What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[WinterDeere]

I remember some of the old Chrysler products when I was a kid had them. But cars back then had no standard for the order of gearing, many did not follow the "P R N D L" ordering we take for granted today. Crazy, but some of them had reverse after low, as in "P N D L R".

People have argued whether the safety standards are actually the reasoning behind the demise of that old Chrysler push button system, or just coincidence that it disappeared at the same time the standards were released.

Automotive History: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Chrysler Pushbutton Automatic - A Government Conspiracy? - Curbside Classic

(first posted 12/8/2017) The sudden disappearance of the pushbutton transmission on Chrysler Corporation vehicles at the end of the 1964 model year has resulted in a lot of […]

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[TBob42]

Mine is the way that grocery stores constantly move things around. Kraft Cheese-Wiz has moved at least four times at the closest Smith's. First it's with the chips, then it was with the condiments, later they moved it onto the aisle with the noodles and now it's in the dairy section. That's just one example. Going to a big store is like a death march. I plan to organize a bunch of old farts like myself and pull a flash mob of shoppers buying one item with a full size cart, blocking aisles and driving the employees insane with questions about where something is now. Let's start a movement!

 

[TBob42]

Comoooter traffic

 

[Oaktree]

People have argued whether the safety standards are actually the reasoning behind the demise of that old Chrysler push button system, or just coincidence that it disappeared at the same time the standards were released.

Or maybe just that that pushbutton system didn't work very well. ISTR them jamming up a lot, requiring much disassembly to fix. If I'm not mistaken those pushbutton automatic Mopars didn't have a "Park" position, just neutral & set e-brake.
Chrysler did a number of odd things, anyone remember LH thread lugs on the driver's side? They stuck with that into the early 70s.

Quirky controls didn't end in the 60s...Saabs & Suburus tended to have things in odd places well into the 80s. Remember late 70s Fords where the horn was on the signal lever.

Mine is the way that grocery stores constantly move things around. Kraft Cheese-Wiz has moved at least four times at the closest Smith's. First it's with the chips, then it was with the condiments, later they moved it onto the aisle with the noodles and now it's in the dairy section. That's just one example.

The reasoning for this is it promotes impulse buying.
Speaking of Cheeze Wiz, the store I shopped at where I lived in the 90s had a portable display for it. As you noted, they'd move it around, generally near products you might want to use it on/with. One time I saw it in the pharmacy next to the condoms! Whipped cream, maybe but Cheeze Wiz??!? Must be one wild night!

 

[ruffdog]

Or maybe just that that pushbutton system didn't work very well. ISTR them jamming up a lot, requiring much disassembly to fix. If I'm not mistaken those pushbutton automatic Mopars didn't have a "Park" position, just neutral & set e-brake.
Chrysler did a number of odd things, anyone remember LH thread lugs on the driver's side? They stuck with that into the early 70s.

My dad had a 1958 Chrysler Imperial with the push button shifter. He ended up junking the car after the trans went on it and I bet he still has that shifter mech in the barn. It was heavy and complicated.....good riddance.

 

[TBob42]

I had a 56' Plymouth with the push button shift. Never had a problem. Later I had a 63 Valiant and it had a lever in the dash as I recall. The problem I had those was, that the slant 6 ran so quiet, my brother was always trying to start the car while it was running. That led to changing the ring gear and those cast iron Power-Flites were heavy.

 

[TBob42]

Or maybe just that that pushbutton system didn't work very well. ISTR them jamming up a lot, requiring much disassembly to fix. If I'm not mistaken those pushbutton automatic Mopars didn't have a "Park" position, just neutral & set e-brake.
Chrysler did a number of odd things, anyone remember LH thread lugs on the driver's side? They stuck with that into the early 70s.

Quirky controls didn't end in the 60s...Saabs & Suburus tended to have things in odd places well into the 80s. Remember late 70s Fords where the horn was on the signal lever.

The reasoning for this is it promotes impulse buying.
Speaking of Cheeze Wiz, the store I shopped at where I lived in the 90s had a portable display for it. As you noted, they'd move it around, generally near products you might want to use it on/with. One time I saw it in the pharmacy next to the condoms! Whipped cream, maybe but Cheeze Wiz??!? Must be one wild night!

Very Zen.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Willys Jeeps had the reverse threaded lugs on one side too. I never can remember which side though. I learned to keep an eye on tire jockeys as they would whomp down on them not knowing.

Kind of a self tightening feature must've been the thought. Much like the knock-off center nuts on wire wheeled cars.

 

[not2old]

Mine is the way that grocery stores constantly move things around. Kraft Cheese-Wiz has moved at least four times at the closest Smith's. First it's with the chips, then it was with the condiments, later they moved it onto the aisle with the noodles and now it's in the dairy section. That's just one example. Going to a big store is like a death march. I plan to organize a bunch of old farts like myself and pull a flash mob of shoppers buying one item with a full size cart, blocking aisles and driving the employees insane with questions about where something is now. Let's start a movement!

Great idea, I'm in!!!!

 

[WinterDeere]

Kind of a self tightening feature must've been the thought. Much like the knock-off center nuts on wire wheeled cars.

Makes sense with center knockoffs or bicycle pedals. But there's no relation between wheel rotation direction and lug nuts in a pattern. The rotation only affects a fastener located on the axis of rotation.

I'm not sure why they would have bothered with left-hand threads on one side of a car, but I can recall countless cases of overzealous managers who didn't understand basic engineering, making similarly stupid decisions based on a half-understanding of basic physics.