I seem to recall reading that the change to the longer/"cranked" shifter
was done in response to complaints from the in house vehicle testing
personnel.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of stubrennan@comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 11:21 AM
To: Tiger Group
Subject: Shifter ergonomics
Before you all jump on the short shifter bandwagon, consider this:
I drove a "short shifter" Tiger a few years back, and it quickly became
apparent why they changed to the long shifter. For me anyway, the short
one was just too far down for comfortable operation. I have the seat
most of the way forward, and even with that, I had to lean a bit to
reach the whole pattern.
So try shifting by grabbing the standard shifter about half way down a
few times, and see how that feels. The short one may look cool, but is
uncomfortable operation worth it?
Stu
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