Where do you put your right hand?

mantis · Jul 8, 2017

Hello Fellow Durango Owners,
I'm not out but not in either with the Shift Knob. My only issue with it is that fact I don't know what to do with my right hand. I usually rest it on the shifter. Now i find myself reaching for it a lot and it's not there LOL.
So far I have used my right leg with my elbow on the arm rest, I have hung my hand down off the arm rest, not really into that position and I've put my arm back further then usual so my hand just makes it to the edge of the arm rest.
I'm thinking that a after market Cup holder T shifter thing should be made if it hasn't been already, this was you can use the rear cop holder and put a simulated Shifter looking thing in there that you can use to rest your hand for those of us that drive with our left hand and hold onto a shifter with our right.

Any thoughts on this?

TwoDuckDad · Jul 8, 2017

Wife's leg

Moose135 · Jul 8, 2017

The steering wheel... ;-)

Just put a water bottle in the rear cupholder, it will give you something to rest your hand on.

NumberThree · Jul 8, 2017

Yeah, i still try to "start" mine by slapping the column where the ignition was in my '02 Ram, and trying to shift into reverse by grabbing air that used to contain the column-mounted shifter lol.

howie · Jul 8, 2017

Maybe on the steering wheel?? Rest the left on the door arm rest

DurangoUnchained · Jul 8, 2017

Alternating between the paddle shifter, the steering wheel, hanging off the arm rest, reaching for my spitter, messing with the radio....all over the place really.

Thunderhorse · Jul 9, 2017

I rest my elbow on my armrest and my knuckles on my leg, just like I do with my truck. Not having something there never seemed like much of a big deal to me, and before the Truck I drove an Accord with a t shifter to rest my hand on. Even then I didn't rest it there because hitting a bump or something could bump the shifter

ORT · Jul 9, 2017

Paddle shifter all the time unless I am messing with the nav or something.

DeaconBlue · Jul 9, 2017

NumberThree said:
Yeah, i still try to "start" mine by slapping the column where the ignition was in my '02 Ram, and trying to shift into reverse by grabbing air that used to contain the column-mounted shifter lol.

I find myself do that too and reaching for the lever to put her into Park as well

Z7What · Jul 9, 2017

It's funny you brought that up! I was just telling the wife the other day I miss having a shifter to rest my hand on.

Wayne

Citadel Brian · Jul 10, 2017

I rest mine on my wife's boo...sorry, just kidding. I rest my hand on the shift knob. I miss having a large middle arm rest. My 03 Ram had the best center console, you could row through the gears without taking your arm off the console. Mind you that was after I installed the short throw shifter.

Mab6680 · Jul 10, 2017

i find myself looking for a new position to put my hand all the time and often find myself sitting in some very strange positions, ive also have reached for the missing shifter trying to put it in gear, i find that when im in tight spots that require a few shifts from reverse to drive i screw up which way to turn the knob, and there has been a few occasions where i turned the volume knob on the radio to put it in park. ive only had my 17 gt for a few weeks now and im sure i will get used to it but overall i like the shift knob

dizzyD · Jul 10, 2017

I am variable. Whatever fits the mood of driving that day...

Rasta Rebel · Jul 10, 2017

Moose135 said:
The steering wheel... ;-)

Just put a water bottle in the rear cupholder, it will give you something to rest your hand on.

i second this. rented a 16 durango for a road trip. hated the shift control o[n the dash. but the water bottle works perfectly fine. actually is almost the same height as the shifter in my 11

BigAl · Jul 10, 2017

I put it on the shift handle where it feels at home

NumberThree · Jul 10, 2017

Citadel Brian said:
I rest mine on my wife's boo...sorry, just kidding.

If I tried that, I'd draw back a nub.

I miss having a large middle arm rest. My 03 Ram had the best center console, you could row through the gears without taking your arm off the console. Mind you that was after I installed the short throw shifter.

Hail yeah! I MISS that center console in my Ram too, and used it the same way -- at least, when my min pins weren't riding shotgun. They LOVED being able to ride there and see a nearly 360 degree panorama.

BLKMAGIC · Jul 11, 2017

same here bud, it drove me crazy at first! I have no complaints about the rotary shifter OTHER than this problem. For me, I usually have a yeti water bottle in the cupholder, so I rest it on that.

PhillyCat · Jul 11, 2017

Either on the paddle shifter or on the rotary shifter....second nature now. It's weird now when I drive my fiancee's 07 Mercedes SUV...gotta think on how to get it into gear...

mantis · Jul 11, 2017

Mab6680 said:
i find myself looking for a new position to put my hand all the time and often find myself sitting in some very strange positions, ive also have reached for the missing shifter trying to put it in gear, i find that when im in tight spots that require a few shifts from reverse to drive i screw up which way to turn the knob, and there has been a few occasions where i turned the volume knob on the radio to put it in park. ive only had my 17 gt for a few weeks now and im sure i will get used to it but overall i like the shift knob

Thats exactly where I'm at with it. I love my R/T but this is the only thing that bothers me about it. I want to make my own hand rest and have it come out of the cup holder. I really wanted to wait out to the 18's where you but my lease on my last Vehicle ran out and the 18's are no where to be seen yet. I heard they put a normal T shifter back in for many reasons including the accidents that happened.

mantis · Jul 11, 2017

BLKMAGIC said:
same here bud, it drove me crazy at first! I have no complaints about the rotary shifter OTHER than this problem. For me, I usually have a yeti water bottle in the cupholder, so I rest it on that.

I'm gonna see if I can have something fabricated and maybe offer it to others who need it.

Where do you put your right hand?

mantis

TwoDuckDad

Moose135

NumberThree

howie

DurangoUnchained

Thunderhorse

ORT

DeaconBlue

Z7What

Citadel Brian

Mab6680

dizzyD

Rasta Rebel

BigAl

NumberThree

BLKMAGIC

PhillyCat

mantis

mantis

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