I Hate the Stupid Dial Shifter: Now With Poll

[Vaportrail]

I use cruise always, and just a quick shift to neutral then back to drive, initiates traction/engine braking-

Thanks to muscle memory, and 40k miles I can switch between light (slippery) medium (eco) and heavy ( L ) braking without touching the brake pedal, looking down, or even thinking about it...

Layout could be better, but I'm used to it, and overall I give it a

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[Mr Pibb]

Our 2015!300C and our sons Fusion Sport had/have stops. I got used to the 300’s without too much drama . As for the Maverick’s, it’s hard to twist something so far you damage it if there’s no stop.
At this point, if it saves money and I believe it’s a lot over a shifter, Ford will never go back.
I don’t care for it but be prepared, next will be the gear selection on your touchscreen.
Might make some miss the dial.

It allows it to auto switch to park as well since it doesn't matter where the dial is at the time. There at least one guy here that just hits the power and opens the door so they don't have to give it a spin.

 

[SLINGSHOT]

I use cruise always, and just a quick shift to neutral then back to drive, initiates traction/engine braking-

Thanks to muscle memory, and 40k miles I can switch between light (slippery) medium (eco) and heavy ( L ) braking without touching the brake pedal, looking down, or even thinking about it...

Layout could be better, but I'm used to it, and overall I give it a

Yup. Easy. I just hit the mode shift button four times, and I'm in ECO.
Like learning the alphabet in 1st grade and the times table in 2nd grade. Grammar school stuff. Learn it or get left behind.

 

[Catmandu]

I feel like I've given the dial a fair shake and have determined I frikken hate the stupid thing. It is just not intuitive to being able to grab it and put it where you need it to go without deliberately looking down at it.

The Mav is my wife's DD and I drive a manual trans Tacoma or MT Miata and am used to knowing by the feel what gear I'm in. I'm lost in the Maverick with the dial. I have had many, many episodes of going the wrong way with it when trying to turn quickly when turning around.

Today sealed the deal for me and the stupid thing.

Wife and I were driving an old 55 mph 2 lane backroad in Podunk, OK. Idiot 2 cars ahead was running 60mph for most of the time but would drift into a coma (or on the phone) and slow down randomly for no reason to 45mph.

I was getting frustrated being 2 cars back and after about the 15th time flopped my arms down at my sides like "Why, why?". As the lead car sped up I was not accelerating while pushing the gas pedal down.

I looked down and the tach was at 4,000rpms and we were slowing down. I immediately started thinking about reports in here of people's trucks doing this and being stranded with an electronic glitch.

Looked down again and the dial was in "N" neutral. Flipped it to "D" and all was well. Just a random flop of the hands and the truck was inoperable. No locking detent or button to push to make the shift, no click or tactile feel, just a flick and it's in neutral.

I really hate this dial.

Gotta say I love it! Get in... spin to the right and away we go!

 

[r100gs91]

lol 5 pages in 4 hours.

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