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minus-squarereallykindasorta@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·10 hours agoHad to look up the Edsel to see what a shifter in the middle of the steering wheel would look like.
minus-squareisleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 hours agoOn the next car I design, the shifter will be located in the trunk. Just to keep things interesting.
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·54 minutes agoHow about sticking it somewhere between the engine and transmission? When operating it in the winter, your fingers would stay nice and warm.
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 hours agoThe only thing nuttier might be door release handles under the floor mats.
minus-squareisleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoSo you own a Tesla, I see.
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoNah, but the crash after which four people burned to death while talking to the 911 dispatcher because they couldn’t open the doors happened just outside my city.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 hours agoI mean … I don’t hate it… Half of cars today have push-button shifters anyway, and the steering wheel is kind of a fun and novel place to put them.
minus-squarereallykindasorta@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 hours agoIt’s definitely more intriguing than my boring airbag steering wheel.
Had to look up the Edsel to see what a shifter in the middle of the steering wheel would look like.
On the next car I design, the shifter will be located in the trunk. Just to keep things interesting.
How about sticking it somewhere between the engine and transmission? When operating it in the winter, your fingers would stay nice and warm.
The only thing nuttier might be door release handles under the floor mats.
So you own a Tesla, I see.
Nah, but the crash after which four people burned to death while talking to the 911 dispatcher because they couldn’t open the doors happened just outside my city.
I mean … I don’t hate it…
Half of cars today have push-button shifters anyway, and the steering wheel is kind of a fun and novel place to put them.
It’s definitely more intriguing than my boring airbag steering wheel.