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Manual transmission is a relic. Tom Send a noteboard - 04/01/2010 09:39:50 PM
Manual transmission is something that you are only likely to see in two (and only two) instances:

1. Very cheap cars for people with no money
2. Very high end sports cars for rich enthusiasts (Ferrari et al.)

In all other instances, it doesn't make sense to build a car that a shrinking percentage of the population will be able to drive. I never learned to drive stick and don't care to learn.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Manual transmission is a relic. Tom - 04/01/2010 09:39:50 PM 645 Views
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i'll race you up the side of a mountain. me in my corolla w/manual you in your automatic of choice moondog - 06/01/2010 02:28:39 AM 558 Views
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3. Outside the United States. *NM* Tim - 05/01/2010 11:18:41 AM 270 Views
exactly moondog - 06/01/2010 02:30:05 AM 528 Views
Oh, and manual transmission is no longer "standard". *NM* Tom - 04/01/2010 09:41:24 PM 277 Views
Okay... jh - 04/01/2010 10:40:22 PM 608 Views
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More control is better because, as you say, you know what's coming up on the road. Ghavrel - 05/01/2010 03:08:14 AM 598 Views
Transmission thing is interesting. I'll have to look that up. Clover - 05/01/2010 05:22:53 AM 661 Views
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