My heart... it's breaking. :-(
1 posted on
05/02/2012 1:50:26 PM PDT by
Sopater
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To: Sopater
I’d take a classic Chevy muscle car (i.e. 1971 Camaro) over anything off the production line these days anyway...
2 posted on
05/02/2012 1:52:11 PM PDT by
Sopater
(...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
To: Sopater
Hold on, let me check something
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Yep, just as I thought, mine is still there.
:)
3 posted on
05/02/2012 1:53:48 PM PDT by
MrNJ
To: Sopater
I have NEVER owned an automatic.
This means WAHR!
4 posted on
05/02/2012 1:54:12 PM PDT by
newfreep
(Breitbart sent me...)
To: Sopater
Life's too short for stick shifts.My car has an “automatic manual” (my term) which allows me to downshift on a steep downgrade,for example.And I don't even use that.
5 posted on
05/02/2012 1:54:46 PM PDT by
Gay State Conservative
(Unlike Mrs Obama,I've Been Proud Of This Country My *Entire* Life!)
To: Sopater
You don’t really have full control of that internal combustion engine, unless you’re working a stick.
7 posted on
05/02/2012 1:56:09 PM PDT by
EyeGuy
(Non-Holder person.)
To: Sopater
9 posted on
05/02/2012 1:57:14 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
To: Sopater
I’ll stick with my 1991 Mazda Miata, with its honest-to-goodness H-pattern five-speed gearbox, three-pedal layout and total lack of driver aids (not even ABS). Unless someone wants to give me a new Boss 302...
10 posted on
05/02/2012 1:58:07 PM PDT by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
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To: Sopater
2 reasons.
- Planned obsolescence. Transmission are "maintenance free" now,meaning you can't easily change the fluid or even check the level-no dip sticks anymore! What this does is cause an owner to make a tough decision at around 150K miles as whether it is worth rebuilding the tranny. The rest of the car COULD go another 150K but who knows? A planned consumer dilemma and screw job. A manual transmission could theoretically last for ever, maybe even longer than the engine which today with modern syn oils are almost bullet proof.
- The need for hands free driving....
11 posted on
05/02/2012 1:58:26 PM PDT by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Sopater
Me too. It will be a sad day when I buy an automatic. Another sign that our civilizaton is on the brink of collapse.
12 posted on
05/02/2012 1:58:41 PM PDT by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Sopater
The last car I owned with an automatic transmission was a 1971 Pontiac Firebird. I traded it in 1979. I haven’t owned a vehicle with an automatic transmission since.
13 posted on
05/02/2012 1:58:41 PM PDT by
aomagrat
(Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
To: Sopater
I drive a 2004 BMW 325i with a manual. I got a great deal on this car, drove it off the lot, seems no one was interested in a manual BMW but me. I’ve been driving manual transmission cars for 30 years. Can’t imagine a world w/o 5 speed manuals.
14 posted on
05/02/2012 1:59:33 PM PDT by
Huskrrrr
To: Sopater
Since manuals are more fuel efficient you would think there would be more.
15 posted on
05/02/2012 2:00:06 PM PDT by
Drill Thrawl
(The United States of America, a banana republic since 1913)
To: Sopater
Fugeddaboudit......I’ve seen this same story written over and over about every ten years or so...........
16 posted on
05/02/2012 2:00:19 PM PDT by
Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: Sopater
The manual transmission made a significant comeback during the 1980s and '90s - so much so that now, classic vehicles from the '60s and earlier are being fitted with overdrive manual transmissions from that period.
I'm glad that the manufacturers are finally building worthwhile automatics, but I really don't see the charm in those flappy paddle gearboxes. I guess if I'm going to initiate a gear change, I'd rather not feel the computer getting in the middle of it.
17 posted on
05/02/2012 2:00:26 PM PDT by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: Sopater
I would not own my 03 Mach 1 if it did not have a stick.
I would not own my 65 Falcon Sprint w/302 etc. if it did not have the 4 speed.
I would not be building a 66 Mustang notchback w/281 32 valve if it did not have a 5 speed.
But that’s just me, old & out of touch.
18 posted on
05/02/2012 2:01:20 PM PDT by
certrtwngnut
(It's not the people who vote that count, it's the people who count the votes. (Josef Stalin))
To: Sopater
19 posted on
05/02/2012 2:01:54 PM PDT by
mo
(If you understand, no explanation is needed. If you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
To: Sopater
Even my 1979 RX-7 was sweet with the gears. 4bbl with an Otto engine. I gave it to my good friends in the desert 15 years ago.
20 posted on
05/02/2012 2:03:04 PM PDT by
eyedigress
((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
To: Sopater
Most cars arn’t even available with a stick as an option anymore. You can’t get a stick on a full sized half ton pickup anymore. If you want a stick you have to buy a 3/4 ton or higher. I’ve owned 10 vehicles so far in my life and only 4 of them had sticks. I prefer stick but they are getting harder to find.
To: Sopater
When I was young, I loved shifting for myself. My first car, a 55 Ford with a 272 had a 3 speed manual with overdrive. That actually meant 6 different gear ratios tho all were not really useful.
Automatics have been so good for so long that I no longer worry about it. I can recall even in the 60s that it was said Chrysler’s torqufliite would do as well or better than a manual in a drag.
24 posted on
05/02/2012 2:05:07 PM PDT by
yarddog
To: Sopater
Go to any given dealership with 100 new cars. On average, just four of the 2012 models will have manual gearboxes.
"ANY" dealership? It really depends on the dealership, doesn't it? I can't imagine it's going to be awfully hard to find a stick shift at a Porsche dealer. (They're up to 7 speed manuals on the new 911!)
Both of my cars are manuals, and I will give up my stick shift when they pry it from my cold, dead hand.
28 posted on
05/02/2012 2:11:32 PM PDT by
Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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