Mini-Post: Slap Stick

A slap stick, or slap shifter, is an extremely useful way to shift an automatic transmission without simply letting the car do it for you. Besides that, it’s more fun too! This alternate method is primarily used in sportier cars and cars designed to drag in order to create a faster more driver-controlled shift, and is a very self-explanatory operation. To shift, you simply put the gear shift in the correct position, and then “slap” the lever forwards or backwards to shift up or down.  A slap stick is more officially called a