hurst-lightning-rods-shifter
Hurst Lightning Rods, an aftermarket performance shifter marketed in the 1980s
The Lightning Rods system was set up to work like any ordinary automatic gear selector, more or less, with a conventional PRND shift pattern (as shown in the top photo). The difference was in the two additional levers: the far right lever and release button performed the 1-2 upshift, while the middle lever and button performed the 2-3 upshift. Or the driver could simply leave the lever in D for Drive or OD for Overdrive and drive normally. In that regard, the Lightning Rods setup was not unlike the Hurst Dual Gate aka “His ‘n Her” shifters of previous years.
I have to say that I'm having issues understanding what this means in practice. :D
I used to enjoy manual but now I just kind of hate driving in general so I am happier with auto where I can eat chips or something while driving to make the traffic feel less hellish. Looking forward to self driving cars so I can just take a nap while getting from A to B.
driving manual makes u look hot that's all <3
You've obviously never seen me fumbling through my changes and stalling on every corner.
I had to bump start my first car for a period of time. It was a challenge to always find a hill to park on. Another cool trick was shifting gears without using the clutch by rev matching.
I'm enjoying all the comments where people are seething about manual transmissions amd they don't need to drive one, because they forgot its a meme.
I drove my Samurai today. I don't think any of them even had automatics.
lol, another manualoid pretending to be better drivers than a true auto champ
The perfect truth of this meme is why I can never own an electric car.
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What is that retro-looking thing on the right?
(Also why are my question marks getting cut off? I typed 9 of them but only 3 show up.)
It's even worse now. My mom's new car just has buttons on the dash next to the radio for park reverse neutral drive and sport mode.
I do miss driving a manual, however EV one-pedal driving has its own gamifying aspects.
I prefer a doctor-guided transmission. I'm not smart enough to balance these meds and read my bloodwork.
