[DeTomaso] Custom Pantera Cable Shift Kit?
MikeLDrew at aol.com
MikeLDrew at aol.com
Fri Dec 2 19:38:29 EST 2011
In a message dated 12/2/11 16 22 42, shawkins777 at comcast.net writes:
> Yes but, my Pantera is different from every other standard I've driven
> and
> have now. So I have to pay attention when I switch from my American car
> with a manual to my Pantera.
>
Other than having a dogleg first gear, it's the same as everything else
you've ever driven, with a normal "H" pattern. Pull straight back to upshift,
push up and away to upshift again. The worst that could happen is that
you try to leave a stop in 2nd gear (or, in your normal car, try to leave a
stop in 2nd gear because you're in 'Pantera' first gear...)
Mildly annoying, but far from dangerous, i.e. you'll never blow it up or
crash the car by reverting to 'normal' habit patterns, unlike having the shift
pattern literally backwards.
A stealth forum member has an Arial Atom-like car with a backwards shift
pattern, because it uses a front-wheel-drive transaxle spun around and driving
the rear wheels. So far he hasn't crashed it or had any problems (none
he's shared with me anyway!). But I've told him that having a backwards
shift pattern makes just as much sense as having steering that goes left when
you turn the wheel to the right, or a gas pedal that increases the throttle
when you lift up and decreases when you press down. There's just no
justification (in my mind) for that sort of counter-intuitive engineering stupidity.
Mike
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