I drove a 97 cobra with that handle, at first I thought someone stole it off of some poor old mans cane. It fits your hand surprisingly well, but the gaydar goes off as soon as I saw it. Not even for car shows.
OH.....and don't forget the chain steering wheel and the fur dash and the sparkle tint and the air brushed sceen of a naked hispanic woman on the hood essay!
Theres a guy at my work with an Torch red 03 convert with that exact shifter in his car. It actually doesn't look to bad in the car. Seems like it would be uncomfortable though. I have a t-handle shifter myself and love it.
There must of been a crack marketing squad behind the production of that turd. That idea should've been a brown stain on the mattress and the person responsable should be put out to pasture. That knob is a SIN.
It might look good on my green metallic lowered tracker's shift knob, though.
I saw a few of those shifters in Cobra's at the 40th anniv Mustang get together. It was ok, but... personally anything but the stock shifter looks tacky IMO.