To: TexasFreeper2009
No one hardly considers buying a standard transmission car anymore. Manual windows? what's that!? A new home without central heat and air? unheard of! TV antenna ? what's that? live without a smart phone or high speed Internet? are you crazy!?!? I could go ON and ON about all the things nearly everyone EXPECTS now that were extreme luxuries not long ago. True. And people buy every new piece of tech that comes out, it seems like. And new shoes every couple months. Everything has to be bright, shiny, new, and easy.
31 posted on
03/20/2016 8:06:27 PM PDT by
A_perfect_lady
(When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination. - Sowell)
To: A_perfect_lady
Because I usually keep my cars 10+ years I always get a a manual transmission. An automatic transmission has a shelf life of 150K give or take. I have never had an auto transmission last over 160K. Manual transmissions have an indefinite shelf life clutch not included. a clutch job is like a brake rebuild job in cost maybe $500 at the most. A new transmissions is $3500 bucks.
33 posted on
03/20/2016 8:11:18 PM PDT by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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