For those that complain about the dial shifter...

[DontFret]

Or this:

So cool. Would look great on a new Mav. Looks like a pizza plate!!

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[710-oil-614]

I never in many years had my stick shifter bumped in to neutral, but the dial has been bumped several times, I dunno if it's bad luck

Must be. I’m not talking about a manual transmission. Any automatic transmission with a center console gear selector can be pushed from drive to NEUTRAL without pressing the button on the shifter itself.

 

[Blue_Max]

So cool. Would look great on a new Mav. Looks like a pizza plate!!

Pretty sure it's a steel drum and those are musical notes.

 

[Tbone289]

Must be. I’m not talking about a manual transmission. Any automatic transmission with a center console gear selector can be pushed from drive to manual without pressing the button on the shifter itself.

Most of the ones I've driven require the button to be pushed to shift to manual gear control, but don't require the button to be pushed for neutral.

 

[Carlitos_92]

Most of the ones I've driven require the button to be pushed to shift to manual gear control, but don't require the button to be pushed for neutral.

That sounds right for my Hondas, but there have been manufacturers in the past where you knocked the gear selector to the side to get into a parallel forward/backward shift slot. Like this, if it renders anywhere near correct:

P
R
N.........-
D <> M
............+

 

[Tbone289]

That sounds right for my Hondas, but there have been manufacturers in the past where you knocked the gear selector to the side to get into a parallel forward/backward shift slot. Like this, if it renders anywhere near correct:

P
R
N.........-
D <> M
............+

Yeah, I'm familiar with that pattern but I've never owned one, being nearly exclusive to Ford.

Love your new avatar, BTW...

 

[710-oil-614]

Most of the ones I've driven require the button to be pushed to shift to manual gear control, but don't require the button to be pushed for neutral.

corrected the typo.

 

[Darryl]

Mom's 1979 Fairmont was like that as is my 1983 Mustang convertible....to honk the horn, you need to push the turn signal stalk in. Also there is, at the base of the steering column near the steering wheel, a button that needs to be pushed in to turn the ignition cylinder all the way off to remove the key from the ignition. Fun story, the girlfriend took the Mustang convertible out of the garage one day while I was at work to get it ready for a nice after work cruise....she was freaked out because she could not get the key out of the ignition cylinder and thought she had broken my Mustang....I reached in, pushed the aforementioned button and took the key out....she was so pissed.....lol.

I remember reading that Ford moved it there in anticipation of air bags being required. And a the time they didn't really know how to incorporate the horn button into the air bag. By the time air bags were actually required, they'd figured it out

 

[jonshep]

Took awhile to get used to the shifter on my Lincoln MKZ. Got used to it just like the dial shifter on my Maverick. Both free up space in the center console.

That is what my "Designed by Lincoln Division" was about. My sis was in the hospital a couple of weeks ago and I was driving her MKC. Okay, it took me a few minutes to find those shift buttons. I don't know why they hide them in pain sight. It took longer to find the button to get the mirrors folded out.

 

[Connor]

For those that complain about the dial shifter... I present to you the 2024 GMC Terrain- What a nightmare design.

At first when I saw the pictures online I thought I would hate the dial shifter. But now that I have used it a lot it’s really fun.

 

[dochawk]

Also there is, at the base of the steering column near the steering wheel, a button that needs to be pushed in to turn the ignition cylinder all the way off to remove the key from the ignition.

one of the always-interesting things about out driving at an auction is gathering around and kibitzing when a driver is trying to figure out which exotic place this particular car put that release . . . which sometimes involves, "how in the @($^@ do I get this thing into revers???"

I never in many years had my stick shifter bumped in to neutral,

ahh, you never drove with the right kind of mental defective that thought it was funny to do from the passenger seat . . .

 

[OGMix376]

Wow.
What happened when you REALLY needed to honk the Edsel's horn...
I'm thinking the possibility of testing the transmission park pawl strength at speed was a distinct possibility.
In the Maverick, the car won't let you pop into park or reverse, but did the Edsel?

The Mav's shift mechanism was really strange at first, but it's growing on me, but not like a fungus, as I am coming around to liking it.

For my wife, she doesn't like it much. That's okay, she can drive the Accord.

Wasn’t the horn on those the inner half ring.? I don’t think you actually had to press that center button where the gear select is.. I could be wrong I just remember that some classic cars had that as a solution so you didn’t have to let go of the wheel to think the horn.

 

[ScottyC]

So, my 1974 Ford Gran Torino Elite (long since sold) had a "rim blow" steering wheel. My mechanic would call and tell me there is something wrong with the steering column as the car would randomly honk while they were moving the car around the shop....I stopped in one day while they where pushing the car around and one of the guys was reaching in from the driver side through the window opening and tugging on the steering wheel....each time he tugged on it, the horn would honk...he did not realize it had a rim blow horn steering wheel.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

Wasn’t the horn on those the inner half ring.? I don’t think you actually had to press that center button where the gear select is.. I could be wrong I just remember that some classic cars had that as a solution so you didn’t have to let go of the wheel to think the horn.

Right you are.
Here's a picture of the Ford Edsel dashboard & steering wheel, with the center transmission selector buttons and the 2/3 Chrome horn button.
Wild speedometer.

 

[MaverickDragon]

Wasn’t the horn on those the inner half ring.? I don’t think you actually had to press that center button where the gear select is.. I could be wrong I just remember that some classic cars had that as a solution so you didn’t have to let go of the wheel to think the horn.

Sadly, (or in this case not very sadly ) I cannot recall ever even being in an Edsel, so no idea where the horn trigger is located. My comment was intended in jest.

Edit: Just saw the dash pic. Gotta love that "space age" rotating 3D speedometer, and of course the 5 integer digit odometer...

As far as not needing to let go of the wheel to honk in your car, you can do that in the Mav.
Just use your thumb to press on one side of the airbag explode module to activate the horn.

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