shifter

[SiCk_SiR]

Did anyone have trouble getting used to the shifter being in the center console and not down in tha bottom were all other cars have them. But I guess I'll get use to it because I think it is cool to have ur shifter in tha center console

[Civicvtec1ps]

its very comfortable.

[Zero Three Si]

Best invention yet!

[BSEVEER]

It takes abouit 5 minutes to get used to it. I got in my 91 si (thats been sitting since last Novemver) and it seemed like the shifter was "way down there on the floor"

[golferjn]

the shifter location is in a great place. its a true rally shifter - way up there. just like the wrc cars. and its true, i drove my friend's ek the other day and the shifter seemed like it was way down there

[chubbychu]

yea...i drove my friends civic after a while of driving the Ep....it was really tricky to drive.

[phatfreeza]

i'm still gettin' the "your shifter is THERE?!?!" remarks... i personally got used to it the first time i test drove it...floor shifters seem so strange to me now... :banana:

[ep pilot]

Seriously, I don't ever remeber thinking about the shifter location when testdriving the car, in fact I didn't think about it at all until somebody brought it up when they saw the car for the firts time. But to answer your question, It's plug-n-play, if you like cars, and have driven all kinds, it's not really that different than the next.

Also think about this, I had a Jetta & Toyota Tacom before my Ep3, the placement of the shifter in both of those vehicles comapared to where it is in the Ep3 is probably about 1" due to the excessively long shifter on the Tacoma, and the high center console coupled with a hight shifter on the Jetta, it was hard to tell a drastic differance. Now if your coming from a Miata or MR2 I can see where it might feel a bit weird.

-Ryan

[SiR Medic]

Originally posted by phatfreeza
i'm still gettin' the "your shifter is THERE?!?!" remarks... i personally got used to it the first time i test drove it...floor shifters seem so strange to me now... :banana:


Tell me about it!

I drove an M5 and I remember thinking: "Shifter on the console... How quaint!"
:angel:

[SiR_d1]

At first I didn't like the shifter, but after when you realize how much faster you can shift I starts to grow on you more and more

[JruSi02]

with the shape of the seats, cause theyre sport seats, it feels more comfortable with the shifter up there, if you were sittin in the seats and had to reach down to shift u'd think it'd be more uncomfortable

[Tenacious G]

Originally posted by phatfreeza
i'm still gettin' the "your shifter is THERE?!?!" remarks... i personally got used to it the first time i test drove it...floor shifters seem so strange to me now... :banana:

my sentiments exactly. driving my friend's MK IV jetta around seems almost difficult with the floor-mounted shifter. the rally-style is the design i feel all cars should be equipped with now that i'm so used to it.

[TrippZ]

i think the shifter flows with the shape of your body

very easy and fluid.

i drive cars with floor shifters and it feels, like everyone said, very weird

[bloodzombie]

The placement of the shifter makes a lot of sense when you're driving on mountain roads and places where you use 2 hands on the wheel because it just feels like it's easily accessable. It felt a little weird to me at first because I usually drive with one hand on the shifter and my arm on an armrest.

[TheMutt]

So far I've driven an old mustang and a 02 SE-R, and having the shifter be way down there... I must say I prefer my EP over the others. Also because in a lot of my daily driving I take shortcuts through half empty neighborhoods and side roads, I do a lot of turning. It's definitely a luxury to have the shifter right next to the wheel.

[furious]

I had to drive my new ep from the annex lot to the dealer (10 mile trip following the salesman in sedan). I was nervous on take on the first intersection. After that instant, it has been the pride and joy....

[DjMacAtack]

its also an advantage when you have a horny mistress in the passenger seat;)

[furious]

Originally posted by DjMacAtack
its also an advantage when you have a horny mistress in the passenger seat;)

no armrest to get in the way either ;) now, if only them bolsters weren't so damn confining:D

[yakov456]

I think now it would feel weird to go back to a car with the shifter down low. Just so used to reaching straight out to shift.

[oogy-boogy]

Originally posted by DjMacAtack
its also an advantage when you have a horny mistress in the passenger seat;)


:D

I definitely have to say that I prefer the rally type shifter. It is so much more of a comfortable feeling...