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Originally Posted by rockfan4

It wasn't a Jeep Cherokee, was it? That's how the actor Anton Yelchin died, thought his was in park, got out, went behind it to close a gate or something and it was still in reverse.

My wife got a newer vehicle last year. We looked at several, some with pushbuttons to shift, some with a dial, one with a funky joystick where you had to push a button or something to put into park, and we ended up with a 2021 Chevy Blazer. Good old shifter on the console, probably just hooked to a switch, but at least it was a familiar interface. One quirk it has is sometimes when you push the start stop button, it doesn't turn off. It might be a flaky button.

I don't understand the need to reinvent controls. Give me a regular shifter, a volume knob on the radio, headlights and wipers I don't need to read a manual for 20 minutes to operate. I thought I saw somewhere that some manufacturers were going back to buttons for things due to the public's distaste for touchscreens.

No not a Jeep a Nissan.

Give me good ol' push buttons anytime, everytime.