Disagree with both.JohnKuthe said:1. The Forward "gear shiftie" thing should move forward for forward, etc. NOT Vice Versa like it is now, DUMB!!
2. Cruise Control ON switch should be eliminated. Unnecessary!
It's a relic from old manual transmissions.JohnKuthe said:1. The Forward "gear shiftie" thing should move forward for forward, etc. NOT Vice Versa like it is now, DUMB!!
JohnKuthe said:1. The Forward "gear shiftie" thing should move forward for forward, etc. NOT Vice Versa like it is now, DUMB!!
2. Cruise Control ON switch should be eliminated. Unnecessary!
John Kuthe....
Wow, what vehicle did that come off of? I must admit I've never driven/seen a 3 on the floor! Plenty of 3 on the tree's but the least I've driven on the floor would be a 4 speed in which forward has always been to the top.garsh said:It's a relic from old manual transmissions.JohnKuthe said:1. The Forward "gear shiftie" thing should move forward for forward, etc. NOT Vice Versa like it is now, DUMB!!
For many of those, reverse gear was left-and-forward, while first gear was left-and-backward.
The Model S has the same stalk.cwerdna said:OP, I guess if you really want #1, you'd want to buy/lease a BMW i3. It has a stalk on the right that you twist forward to go into D and twist backwards for R.
jlv said:The Model S has the same stalk.cwerdna said:OP, I guess if you really want #1, you'd want to buy/lease a BMW i3. It has a stalk on the right that you twist forward to go into D and twist backwards for R.
After driving the S for a few days and going back to the LEAF, I inevitably turn on the wipers when I want to go forward.
And then when I switch back to the S, I inevitably put the car in N when I go to turn on the wipers.
Huh? The Model S had a shifter from the Mercedes parts bin. Not sure about now. But, this is what's in https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/model_s_owners_manual_north_america_en_us.pdf that I just download on page 42:jlv said:The Model S has the same stalk.cwerdna said:OP, I guess if you really want #1, you'd want to buy/lease a BMW i3. It has a stalk on the right that you twist forward to go into D and twist backwards for R.
Reverse
Push the lever all the way up and release.
...
Neutral
Push the lever up or down to the first position
and release to shift into Neutral. Neutral allows
Model S to roll freely.
...
Drive
Push the lever all the way down and release.
garsh said:It's a relic from old manual transmissions.JohnKuthe said:1. The Forward "gear shiftie" thing should move forward for forward, etc. NOT Vice Versa like it is now, DUMB!!
For many of those, reverse gear was left-and-forward, while first gear was left-and-backward.
gshepherd said:...
As to the Cruise Control on/off switch, it's likely there for safety, so it's not "live" until you enable it. However, other cars I've driven remember that it is enabled between restarts.
JohnKuthe said:gshepherd said:...
As to the Cruise Control on/off switch, it's likely there for safety, so it's not "live" until you enable it. However, other cars I've driven remember that it is enabled between restarts.
Exactly! The cruise control circuitry should be ON anytime the motor/engine is ON, just in case the driver wants to use it! Many other motor/engine functions begin automatically, why not cruise control? It;s be pretty sad if the driver had to MANUALLY enable each and every one of the motor/engine's functions, ya THINK??!! I do! All the time!!
John Kuthe...
OrientExpress said:It's not the engineers as much as the lawyers that want the driver to intentionally turn on the cruise control every time the car is restarted.
This is the same issue with the Adaptive Cruise Control and the adjustable following distance setting. Its default is the furthest distance, and if you want it to be closer, the driver has to set it so.
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