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Hello all -

I'm considering the Honda CRV (either new or late-model used), but have a
question about its oddly-mounted shift lever (I will be shopping for an
automatic transmission).

Does it operate like a standard steering-column mounted shifter (which you
generally have to "depress", move to the next position, then "release" to lock
it in place...
-or-
Does it work like most floor-mounted auto shift levers, which can be freely
moved between the "Drive" and "Neutral" positions?

In other words, if you're driving along, coming to a stop, and you want to go
from "Drive" to "Neutral", can you just nudge it into neutral (and back to
drive) with a simple "push", rather than a "depress/move/lock" movement?

Believe it or not, that's a "car breaker" for me. If it doesn't work like a
floor-mounted lever, I'm not interested in the vehicle, and will shop for
something else that _does_ have a standard floor-mount auto shifter.

Thanks,
- John

Yes, it operates like a standard lever. I've driven one for three years and
it's very easy to shift and use. Go ahead and buy a CR-V. But be careful
when you get an oil change! Make sure it's done properly. The Honda
engineers surely screwed that one up by mounting the oil filter near the
exhaust manifold. Honda needs to get better engineers!

Nino
"John Albert" <j.albert@snet.net> wrote in message
news:434ECA22.BA001536@snet.net...
> Hello all -
>
> I'm considering the Honda CRV (either new or late-model used), but have a
> question about its oddly-mounted shift lever (I will be shopping for an
> automatic transmission).
>
> Does it operate like a standard steering-column mounted shifter (which you
> generally have to "depress", move to the next position, then "release" to
> lock
> it in place...
> -or-
> Does it work like most floor-mounted auto shift levers, which can be
> freely
> moved between the "Drive" and "Neutral" positions?
>
> In other words, if you're driving along, coming to a stop, and you want to
> go
> from "Drive" to "Neutral", can you just nudge it into neutral (and back to
> drive) with a simple "push", rather than a "depress/move/lock" movement?
>
> Believe it or not, that's a "car breaker" for me. If it doesn't work like
> a
> floor-mounted lever, I'm not interested in the vehicle, and will shop for
> something else that _does_ have a standard floor-mount auto shifter.
>
> Thanks,
> - John

Nino NoSpam wrote:
> Yes, it operates like a standard lever. I've driven one for three years and
> it's very easy to shift and use. Go ahead and buy a CR-V. But be careful
> when you get an oil change! Make sure it's done properly. The Honda
> engineers surely screwed that one up by mounting the oil filter near the
> exhaust manifold. Honda needs to get better engineers!

I've read a few posts about the location of the oil filter. Come to
think about it the filter on my civic is located above/slightly to the
side of the exhaust manifold. A slighly worrying design aspect!


>
> Nino
> "John Albert" <j.albert@snet.net> wrote in message
> news:434ECA22.BA001536@snet.net...
>
>>Hello all -
>>
>>I'm considering the Honda CRV (either new or late-model used), but have a
>>question about its oddly-mounted shift lever (I will be shopping for an
>>automatic transmission).
>>
>>Does it operate like a standard steering-column mounted shifter (which you
>>generally have to "depress", move to the next position, then "release" to
>>lock
>>it in place...
>> -or-
>>Does it work like most floor-mounted auto shift levers, which can be
>>freely
>>moved between the "Drive" and "Neutral" positions?
>>
>>In other words, if you're driving along, coming to a stop, and you want to
>>go
>>from "Drive" to "Neutral", can you just nudge it into neutral (and back to
>>drive) with a simple "push", rather than a "depress/move/lock" movement?
>>
>>Believe it or not, that's a "car breaker" for me. If it doesn't work like
>>a
>>floor-mounted lever, I'm not interested in the vehicle, and will shop for
>>something else that _does_ have a standard floor-mount auto shifter.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>- John
>
>
>