• Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com
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    1 year ago

    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!

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      1 year ago

      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

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        1 year ago

        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

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      1 year ago

      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).

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      1 year ago

      It is pretty common to have R on the left, to avoid accidental shifts while car is in motion

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        1 year ago

        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.

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          1 year ago

          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