View Poll Results: would a heated shift knob be beneficiaL to you?

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Thread: Shifter Question

  1. #1
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    Shifter Question

    Would a cooled shift knob be beneficial to you?

  2. #2
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    Sorry bro, but quit while you're ahead. A heated or cooled shiftknob is absolutely rediculous. Shifters get hot and cold, just like the rest of the car does. We can't coddle drivers anymore than they already are with their active cruise, blindspot detection, parking assist, etc. etc.

    Frankly, I don't want to know anyone that uses a heated or cooled shift knob. You only touch it for a few seconds anyway. Don't be such a p****!

  3. #3
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    Again as I mentioned in the other thread, hot or cold shift knobs are a self-created problem that happens when you use a knob made out of a material that tranfers heat too efficiently. Either its hot and has absorbed a lot of heat and it tranfers it to your hand or its cold and has released a lot of heat and when you touch it it draws the heat away from your hand.

    This is fixed by using an OEM leather shift knob. Which all our cars come with. Those who go to metal shift knobs do so knowing the consequences.

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  4. #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by blackxs View Post
    Again as I mentioned in the other thread, hot or cold shift knobs are a self-created problem that happens when you use a knob made out of a material that tranfers heat too efficiently. Either its hot and has absorbed a lot of heat and it tranfers it to your hand or its cold and has released a lot of heat and when you touch it it draws the heat away from your hand.

    This is fixed by using an OEM leather shift knob. Which all our cars come with. Those who go to metal shift knobs do so knowing the consequences.

  5. #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by blackxs View Post
    Again as I mentioned in the other thread, hot or cold shift knobs are a self-created problem that happens when you use a knob made out of a material that tranfers heat too efficiently. Either its hot and has absorbed a lot of heat and it tranfers it to your hand or its cold and has released a lot of heat and when you touch it it draws the heat away from your hand.

    This is fixed by using an OEM leather shift knob. Which all our cars come with. Those who go to metal shift knobs do so knowing the consequences.
    Hey .. quit making so much sense.

  6. #6
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    Those who go to metal shift knobs do so knowing the consequences.
    Last edited by tognettiza; 04-03-2014 at 11:19 PM.

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    I want one that lights up and... oh wait they already have those. ummm how about one that's really tall or short or heavy or ....
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