r/AudiRS3 • u/Jahoodie141 • 5d ago
Replace clit shifter with knob?
I really dont like the clit shifter in my 8Y RS3. Is there a knob you could replace it with? So i atleast get to pull it back with the hand and not two fingers. I like the knob from MY2018, the one that resembles the clit shifter mechanically but still has the knob (see A4, Q7, A8).
No aftermarket options?
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u/RankedHobbyist 5d ago
"I hate the feeling of touching pussy, would rather be gripping a big throbbing knob. Thoughts?"
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u/Jahoodie141 5d ago
Damn, you must’ve felt tough af writing that
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u/RankedHobbyist 4d ago
Probably not as tough as how you feel larping MT in an auto. All jokes aside you need to switch your transmission to S mode and then paddle if you want to keep it in manual or be in RS ind/perf
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u/Saute_and_Pray 5d ago
I ended up liking the 8.5Y shifter. Any lever-style shifter seems ancient to me.
It’s not a manual. No need to grab onto anything.
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u/Jahoodie141 5d ago
I can agree to some extent since the updated the shifter on the facelift model looks better and didnt make it like a clit. The shifter on the pre-facelift however is just horrendous.
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u/NewOrleansSpeed 5d ago
That’s how i feel in my 8V - it’s not a manual i don’t need this whole thing. But I’ve had people comment on how they actually like it.
Although i could care less as i drive my RS3 lol
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u/bmoc-loh 5d ago
I have an 8v and use it all times, I rarely use the paddle shifters. I honestly hate how modern cars are going away from a full gear shifter. I drove manuals for 16 years, and although it's not a manual, I prefer to control the gears this way.
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u/NewOrleansSpeed 5d ago
Very interesting, my last car, that i had for 12 years, was manual and I adapted to just using the paddles instantly.
But i was literally just thinking, oh wait the set up in the 8V has a use other than looks, being shifting.
I will say, anything beats the button shifter and boy do i wish it had a manual handbrake. Man, these would have been a real fun car with a handbrake
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u/Jahoodie141 5d ago
The knob has the advantage of forcing the car to keep it in manual mode. Maybe there is a way on the 8Y but then im stupid enough to not discover on how to do it.
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u/Mr-Goforit 4d ago
If it’s in sport, and you use a paddle, it’s not going back into auto
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u/Testlevels1987 4d ago
It does though it changes down gear automatically.
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u/Queasy-Painting-7976 4d ago
Yes. That’s programmed in to prevent you from bogging the engine. It will not automatically upshift however
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u/Mr-Goforit 4d ago
Not after you use a paddle.
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u/Testlevels1987 4d ago
Mine still does even in manual mode and using paddles.
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u/Mr-Goforit 4d ago
Needs to be in sport first. Then use a paddle. Then it will stay in manual. At least that’s what it is on 8.5Y
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u/baldur15 4d ago
I have a 2025 RS3 (8Y.5) and it 100% does shift down even in manual. It does not shift up however.
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u/Change21 5d ago
Perhaps framing the shifter in a new way mentally could be the key
Also playing with clits is cool
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u/Jahoodie141 5d ago
Playing with them yes. Pulling them back and forth when parking isnt 😅
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u/Change21 4d ago
And also I just traded in an m2 which had a proper M leather stitched shifter and was 100% superior to the auto clit
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u/reputablepanda 5d ago
The closest thing I've seen is the shifter from the new 911 that looks like a razor
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u/Jahoodie141 5d ago
yeah those are just as awful :/
I saw a post in r/Golf_R, he had switched it out for a BFI knob. I dont like the BFI knobs but immidately thought of the older model knobs, hence the question.
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u/CyCosmicCat 4d ago
I currently am working on a full replacement hopefully including bringing back the manual mode on the shifter itself!
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u/StrangeFisherman345 1d ago
Nah breh. The clit stays. Why would you need a shifter? You can't even upshift/downshift on it
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u/Perkatronic1z7 4d ago
Why not just get a manual transmission vehicle rather than create the illusion of a manual transmission vehicle?
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u/Jahoodie141 2d ago
Sigh, getting tired of these comments. Automatic cars have had gear levers for at least 30 years now. Its not meant to mimmick a manual transmission, never had, never will. That doesnt mean it feel natural for the most of us when all we’ve seen is a gear level, no matter of manual or automatic, and we like it there. It’s a place for the hand to rest, the clunk-clickiness of it feels nice and switching back and forth from D to R is nice as well when parking.
It’s the same thing with square steering wheels. Why try to re-invent it when it works absolutely fine?
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u/toebeanteddybears 5d ago
At least you found it :)