Extremely weird thing happened to My MT Supra

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I wonder if it's a bad batch of clips or they just aren't putting them on right from the factory.
 

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I wonder if it's a bad batch of clips or they just aren't putting them on right from the factory.
There doesn't appear to be any clips holding it on, just seems to slide on and "snap" in from what I can see. It's likely the knobs either aren't being pushed down enough and installed correctly or the inside of the knob where it's supposed to clip in is defective. Either way seems like bad QC on Toyota's part.

This is what the lever looks like under the boot:

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According to people on IG, you clowns DoN’t KnOw HoW tO sHiFt lol



im surprised this isn’t brought up more. So far all 3 people with a manual that I know personally have had this issue. 1 guy swears he was driving normal when it happened to him
 

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It's happened to most of us. Why do you think so many (myself included) are running an aftermarket knob that comes with a threaded adapter?
 

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It's happened to most of us. Why do you think so many (myself included) are running an aftermarket knob that comes with a threaded adapter?
I love my Raceseng shift knob. NTA adaptor FTW!
 

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Mine happened 8-9 times, but after one good whack in, it has not happened again, granted I am a little more cautious with how I shift to avoid it so that may be a reason why, the first time was pretty scary, mid 1-2 pull and it came off and car threw itself in N and just banged the rev limiter in the middle of an intersection and that metal rod gets super hot so it was a bit hectic getting back into gear and pulled over.
 

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This is common practice in the BMW world.

It's not shocking to see that not many BMW owners went for a Toyota though.

I will say, BMW gearboxes don't like having a hand resting on the shifter or being overly aggressive when shifting.

That's Mustang stuff.
 

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It's happened to most of us. Why do you think so many (myself included) are running an aftermarket knob that comes with a threaded adapter?
This is common practice in the BMW world.

It's not shocking to see that not many BMW owners went for a Toyota though.

I will say, BMW gearboxes don't like having a hand resting on the shifter or being overly aggressive when shifting.

That's Mustang stuff.
Learn something new every day… Great stuff! Thx RT & Sha :)
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