2027 Chevy Silverado 1500 To Get This New Transmission Feature

[securityguy]

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[TexOffroader]

Feels like they are taking small steps to make us feel comfortable in an EV. There is plenty of console space. What are we freeing up space for, another cup holder? And great, a larger screen with software locked down not letting us do anything cool with apps, mobile integration and streaming. Damn, all their success makes me negative.

 

[AXE]

This "new feature" was standard equipment on trucks for 8 decades until some homo on the Covid design team decided to put a console shift in and buttons on the dash of the Tahoe.

 

[hello_im_justin]

This "new feature" was standard equipment on trucks for 8 decades until some homo on the Covid design team decided to put a console shift in and buttons on the dash of the Tahoe.

I didn’t know column mounted electronic gear selectors, not cable or linkage operated, have been around for 8 decades. Learn something new everyday. But this new feature definitely makes it easier for the govt to throw and lock your truck in park if you’re being naughty.

 

[securityguy]

I didn’t know column mounted electronic gear selectors, not cable or linkage operated, have been around for 8 decades.

You didn't know because they haven't. It was all linkage. The point is the column shifter and not the way it shifts.

 

[hello_im_justin]

You didn't know because they haven't. It was all linkage. The point is the column shifter and not the way it shifts.

The sarcasm went right over your head.

 

[Paulie-G]

This "new feature" was standard equipment on trucks for 8 decades until some homo on the Covid design team decided to put a console shift in and buttons on the dash of the Tahoe.

I worked at a beer distributor in the early 90s.
All of the International DT466 engines were paired with Allison autos.
Touch pad shifters.
They also displayed the fluid levels.

 

[securityguy]

The sarcasm went right over your head.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of stupid people on forums so I take nothing for granted

 

[AXE]

I worked at a beer distributor in the early 90s.
All of the International DT466 engines were paired with Allison autos.
Touch pad shifters.
They also displayed the fluid levels.

Yep, that's when you started to see it with heavy equipment as well. Excavators were early adopters of drive by wire moving away from direct linkage and hydraulics to the controls.