Skip to comments.
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
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 141-160, 161-180, 181-200, 201-214 last
To: US Navy Vet
Well if any auto reps are reading this, put me down as one that would rather drive manual than an automatic. And that’s heavy traffic or open road. There is no connection to the road with an automatic.
201
posted on
06/01/2012 11:05:48 AM PDT
by
stevio
(God, guns, guts.)
To: Gordon Pym
Bet it’s still working as a harvest truck on a farm somewhere, or shipped overseas somewhere. That is where many of the old units wind up.
202
posted on
06/01/2012 11:26:44 AM PDT
by
SpeakLittle_ThinkMuch
(A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.)
To: dsrtsage
Now, there’s a pic that tells a story. Or maybe even a novelette.
203
posted on
06/01/2012 12:10:49 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
(BHO: New supreme leader of the homey rollin' empire.)
To: dsrtsage
"
It was a cold, blustery day.
Sage was trundling through the snow, his red Land Cruiser barely recognizable through the crusted white stuff.
He was driving with the top and the windshield down.
Although he was well bundled, he was drinking to fend off the cold, and to drown his sorrow over Eve.
His husky, Fang, looked on in dismay.
"
204
posted on
06/01/2012 12:18:54 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
(BHO: New supreme leader of the homey rollin' empire.)
To: Erasmus
Awesome! Such a way with words
205
posted on
06/01/2012 12:24:35 PM PDT
by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
To: Erasmus
Our winter camping trips are always the most fun! Now that I’m older though, I finally had to break down and start bringing a tent in the winter. The top hasn’t been on the landcruiser since 1999, however.
206
posted on
06/01/2012 12:33:32 PM PDT
by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
To: Erasmus
It was a cold, blustery day. Sage was trundling through the snow, his red Land Cruiser barely recognizable through the crusted white stuff. He was driving with the top and the windshield down. Although he was well bundled, he was drinking to fend off the cold, and to drown his sorrow over Eve. Little did he know he had only 8 seconds to live. As the Anuudrian battle cruiser's targeting computer zeroed in on the heat from the Toyota's exhaust Captain Zog of the Imperial Bad Guys Of The Universe Fun Destruction Force changed into his jeweled battle shorts and with an evil gleam in his three eyes opened the fire control console and pressed the trigger.
To: Gordon Pym
208
posted on
06/01/2012 3:00:44 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
(BHO: New supreme leader of the homey rollin' empire.)
To: Erasmus
Do they allow tag-team entries in the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest? I don't know, but I remember one line I stole from a past BL entry about a body hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag full of vegetable soup when he decided to take the Geronimo Express to Splatsville.
209
posted on
06/01/2012 6:15:09 PM PDT
by
Cowman
(How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
To: US Navy Vet
I was thinking of posting but said, naw... then I saw your post.
Farmall @ age 10, then a McCormick tandem, and I felt really special when I got old enough for the JD 2010 (propane)and our neighbor had an old ‘poppin’-john’. Good times and I didn’t even know it!
210
posted on
06/01/2012 9:19:04 PM PDT
by
Texaspeptoman
(Even cannibals get fed-up with people sometimes...!)
To: US Navy Vet
Never drove anything but a stick, ever, on the column or on the floor.
To: US Navy Vet
I’ve done floor, column, left foot, right foot, 3, 4, and 5 speeds, one with an overdrive unit and a couple with more gears in the rear end. And some tracked equipment with 3 clutches.
212
posted on
06/01/2012 9:30:30 PM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: US Navy Vet
I enjoy them but the wife cannot drive them and therefore I cannot buy one.
One advantage of stick shift cars used to be that they were more fuel efficient and were a fair amount quicker. That isn’t the case anymore with a good modern automatic.
To: US Navy Vet
No problem. I don’t particular care for them, but driving one is no problem. My wife won’t drive anything else.
214
posted on
06/03/2012 2:18:26 PM PDT
by
Melas
(u)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 141-160, 161-180, 181-200, 201-214 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson