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View Poll Results: Hand ON or OFF shift knob when driving
ON shift knob 165 61.34%
ON shift knob
165 61.34%
OFF shift knob 69 25.65%
OFF shift knob
69 25.65%
I drive with both hands 17 6.32%
I drive with both hands
17 6.32%
Hand stays in the Pants 18 6.69%
Hand stays in the Pants
18 6.69%
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Old 08-24-2009, 11:28 PM #31
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I try to follow Jim Morrison's advice in Roadhouse Blues (one of the greats).

'Keep your eyes on the road
Your hands upon the wheel.'

That's hands, not hand.

Try not to do this too often though.

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And I got myself a beer.'
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on the shifter (mines a 5 speed. YES) or left arm out the window and right arm on the wheel.
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You should keep it off. It's bad for the synchros
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for lack of a better poll, do you put you hand on your shift knob or off your shift knob when driving. and when i say "your shift knob" i mean the one on your damn 4runner.
I know this post is old, but it's new to me, and I laughed my ass off. #yotagirl
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I know this post is old, but it's new to me, and I laughed my ass off. #yotagirl
Ditto!

And hand on, btw.
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On quite a lot of the time. Despite being a 2003 with no sort of manual auto, I like to manually shift into other gears, particularly for downhill grades to help lengthen the life of my brakes.

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This is a funny poll;how about a thread titled "do you put your junk to the left or the right in your underwear?"?
Respectfully, the poll becomes more interesting when we talk about automatic vs. manual transmissions. Resting your hand on the shifter of a manual transmission is a big "No-No". Automatic...no worries.

I prefer my hand resting habits to allow me good manual shifting technique.

Additional Internet reading on the topic:
https://shiftsst.com/articles/tech-tip-never-rest-your-hand-on-the-shifter/

Resting Your Hand on the Shifter - Maintenance/Repairs - Car Talk
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Even though I have an auto 4th gen, I've been driving a manual car as my DD for years. So it's a force of habit to keep my hand on the shift knob.
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I always have my hand on it especially on the snow in case I have to go into neutral
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most of the time on, because I like to fidget with things
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No sure if true but I read somewhere that resting your hand on AT transmission is not good for the car, so I try to avoid it.
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