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I'm a Dodge guy my self, and this is pretty much how I feel about the "dial"...
Tankfully the electronics wont actually let you do this...
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I’ve driven cars with the dial and I can’t adjust to it. It annoys me every time.

The only benefit I’m aware of is if you hit the power off button before shifting to park, it shifts to park for you.
 
I’ve driven cars with the dial and I can’t adjust to it. It annoys me every time.

The only benefit I’m aware of is if you hit the power off button before shifting to park, it shifts to park for you.

Both my nephew and my son in law have trucks with that dial. I've only driven one once - no way to control the transmission! A solution to a non existent problem that nobody asked for.
 
Both my nephew and my son in law have trucks with that dial. I've only driven one once - no way to control the transmission! A solution to a non existent problem that nobody asked for.

Sure there's a way. Most vehicles that have that dial either have buttons, or paddles that you can shift up and down through the gears with. When Ram switched to the 5 and 6 speed autos in their trucks they still have the colum shift but it's P, R, N, D, and on the shifter there's up and down buttons... the '21 Ram 1500 my folks have, the up/down buttons are on the steering wheel.


When you think about it, push button auto shifting isn't new any way... it dates back to the 60s I think, maybe 50s.
 
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Sure there's a way. Most vehicles that have that dial either have buttons, or paddles that you can shift up and down through the gears with. When Ram switched to the 5 and 6 speed autos in their trucks they still have the column shift but it's P, R, N, D, and on the shifter there's up and down buttons... the '21 Ram 1500 my folks have, the up/down buttons are on the steering wheel.


When you think about it, push button auto shifting isn't new any way... it dates back to the 60s I think, maybe 50s.

As I only drove the thing once, I didn't find out - but the presence of buttons makes sense. I think there was a 50-something Plymouth that had pushbuttons on the dash. When it comes to automatics, I want column shift and I want access to all gears.
 
Sure there's a way. Most vehicles that have that dial either have buttons, or paddles that you can shift up and down through the gears with. When Ram switched to the 5 and 6 speed autos in their trucks they still have the colum shift but it's P, R, N, D, and on the shifter there's up and down buttons... the '21 Ram 1500 my folks have, the up/down buttons are on the steering wheel.


When you think about it, push button auto shifting isn't new any way... it dates back to the 60s I think, maybe 50s.

Had a 1960 Rambler, it came with a push button torqueflight 3 speed automatic, and I don’t believe that 1960 was the first year for them.

We had an early 50’s Plymouth station wagon with a push button transmission too.

So, new cars, a giant leap backwards! 😹