Sylvester
Member
Hi all, recently I'd been at home visiting family, and my mum has got herself a 2000ish Seat Ibiza 1.4 petrol. It's got a few small issues here and there, but it runs good and safe, what has caught my attention though is the gear shift pattern.
It's a 5 speed manual, BUT:
-1st isn't, "left&up", but just "up". Like when
you normally put the car in 3rd gear.
-2nd is simply "down" so instead of 4th gear.
-3rd is like when you put it in 5th gear, so bit "right&up".
-4th gear you gotta slightly hold "right&down", so like instead of 6th gear/some cars reverse.
-5th gear is "right even more&up", so like instead of 7th gear, is there was such on regular cars.
-Reverse is "down&up", just like on the A2s.
It's physically just like on the attached image, so 1&2 the middle point, not 3&4.
I've watched videos about same cars and looked like, those had regular shift pattern.
It's kind of cool the 1st/2nd is just up/down, feels a bit like a rally car, but has anybody got any idea what's going on, is that actually normal on those cars? Cheers
It's a 5 speed manual, BUT:
-1st isn't, "left&up", but just "up". Like when
you normally put the car in 3rd gear.
-2nd is simply "down" so instead of 4th gear.
-3rd is like when you put it in 5th gear, so bit "right&up".
-4th gear you gotta slightly hold "right&down", so like instead of 6th gear/some cars reverse.
-5th gear is "right even more&up", so like instead of 7th gear, is there was such on regular cars.
-Reverse is "down&up", just like on the A2s.
It's physically just like on the attached image, so 1&2 the middle point, not 3&4.
I've watched videos about same cars and looked like, those had regular shift pattern.
It's kind of cool the 1st/2nd is just up/down, feels a bit like a rally car, but has anybody got any idea what's going on, is that actually normal on those cars? Cheers