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Same here.
Mar 28, 2022, 10:00 AM
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My Mazda CX-5 and Mrs. Tig's Honda are both manuals. The truck is auto, so I guess I'm more of 1.5%er, really.
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Oculus Spirit [93658]
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I'll say this.
Mar 28, 2022, 10:09 AM
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None of my car selections were based on transmissions. I drive an Infinity with a five speed now. A 70 yr/o man doesn't look for that but it's what I have and it is a good car which will outlast me.
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CU Medallion [64837]
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Having a car to outlast you?
Mar 28, 2022, 10:20 AM
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I think that's what FBCOOCh said about his 1994 Silverado with an engine knock and 280K miles.
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Oculus Spirit [93658]
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That infinity isn't my most enduring car.
Mar 28, 2022, 11:04 AM
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I have a 1985 MB 300SD which will outlast that infinity and every automobile produced this year if treated well. There's no bailing wire or duct tape on anything I drive.
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Oculus Spirit [79195]
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Can you even find a manual transmission on a new car anymore
Mar 28, 2022, 10:11 AM
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It's not even been an option on the cars I've bought.
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All-In [34486]
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I don't believe Dodge Neon's offer them in certain
Mar 28, 2022, 10:13 AM
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years,might need to check
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Oculus Spirit [85301]
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or jeep?***
Mar 28, 2022, 10:15 AM
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Oculus Spirit [85301]
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Dang, only 2/25 wranglers at the local dealer are manual***
Mar 28, 2022, 10:17 AM
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CU Medallion [60215]
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when I bought mine, there were zero on lot.They had to scour
Mar 28, 2022, 10:39 AM
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the Southeast to track one down for me.
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Oculus Spirit [79195]
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Usually though, if it's not a sports car, the ones that have
Mar 28, 2022, 2:50 PM
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a manual transmission are the bottom of the barrel and have nothing on them. Like the Honda Civic. I was looking for one back in 2013 just as a cheap car and they said unless I wanted an v-tech or whatever their sports car model of it was called, it's next to impossible to find one, unless you order it. Which I guess would be normal in today's market.
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All-In [26499]
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I can drive either, but getting in bumper to bumper traffic
Mar 28, 2022, 10:13 AM
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for 5-10 miles, the stick gets a bit "meh" ...
Not to mention stop lights at steep hills.
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Oculus Spirit [83073]
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You must really "enjoy" driving. I don't get it. Driving in
Mar 28, 2022, 10:13 AM
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general is boring to me.
Plus, Americans like to eat and drive. My German friends would make fun of us for that. They wouldn't eat in their cars and kept them super clean.
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Concur. It's a utilitarian function.
Mar 28, 2022, 10:34 AM
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High performance vehicles are fun to drive/ride in, but never really been high on my personal list relative to practicality. This may also just be a function of me being a poor.
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Oculus Spirit [85301]
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Two automatics and two hydrostatics here***
Mar 28, 2022, 10:15 AM
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I drive on Cruise Control most of the time
Mar 28, 2022, 10:21 AM
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I'm the epitome of Lazy Driver.
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CU Medallion [64837]
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All drivers are lazy. I walk everywhere. Beat that!***
Mar 28, 2022, 10:22 AM
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Oculus Spirit [85301]
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Where is tdrake?
Mar 28, 2022, 10:22 AM
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tdrake®
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Out for his mid-morning run
Mar 28, 2022, 11:10 AM
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duh
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Drove manuals for the first 12-13 of my driving years,
Mar 28, 2022, 10:31 AM
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but honestly can't think of the last time I drove one. Naturally, I'd excel at it like I do with anything else involving hand-eye coordination, but I'm glad I don't own one now, because shifting would really interfere with reading/scrolling on my phone and managing my beverage of choice. It's like automatics took over around the same time smart phones were invented...almost like it was by design.
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Why people would want to do this
Mar 28, 2022, 10:34 AM
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boggles my mind. Do you also like getting up out of your seat every time you want to turn the channel on the TV?
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CU Medallion [64837]
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I love it. Hilarious. Great job, Prod.
Mar 28, 2022, 10:36 AM
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It's like it's some sort of peanus measuring contest or something. I'm going to start bragging about my manual can opener or the fact that I make my wife carry the laundry down to the creek and wash it.
Guess what boys, I'm a real man - I don't even have indoor plumbing.
Oh, and a calculator - nah, bruh. All slide-rules over here... that's how smart I am!
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Because I want to drive the car.
Mar 28, 2022, 11:26 AM
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Eventually we'll be able to automate the steering, acceleration, and braking, too, and everyone will be a passenger. If that appeals to people, I won't get mad about it. It does not appeal to me, other than from a safety perspective.
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I start in one place.
Mar 28, 2022, 11:48 AM
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Then, after as little time as possible, I am in a place I want to be. That's really what it's all about.
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CU Medallion [60215]
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it's like a lot of other things really.....
Mar 28, 2022, 11:57 AM
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why do people hunt and fish when meat is in the store already cleaned and packaged?
why do people play sports when they could just play a video game of it?
why do people shop, prepare, and cook their own meals when there are restaurants?
why do people do woodworking when they could just go buy the same thing already made?
why do people grill out when they could just get something delivered?
why do people go on vacation when they can just look at pictures and videos of the vacation area?
It's called enjoyment of an activity. The excitement of physical interaction.
Driving a manual isn't really that much harder than an automatic, it's just different. And a hundred times more pleasurable to some of us. If you don't get it, you don't get it, and that's just fine with us. Demeaning it accomplishes nothing. But that's how the world is nowadays - ridicule that which you don't understand.
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Had no idea that you bought into the American perogative
Mar 28, 2022, 9:37 PM
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Of being lazy af
I love driving a stick, because I love driving, I don't understand you other #######
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We've heard you really know how to handle the stick***
Mar 28, 2022, 10:42 AM
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I'm with you. No defense for it, just prefer it. MissTulsa
Mar 28, 2022, 10:58 AM
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declared she wanted a honda hrv when her car recently gave it up, and there are no more manual trans for that. She wanted it anyway, so I don't know where the line was for her, but the hrv was over it.
My Jeep is going to the grandkids (raising them right), so I have ordered a Bronco to replace it, and the rumor is that after the '22 model they will have no manuals either. As it is now, only the base models have manuals, so that's what I got. Allegedly. I'll believe it when I see it.
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First car was a '73 Superbeetle, manual tranny obviously,
Mar 28, 2022, 11:13 AM
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and it was fun to learn as a 16 year old. You know how much roadhead I got in that car? ZERO. You know how many handys I got in that car? Zero. I blame that on the stick shift in the middle.
Now that I drive a manual with a bench seat in the front, those statistics are still zero but I blame that on my wife and not the car.
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Oculus Spirit [81049]
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I'll never own another manual.
Mar 28, 2022, 11:15 AM
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I mean, unless I have to.
I wouldn't choose one, that's for sure.
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All-In [26968]
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But don't you want to feel like you're REALLY driving?
Mar 28, 2022, 11:17 AM
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I mean, like REALLY.
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Oculus Spirit [81049]
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Not really.
Mar 28, 2022, 11:24 AM
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Sort of driving is plenty for me any more
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LOL***
Mar 28, 2022, 11:50 AM
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Cars can be one or the other. Each are chosen by millions.
Mar 28, 2022, 11:54 AM
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But if you choose the wrong one, you're doing it wrong. We'll analyze paint color tomorrow.
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Is that you, @TribbleReese?***
Mar 28, 2022, 12:12 PM
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Manual transmissions are the ultimate theft deterrent.***
Mar 28, 2022, 2:00 PM
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does one down and five up count?***
Mar 28, 2022, 2:17 PM
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I loved em for years...
Mar 28, 2022, 2:27 PM
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would still like to own one for a fun weekend driver. But I drive too much and in too much traffic during the week to want to do it in a stick now that my knees creak.
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I miss my 'straight drive' - that is what I have always
Mar 28, 2022, 2:27 PM
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called it - but I don't want one except in a sports car.
Drive one around town all day and it will wear you out.
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I'm with ya... sort of a coincidence, I told my GF just a few
Mar 28, 2022, 5:35 PM
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days ago that I might start looking for an old truck, and I wanted a manual transmission. It's been a while since I had one. Caught the bug again a couple weeks ago when a friend picked up a 2008 Ford Ranger 5-speed. I drove it and realized... man, I miss the feeling of shifting gears...
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Re: I'm with ya... sort of a coincidence, I told my GF just a few
Mar 28, 2022, 10:09 PM
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one thing for sure, you won't have many millennials axing to borrow it. they will just need you and the truck to help them move.
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