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The "knob" doesn't retract whilst driving, so you can select Reverse, Sport whenever required. It only retracts in the Park position when the engine is switched off.

As you said, one gets used to it quite quickly.

Cheers,

Gordon

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Originally Posted by Celtoid

I wonder how things would have gone if he had to pop a knob up, select reverse and then push the selector back in...(maybe you can leave it up for sticky situations???).

I've been on the cusp of being bogged in muddy holes before and the rocking back and forth technique got me free.....how easy would that be without a stick shifter I wonder?

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As has been mentioned, the rotary selector is always up, so this would not be an issue. The problems come when you're not used to the paddle-shifters and you have some amount of turn on the steering... This turn means that the shifters are not where you expect them to be and you have to think about which paddle is which!!

IMO - Paddle & stick give you the best of both worlds.

M

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Originally Posted by camel_landy

As has been mentioned, the rotary selector is always up, so this would not be an issue. The problems come when you're not used to the paddle-shifters and you have some amount of turn on the steering... This turn means that the shifters are not where you expect them to be and you have to think about which paddle is which!!

IMO - Paddle & stick give you the best of both worlds.

M

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I completely agree with that!

Almost fell over yesterday....my D4 was in getting the brakes serviced and Austral gave me a Metallic Black ZF Jaguar as a loner.....:D

Very nice car....

And now I know what the Pop-Up transmission selector and paddles feel like to use.

It was pretty easy to acclimatise but did hit the paddles a few times by accident....as well as finding myself reaching for a shifter that wasn't there.

Geez, that 8 speed is so smooth.....you couldn't feel the changes at all.

Make that XF, with an 8 speed ZF....:D