General Car Conversation 2025 - Part 1
Lexus Champion
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Get the Pirelli P7s
I work at a VW dealer and we used to stock Continental Contiprocontacts with Contiseal technology (that name is fun to say!). They were sticky inside, but I don’t know how effective they are with punctures. We stopped stocking them because CC owners don’t buy tires at the dealership anymore. And that was the only car they fit.
My manager said they got one in one with a dead mouse stuck inside one! LOL He said they put ‘em on a car and had to put extra weights to counterbalance the dead mouse!
I work at a VW dealer and we used to stock Continental Contiprocontacts with Contiseal technology (that name is fun to say!). They were sticky inside, but I don’t know how effective they are with punctures. We stopped stocking them because CC owners don’t buy tires at the dealership anymore. And that was the only car they fit.
My manager said they got one in one with a dead mouse stuck inside one! LOL He said they put ‘em on a car and had to put extra weights to counterbalance the dead mouse!
Lead Lap
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But I have heard arguments that the column shifter offers more space and the option for a bench seat.
Lexus Champion
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From: Knoxville, TN
I bet at least 50% of Yukon buyers would go with the old shifter if offered a choice. ESPECIALLY repeat buyers.
Wrap some leather around it, Denali it up (if it's not already).... no way in hell I'd want anything else. Slamming a column shifter into park or drive is very satisfying lol. GM always got it right with those as well. I'd much rather have the old 2003 Yukon shifter I had (updated and nice) than those buttons.
Lexus Fanatic
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From: Maryland
I doubt enough people want it to make it worthwhile. 50% of Yukon buyers? I think that’s a huge stretch. Unless it’s going to create more buyers there’s not any point. They’re pushing buttons now and they’re still buying it.
Last edited by SW17LS; Jan 5, 2025 at 05:53 PM.
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Because people want it!!!
I bet at least 50% of Yukon buyers would go with the old shifter if offered a choice. ESPECIALLY repeat buyers.
Wrap some leather around it, Denali it up (if it's not already).... no way in hell I'd want anything else. Slamming a column shifter into park or drive is very satisfying lol. GM always got it right with those as well. I'd much rather have the old 2003 Yukon shifter I had (updated and nice) than those buttons.
I bet at least 50% of Yukon buyers would go with the old shifter if offered a choice. ESPECIALLY repeat buyers.
Wrap some leather around it, Denali it up (if it's not already).... no way in hell I'd want anything else. Slamming a column shifter into park or drive is very satisfying lol. GM always got it right with those as well. I'd much rather have the old 2003 Yukon shifter I had (updated and nice) than those buttons.
Column shifter vs the shifter in your LX?
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2017
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From: TN
I think the push button shifters are bogus. Just give us old fashioned shifters back console mounted or column I don’t care!
You shouldn’t have to explain to people how to use these complicated joystick shifters.
You shouldn’t have to explain to people how to use these complicated joystick shifters.
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2017
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From: TN
I have no problem using them. Because I’m always watching car reviews and reading about cars. But someone like my parents could get into a rental car and not know how to put it in gear.
Also putting it in neutral could be tricky or incomprehensible in an emergency to the untrained.
Also putting it in neutral could be tricky or incomprehensible in an emergency to the untrained.
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CL Community Team
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From: IL
Instructor
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From: TN
The shifter that BMW used from 2007 till about 2 years ago was great. The nub they’re using now is stupid.