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minus-squareValmond@lemmy.mindoki.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThe numbers are bizarre, I know some old sports cars had inversed gear sticks but r -> 2 looks weird, any car amateurs around to help? Edit: Thanks! It’s not weird! Maybe slightly unusual but that’s all!
minus-squaretilcica@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agouhh looks normal to me i drive a 2009 alfa romeo 159 you have to lift a ring on the bottom of the shifter to get into reverse and then 1st on top left, 2nd below, 3rd top middle all the way to 6th bottom right
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.mindoki.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAah yeah it was the R place that threw me off, thanks! Remember my friend lending me his ford(? a loong time ago) with that ring and I spent 15 sweating minutes to figure out how to go backwards :-D
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI think it’s common for 4sp transmissions. 5sp less so since it makes more sense to put 5 and R on the same side of the H (unless it’s a dogleg 5sp).
minus-squareZeth0s@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoIt is pretty common to have R on the left, to avoid accidental shifts while car is in motion
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.mindoki.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoHard to do as usually the R isn’t synced, so you get some scratching but that’s all. Not good ofc, but you won’t blow your engine/gearbox.
minus-squareZeth0s@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat I am saying is that it is very common. All manual cars I have had with the exception of one have the R on the left
The numbers are bizarre, I know some old sports cars had inversed gear sticks but r -> 2 looks weird, any car amateurs around to help?
Edit: Thanks! It’s not weird! Maybe slightly unusual but that’s all!
uhh looks normal to me
i drive a 2009 alfa romeo 159
you have to lift a ring on the bottom of the shifter to get into reverse and then 1st on top left, 2nd below, 3rd top middle all the way to 6th bottom right
Aah yeah it was the R place that threw me off, thanks!
Remember my friend lending me his ford(? a loong time ago) with that ring and I spent 15 sweating minutes to figure out how to go backwards :-D
I think it’s common for 4sp transmissions. 5sp less so since it makes more sense to put 5 and R on the same side of the H (unless it’s a dogleg 5sp).
It is pretty common to have R on the left, to avoid accidental shifts while car is in motion
Hard to do as usually the R isn’t synced, so you get some scratching but that’s all. Not good ofc, but you won’t blow your engine/gearbox.
What I am saying is that it is very common. All manual cars I have had with the exception of one have the R on the left