That's another viable suggestion; I appreciate your thoughts. I can bend or space the lever over to get it away from my knee and the steering wheel, but the problem is that I begin to crowd the passenger area. Fourth gear puts the shifter against the passenger's leg and if I need reverse... Well, if my wife is sitting there, she'll just think I'm getting frisky ; if it's someone else I cold get my face slapped or my nose broken... What I really need is a shorter shift pattern. I have looked briefly online, but haven't yet found a short-shift kit for this trans. If I have to, I'll make one...