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End of the manual transmission?
High Gear Media via Foxnews ^
| May 02, 2012
| By Thomas Bey
Posted on 06/01/2012 7:23:21 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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How many here can drive a "Stick"?
To: US Navy Vet
To: US Navy Vet
I was always a manual transmission guy until I got married.
The wife could shift gears just fine, but I could not ‘learn’ her to stop riding the clutch, and changing throw-out bearings is either time consuming or expensive.
I still miss slamming gears, but quite frankly, with the wimpy engines in most of the cars today, it wouldn’t have the same feel anyway.
To: US Navy Vet
For many years. Mrs. jimfree has a 15 y/o 5 speed Saturn wagon. She aspires to a Mustang convertible.
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posted on
06/01/2012 7:27:08 AM PDT
by
jimfree
(In Nov 2012 my 11 y/o granddaughter will have more relevant executive experience than Barack Obama)
To: US Navy Vet
I can, but had to give it up when my knees began to hurt after driving in heavy traffic during my commute. Too bad, it’s a lot of fun.
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posted on
06/01/2012 7:27:08 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: US Navy Vet
Took my driving test in a ‘68 VW microbus. That was manual everything.
To: US Navy Vet
Are you kidding?
TR4, MGA, Ford Anglia, Ford Cortina, Ford Capri V-6, Toyota SR-5....Is that enough?
To: US Navy Vet
"How many here can drive a "Stick"?" Me and I prefer a stick. Driving a vehicle with automatic Transmission is boring. However we only have one car (We just don't need two because we are in rock throwing distance of all the necessities) and the wife drives it way more than me and she wanted an automatic.
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posted on
06/01/2012 7:27:38 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: US Navy Vet
Since 1988 I’ve had nothing but a manual.
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posted on
06/01/2012 7:27:59 AM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
To: US Navy Vet
I have never owned an auto transmission, owned twelve cars.
Man, what a waste to drive one.
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posted on
06/01/2012 7:28:07 AM PDT
by
svcw
(If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn't it life in the womb?)
To: US Navy Vet
My car and previous 2 cars were 5 speed standards and I love them but the article is correct, they are very difficult to find even in Japanese cars.
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posted on
06/01/2012 7:28:31 AM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(Romney is a liberal. Just watch him closely try to screw us.)
To: US Navy Vet
"How many here can drive a "Stick"?"
Shoot, my first car was manual transmission and the shift lever was on the steering column.
To: US Navy Vet
I prefer a stick for anything with a trailer hitch.
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posted on
06/01/2012 7:30:15 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
To: US Navy Vet
Kinda of hard to do this with an automatic...
To: US Navy Vet
Several of the advantages of driving a manual are gone. Gas mileage is no longer a problem compared to manuals.
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posted on
06/01/2012 7:31:33 AM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(Entropy isn't what it used to be)
To: US Navy Vet
I took my driver’s test in 1966 Beetle.
Love manual transmissions.
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posted on
06/01/2012 7:31:33 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
To: US Navy Vet
Learned on a ‘31 Model A Ford.
Drove a VW bug for 15 years.
Teaching my kids how to drive a stick on an old Jeep.
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posted on
06/01/2012 7:31:46 AM PDT
by
Texas resident
(November 6 - Vote Against obama)
To: US Navy Vet
How many here can drive a "Stick"?With my eyes closed.
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posted on
06/01/2012 7:32:37 AM PDT
by
ILS21R
(John Locke: When the social contract is broken, the people must revolt.)
To: svcw
And the tranny is often the first thing to go out...not so it the manual one.
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posted on
06/01/2012 7:32:54 AM PDT
by
fabian
(" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo with laughter")
To: US Navy Vet
Every vehicle I have ever owned (dating back to 1967) has had a manual transmission. Would not want an auto. Taught both of my children to drive with a stick and they can drive anything.
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posted on
06/01/2012 7:32:58 AM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
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