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Old 11-08-2008, 12:44 AM   #46
SilverTurtle
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Originally Posted by 1_2Many View Post
OK comparing a hot shifter knob to a curling iron is a little exagerated. I've had many cars with bare aluminum shift knobs and yes they got hot, but not that hot.
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Originally Posted by TheMadHatter99 View Post
I'm well aware of the heat issue and had already planned on keeping either a towel or some gloves on-hand for the summer. Fortunately my car will likely be garage-kept and covered most of the time so the heat won't be quite as big of an issue.
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Or you can just tint your windows, it will be fine.
y'all do understand that the Concept's shifter is a single, solid piece of metal... there's nothing on the shifter to dissipate the heat that is transferred up from the transmission... so its not going to work to just tint the windows... and it being garage kept is a great idea... what kind of garage are you going to keep it in while you're at Best Buy picking out a CD? how about when you're at a car show in the hot sun and you want to show it off to the world? the towel really is your only resort... and its a good solution... but GM is NOT, I repeat, NOT going to offer something that could potentially burn someone in their production car... its not going to happen... maybe GMPP will make a clone that isn't made out of metal... maybe someone in the aftermarket will offer one that is exactly like the Concept's shifter... but to continue to ask GM for something that is not there for a reason is just kind of silly.
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