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      01-18-2011, 05:07 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by AlexK View Post
The Jag's exterior and interior design is pretty good, but... What kind of idiot designed that rotary transmission "shifter"??? Why does it "retracts" itself when not in use? It takes very, very little space in "up" position and is hardly noticeable, so why waste $$$ on extra parts to make it retractable? Not to mention that if electric motor fails to "raise" it, you won't be able to even shift out of "P" and move/drive your car (unless there's some kind of "emergency" way to manually "raise" it)
Good point, this is exactly the part that has broken down several times on my friend's XF
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