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The perfect truth of this meme is why I can never own an electric car.
What is that retro-looking thing on the right?
(Also why are my question marks getting cut off? I typed 9 of them but only 3 show up.)
Hurst "Lightning Rods" from the 80s. Basically a flashy way to manually shift an automatic transmission.
Good write up and explanation here: https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/a-cool-idea-at-the-time-the-hurst-lightning-rods-shifter/