Rented a Terrain from Hertz for a week and thought that I'd become comfortable with the push buttons by the end of the week, but that never happened. The location of the buttons is just too low. Maybe I have short arms, or maybe my vision isn't what it was when I was younger, but it just took too long to shift each time. Some of the buttons get pushed while others get pulled, what's up with that? At home I drive a GMC Canyon and live where there are plenty of steep winding roads so I often downshift while driving down. That wouldn't be possible with the current push button layout. I'm currently looking for a small/mid SUV and initially liked the Terrain and Acadia AT4's, but the push button shifting is a show stopper for me. I realize the redesign likely reduces GM's cost so maybe they can offer a traditional shifter as a factory option (+$495).
Eric - 4 years ago
Have a 2019 terrain love the pushbutton drive remember the dodges with typewriter dr thought that was great have 15 vintage autos mostly corvettes from c1 forward love cars love the pushbutton drive
Howard Otty - 5 years ago
We bought the Equinox because the push button and/or rotery knob used by other manufacturers is not ergonomically correct. A selector on the console or steering column doesn't require indexing your finger to a small button requiring the driver to take his eyes off the road. For years drivers have made their gear selection by the number of detents moved through to get the correct selection WITHOUT having to take their hand off he selector. Along with manually tuning the radio, push button shifting is very similar to texting.
BTW, Chrysler, Edsel, and Packard tried it and dropped the feature after only a few years.
Rented a Terrain from Hertz for a week and thought that I'd become comfortable with the push buttons by the end of the week, but that never happened. The location of the buttons is just too low. Maybe I have short arms, or maybe my vision isn't what it was when I was younger, but it just took too long to shift each time. Some of the buttons get pushed while others get pulled, what's up with that? At home I drive a GMC Canyon and live where there are plenty of steep winding roads so I often downshift while driving down. That wouldn't be possible with the current push button layout. I'm currently looking for a small/mid SUV and initially liked the Terrain and Acadia AT4's, but the push button shifting is a show stopper for me. I realize the redesign likely reduces GM's cost so maybe they can offer a traditional shifter as a factory option (+$495).
Have a 2019 terrain love the pushbutton drive remember the dodges with typewriter dr thought that was great have 15 vintage autos mostly corvettes from c1 forward love cars love the pushbutton drive
We bought the Equinox because the push button and/or rotery knob used by other manufacturers is not ergonomically correct. A selector on the console or steering column doesn't require indexing your finger to a small button requiring the driver to take his eyes off the road. For years drivers have made their gear selection by the number of detents moved through to get the correct selection WITHOUT having to take their hand off he selector. Along with manually tuning the radio, push button shifting is very similar to texting.
BTW, Chrysler, Edsel, and Packard tried it and dropped the feature after only a few years.