Gear Selection UI Error

[deanster2u]

Have you noticed the UI inconsistency on the M3? The physical stalk has the correct order of RPND while the screen shows PRND. Seems like such an obvious error that it must be done for a reason.

 

[GtiMart]

Well, if you really want to be precise: The order on the stalk is R - N - nothing - N - D, with the button being P. To replicate this on screen wouldn't make much sense. Instead, they show the usual PRND that everyone is used to. Seems to make sense.

EDIT: Even worse, with autopilot and FSD: R - N - nothing - N - D - Autopilot - FSD

 

[orntar]

I can't speak for the stalk, but PRND(L) is a standard in the auto industry.

Ever Wonder Why Your Car's Shifter Goes P-R-N-D? This Is Why | Gear Patrol

Why does every car with an automatic transmission make you shift through Neutral between Reverse and Drive? Turns out there's a good reason.

www.gearpatrol.com

They were probably following that convention.

 

[BigNick]

I can't speak for the stalk, but PRND(L) is a standard in the auto industry.

Ever Wonder Why Your Car's Shifter Goes P-R-N-D? This Is Why | Gear Patrol

Why does every car with an automatic transmission make you shift through Neutral between Reverse and Drive? Turns out there's a good reason.

www.gearpatrol.com

They were probably following that convention.

I'm old enough to have driven cars that had the order "PNDLR" from before that standard existed.
Taught my brother how to drive in a car with a three-on-the-tree. I don't know how many times he broke that shift linkage being too ham-fisted with it.

 

[PianoAl]

I remember Eva Gabor saying that she adjusted the "pernandel." Green Acres?

 

[UncertainTimes]

I remember when gearboxes said
R
1 3 5

2 4 6

 

[Gasaraki]

I remember when gearboxes said
R
1 3 5

2 4 6

Get of my lawn!

I remember it as

1 3 5
2 4 R