Same Shfit Knob as Reatta?

http://www.windingroadonline.com/windingroad/200710ebay/?folio=30&EMC-AugustEBAY=&attr=modernclassictxt&ov=0032Y]Link

Check the interior pic on the 3rd page.

It's small and blurry but it looks the same.

I'm starting to feel like maybe this knob has been shared between a few too many cars (Reatta, Camaro, Riv, what else?). And it goes all the way back to the 80's?

I agree, it's probably the same one. It doesn't bother me, though. I like its feel, or I've gotten used to it at least. One thing I don't like are big, bulbous shifters like I've encountered in some Pontiacs. Also, I don't really like T shifters. I'm more comfortable with something that fits between a few fingers for easy shifting.

The shifter in the Aurora seems much nicer than the one we've got. Ours does look sportier but I wouldn't mind if it were sportier and nicer than the Aurora's.

I like the look and shape of our shifters....and despite the fact this shifter was used in almost every GM car from the 80's until the death of the Regal.....it harkens back to the original 63-65 Riv shifters in style. I've been thinking of changing mine just to upgrade the interior a bit, but I'm having trouble finding suitable shifters that I like the look and feel of with a button on top.

I changed mine for an all chrome unit from reactive look really class
i'll post pics soon(fit with allen screws)but to be honest i'd rater
like the feel of the original one(but not the look)

I like how ours feels, but also think it could use an upgrade in appearance.

DO you guys know any sites that have a nice selcetion of shit knobs with the pushbutton on top, or is it possible to get a nob w/o a button and still be able to use it with our cars?

You need the button to unlock the shifter so you can change gears.

After driving around today consciously thinking about the feel of the shifter, I retract my earlier statement. It IS in a comfortable location for me as far as reach, but it sure isn't a particularly comfortable grip. If I knew of specific vehicles that would interchange, I'd hit the local yards and try out a couple others.

There are two directions I'm seeing with shifters. One is the rounded, comfortable, leather-wrapped handle. These have good grip, usually feel warm and soft in your hand. Some are more rounded than others, some try to be ergonomic with special shapes, and the button position can change from top to trigger. Then you have the cylinders. Usually hard, machined metal or plastic surface, button on top, sharp edges, wooden or carbon inserts... it's more like a joystick than a handle. The cylinders appear to be more about looks than comfort/function.

I usually drive with my hand on the OEM shifter. If it were replaced with a cylinder, I'd only touch it when I needed to.

It's surprisingly comphortable wit even my arm on it,but i agree
it's not the same warm feel at all.(i know my english is poor)

Plus, I'd want to keep my hand off so I can look at it more of the time!

oh i see.

Same here Aaron, cylinder style is not for me. But I still feel the OEM handle can stand some improvement. I loved a Hurst T style pistol grip handle I used for a few years on a stick car, 73 Nova SS. Pretty cold in the winter though.

I liked the shifter in the Aurora.

I like the chrome shifter handle. Can you post a better pic of the handle? What's it off of?

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I liked the shifter in the Aurora.

I think it's neck is too big it woud look strange.

not feelin the shifter sag, looks like something from a civics or something, bit then again its ur car

im not likin it much either Frenchy...but...am i correct in seeing the the piece that covers ur cup holders i chrome?? how did u do that?

From this photo, I'm guessing he spray-painted it.

theres no way its spray painted..look at the piece that covers the cupholder in that pic..there is a straight line in the middle..it is def a piece of material..

Yeah, you're right. Looks like chrome stripping!

yea that one piece is..but i mean the part that is spring loaded..u can tell theres some sort of chrome sheet over it...where the fuck is frenchy to answer the question!?