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Old 02-10-2019, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Chuck Van
I’m confused,,, my 13 has a console shift but the storage in the console is HUGE, I could put a 12 pack in there easy..
but the Lariats I see with the column shift have the center seat with the storage in the back of the center seat when it’s flipped down
just not sure I’d like that,,, I don’t carry a lot of junk so it may be fine
My 2016 with column shifter can store a laptop in the console. That's huge ;-)
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Originally Posted by Rnlcomp
I guess I can drive anything. Had a 79 GMC 2500 3 on the tree, shoulda seen me under the hood on Canal St. New Orleans in a tux yanking that efffing linkage back into place. Fail!!!!! Pumped the clutch and lugged it all the way to the ceremony in 3rd.

I should have taken that as a bad omen cause that marriage drained 17 years of my life away.
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When I was young, I had a '71 Chevy. Had two tools in the truck -- a big screwdriver for the solenoid and a ball peen hammer for the shifter linkage. Good times.
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Yep the tranny was locked in 1st gear. Had to map side roads 20 miles back home all the time in 1st gear.
and never got to second base...
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Old 02-10-2019, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by marshallr
invariably reach in the wrong place when driving one after the other.
We have two cars console on my car and column in the truck. Wiper controls on the car are where the shifter is on the truck. Gas filler on the driver side in the truck and passenger on the car. Haven't driven a manual transmission for three years, but my left foot occasionally feels for the clutch.
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Originally Posted by wizwor
My 2016 with column shifter can store a laptop in the console. That's huge ;-)
but do you have a console or a center seat with storage on the back of the center seat when it’s filded down
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Originally Posted by Chuck Van
but do you have a console or a center seat with storage on the back of the center seat when it’s filded down
Console. It's tough to strap in a laptop.

We were a family of four adults. Five seats were plenty of room.
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Neither ??
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Originally Posted by Chuck Van
Neither ??
no idea what i meant ;-) thanks for pointing that out. corrected. I have a column shifter and a console with buckets in the front (no convertable middle seat).
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and never got to second base...
Haha, i eventually did get to 2nd.
Yeah at the time they were bad experiences..... are now for some reason those were the good 'ol times.
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Speaking of different shifting scenarios, surprised no one mentioned the old Mopar push button shifters.
Decades ago i owned a Plymouth and a Dodge with the push button shifters.
Better than the column shifters but still no contest to a floor shifter. IMO that is.

By the way my XLT's center console shifter's storage compartment will easily store a medium size laptop and then some but not a kitchen sink.
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