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Friday, June 01, 2012
End of the manual shift ...
My life has shifted into it's all-over drive. Sigh.
I would so prefer to use the manual tranny (watch it!) but with a hip shot to hell and a replacement not in the near future, I'm going to haver to rely on my automatic. OK, OK. I'm old.
Oh, yeah, I used to drive a stick -- for more than forty years. I was good at it, too. Learned to double-clutch downshift 'n everything, real smooth, just a change in pitch. Now I don't. Not can't. Modern automatics are just better.
But I don't mind if you keep rowing your car all around if it makes you feel good about yourself.
Funny , my cousin , and I were talking about the disappearance of the old "3 on the tree" shifters ! I was trying to explain it to my Son , and he looked at me like I had a booger in my beard ; ) > SMIBSID
Confucius say: Child conceived in back seat of car with automatic transmission that is owned by a democrat is shiftless bastard.
ReplyDeleteOK, some poetic license there, Boss.
--Skyhawker, Doug
Buy European. VW will NEVER drop their stick shifts.
ReplyDeleteKim
The same thing was said of the convertible.
ReplyDeleteI would so prefer to use the manual tranny (watch it!) but with a hip shot to hell and a replacement not in the near future, I'm going to haver to rely on my automatic.
ReplyDeleteOK, OK. I'm old.
Kim,
ReplyDeleteYeah, but then I'd have to admit to owning a VW. I'll pass on that, thank you.
What's so bad about a VW? They build very good cars and so they grew to 2. largest motor vehicle manufacturer.
ReplyDeleteSteve
Egads man! VW make the Bugatti Veyron, the coolest car in the world.
ReplyDeleteVW also makes the Phaeton: the world's cheapest Bentley. (Yes, they're making them again.)
ReplyDeleteKim
Oh, yeah, I used to drive a stick -- for more than forty years. I was good at it, too. Learned to double-clutch downshift 'n everything, real smooth, just a change in pitch. Now I don't. Not can't. Modern automatics are just better.
ReplyDeleteBut I don't mind if you keep rowing your car all around if it makes you feel good about yourself.
Walt, driving a car with an automatic transmission isn't driving; it's steering. So I don't mind you steering your car, either.
ReplyDeleteKim
If i have to drive a stick...then I am unable to hold the steering wheel in one hand and my cocktail in the other.
ReplyDeleteSleeping Giant
The Cadillac CTS can be ordered with a stick.
ReplyDeleteThe MazdaSpeed3 only comes with a stick.
Funny , my cousin , and I were talking about the disappearance of the old "3 on the tree" shifters ! I was trying to explain it to my Son , and he looked at me like I had a booger in my beard ; ) > SMIBSID
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