r/funny • u/PhoenixPhenomenonX • 14h ago

Where’s the PRNDL

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u/mikeyp83 12h ago edited 12h ago

And I thought the shifters on the new Hyundais were the worst.

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u/Cpt0bvius 12h ago

Do those use the little diglet selector?

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u/glemnar 7h ago

I’m not sure if we are referring to the same thing, but I think I like the diglet. The same thing BMW had like 10 years ago?

I have a 2025 GTI and I am thrilled with the interior details/trim/infotainment.

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u/ClickIta 11h ago

The ones on the steering wheel column? Those are not bad on Ux side. Aesthetically, well, it’s personal, but I don’t like them.

The worst overall is the latest Tesla solution for sure (especially considering the already had a very effective configuration). Followed by dedicated buttons in random layouts. And then dedicated buttons in semi-sensical layouts.

(Not judging the personal preference or the look, just the amount of time for the muscle memory learning curve and the time distracted from the other tasks during operation)

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u/Mrlin705 9h ago

You put the shifter on the column and I'm going to go through a few of them with my pickup muscle memory and rip them off.

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u/Sir_twitch 6h ago

Semi-sensical? Fuck that. Call me when Mini finally just uses a rotary phone dial for a gear-selector.

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u/ClickIta 6h ago

I think the funniest one was the old BEV Kona: diamond layout, with D on the right and R on the left. Because…whatever.

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u/Gregus1032 9h ago

I honestly like it, except for when I need to go into neutral, which isn't often thankfully.

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u/lImbus924 9h ago

can't be worse than the Genesis GV60 Crystal Ball Shifter

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u/kafaldsbylur 4h ago

The dumbest one I've seen is a rotary shifter on the entertainment console. Who's the dumbass who thought it would be a good idea to put the shifter in the same form factor as the volume knob in about the same place as said volume knob would normally be.

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u/Moneygrowsontrees 10h ago

I've been driving an Ioniq 6 for almost two years and I've come around to my little shifter on the steering column. Now when I get in my husband's (ICE) car and have to use the middle shifter it seems so clunky compared to just spinning the little shifter.

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u/MrN33ds 9h ago

Same, I went from a Kona EV to an Ioniq 5 2025 and having to use the dong shifter is much better than touching around in the centre console for a button, I’ve never looked at the shifter since using the car whereas I was always looking down at the buttons for the Kona.

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u/RadicalRealist22 12h ago

The shifter on the new BMWs are literally just switches on the armrest.

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u/doob22 8h ago

The column shifter is good design

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u/HEYO19191 5h ago

The buttons? Or is there an even newer design?

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u/epi_introvert 4h ago

My husband has an Ioniq 5. I fucking hate that shifter. Its also backwards, in my mind.

Then again, I have a Nissan Z and it's shifter is pretty shifty, too. It took a while to feel natural to me.

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u/asmallercat 4h ago

Is it not the buttons on the center console? I don't really like them but I've seen far worse.

However, why the fuck did we ever move away from columns shifters for automatics? They are so clearly the best option anyone's come up with - they take up no space, they have a clear tactile response and it's really intuitive that how you move the shifter corresponds to the display of the gear. Every other option since then has been worse.

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u/XynnXyrr 8h ago

I love it. I just got an Ioniq 5 and my hand still automatically reaches down because of muscle memory. But spending a hot minute in traffic or a long drive-thru and I pop it into park and just sit back and chill. I don't like auto brake hold, and only used it once to try it out, bc it's SO quick to just switch back to drive or back into park!

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u/taokki 6h ago

What's wrong about it? Works perfectly (at least in my EV) and is easy to reach without looking etc. I prefer it much more than a shifter in the between the seats.