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I know there have been plenty of threads on these shifters and everyone has their favorites but I have a question/opinions regarding the gated aspect of these shifters. I have the seine shifter for over 10 years and while it does shift the 915 accurately, I do find it too mechanical as far as the 1-2 gate is concerned. When you shift into first and into/downshift 2nd, sometimes you hit these gates and it can impede in the flow of shifting (it doesnt have that cutting corners/rounded feel).. I think the springs in combination with these gates make shifting clunky. So, I removed the gates and to my surprise, the shifter sprung back into the 3-4-N plane regardless if you were in 1st or 2nd gear. So if I was in 2nd gear and the shifter is now in the 3-4-N plane, how do I shift? Do I bring back the shifter to the 2nd gear position hold it there and then shift to 3rd? Does the Wevo or Rennshift does this as well? If they do, by removing the gates on the Seine, did I just create a Wevo and or a Rennshift? The benefit of the gates is of course keeps the shifter in the 1st or 2nd gear position… I read that keeping the shifter in the gear positions is good for the tranny. I know the Wevo has a gate option that creates the “H” pattern, but does it still spring back to the 3-4-N plane once you are in 1st or 2nd gear. Or does the shifter stay in that gear position. As for Rennshift, I don’t think it is gated or has the option, correct me if Im wrong.

I think to answer these questions is to understand the philosophy of the 915 transmission. Why the 1st/2nd gear was not originally gated but not the 5/R were and why was there no reference/spring back to neutral position from 1st/2nd but exist with 5/R (BTW because of the 5/R gates, I find shifting from 4th to 5th is also kinda clunky, but I am hardly in 5th). Its been so long how my original 915 shifter worked… but I think the original shifter was slide left and into 1st and the shifter stayed there (that’s a good thing). Same as 2nd, the shifter stayed there and so you know where you were… You just need that muscle memory of where 3rd and 4th is located. Maybe because of how the 915 tranny was designed Porsche got it right with the original 915 shifter and it is truly for the “purist”. Should I just put the gates back on the Seine and call it a day and live with the it? I may have to revisit the original 915 shifter and just drive more...