Im hoping to pick up a 99-04 GT sometime and have a question, do you guys with maual trannys hit your hand when shifting (see pic)

Here: (red lines) NOT MY CAR!!!!
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...s000033-32.jpg

 

Never happened to me. Do you mean hitting your hand forward on the stereo? Or on the little wide walls next to the shifter? It's a little hard to tell from the pic where the red arrows are pointing.

 

Only my fingers are on the shifter ****. The tips of my fingers take care of 1-2 and 3-4, while the knuckle on my hand takes care of 2-3 and 4-5. A little pressure from the pinky takes care of down shifting. I've never hit my hand onthe stereo...unless I got carried away and my hand slipped off.

There really isn't a need to get a big ol' white knucklemonkey grip on the shifter.

 

With a stock shifter there is no way you're gonna hit anything while shifting.. unless you have a sweaty palm & lose grip on the shifter(?)