I don't usually document the work I do on my wagon via photos. But, I have a B&M Unimatic shifter in mine. I always make the loops in the cable as wide as possible to prevent binding and keep it away from the exhaust. I even went so far as to make a heat shield to protect it the from the driver's side header. But it made noise and bothered me so I removed it. The shifter and cable has been in the car two-and-a-half years with no issues. I make sure the connection points at the trans are always lubed up and I also grease the underside of the shifter since this car sees winter duty in the salt.
On my other car with a B&M Hammer shifter, I followed the same method with wide loops and away from exhaust. But it doesn't go out in the bad weather so I forgo the grease treatment.