https://www.tmtuning.com/HOME/catalo...t_product=1937

I am curious if anyone has tried this shift ****.

 

hey that's a neat item! please let us know how this works out!

 

If it screws on then you are well screwed. If they make one that pushes on you will be fine.

 

 

Here's the manufacturer's website: http://www.indy-cator.de/english/index.php
Check out the installation instructions: http://www.indy-cator.de/download/anleitung.en.pdf

Very interesting, although it is a bit far to look all the way down to the shifter while driving. Something I've always thought would be nice is a shift pattern on the dash, with the current position lit up.

 

I saw this thing earlier on Autoblog.com and I thought that it was pretty cool but, I wonder how difficult the install is??? Please keep us informed.

 

the instructions say it works with BMW's, so i say go for it

 

Someone translated the install and said that the shifter works on some type of accelorometer. You have to shift through all of the gears on a downward and upward slope to program the shifter.

I think it's kinda cool.

 

The link I gave above had instructions in English.

 

I'm curious how much this thing weighs. I've really come to like the heft of the Whalen ****, and this one seems like it might be a little flimsy, with the plastic lens, LED, and electronics inside. From the picture, I can't even tell if the silver portion of the **** is metal or plastic.

 

It's neat, but who forgets what gear they are in? As soon as you set your hand on the shifter you should know what gear you are in.

 

Don't be such a snob...it's not always that easy to tell by look or feel. The physical location difference from 4th to 6th for example is not that obvious. I've driven a stick most of my life, and this car is the hardest to tell by feel than any other I've driven. My biggest issue is how easy it is to jam it into reverse instead of first (or vice versa). SInce both are typically entered from neutral and the other ears are typically not, most cars put them in opposite directions to avoid confusion.

 

I don't think they are being a snob. I to have driven many manuals in my life and have never had any problems knowing what gear I am in.

If you are doing 40MPH and the shifter is down and to the left, you are in 2nd. I have a shift **** that doesn't have a shift pattern on it and both my wife and I don't have any problems knowing what gear we are in.

BTW, we also have a short shift kit, so 4th and 6th are even closer than stock. You just have to know your car and pay attention to what it is doing.

 

I think its a cool gadget but if you really need to look down, read that sucker to know what gear your in before placing your hand on it to execute a shift - I would be concerned about safety.

This is not dig, I say buy it BUT because its a cool gadget not with the notion of relying on it.

PS - we all blow a shift every now and then.

 

It isn't out of the realm of possibility in certain situations to "forget" what gear you're in. Many a tranny and/or engine has seen the scrapheap when a professional race driver's concentration has lapsed at a critical moment. Gear position indicators are rather common instrumentation in high performance race cars these days. Just because it hasn't happened to you yet, don't think there isn't a "senior moment" waiting for you just around the next corner.

 

in the video it looks like an MCc

http://www.gaslock.de/movie/movie.htm

 

If it started to flash when I approach the redline, now that would be cool.

 

I don't know about you, but the shift **** is the LAST place I'd be looking with the motor spooled all the way up like that...

This is still a cool-looking gadget though. let us know how it turns out!

 

I wouldn't look down in traffic, but there are times when I'm really "mixing the cake" that I have lost track what gear I'm in...and my wife could use the help knowing when she's in R or First.

 

I'd like Whalen to incorporate this into his shift **** for me (mmmm, that sounds kinkaaaay) I won't give up my Whalen, but I'd love the digital read out feature.

 

True. I guess a shift light would work better anyway. It would work at night though. I think?

 

Is that price (149,90 €) Euros or German Marks? If Euro, the **** costs over $200! If Marks, it's only about $75... I don't recognize the currency symbol....

 

In that video they show a MCc driving but when it shows the shifting that insn't a MINI interior.

 

looks like euros to me

 

I saw that too... Should work though:

"Regardless of the brand of the car, the INDY-CATOR fits all manual transmissions up to six-speed (except for gear levers with reverse gear locking mechanism) and is designed to work with every conceivable gearshift pattern."

Ouch. 150 Euro(s) = 201.694 US Dollar(s) as of May 31's conversion rate. Too rich for MY blood I think...