Friday, June 01, 2012

End of the manual shift ...



My life has shifted into it's all-over drive.  Sigh.

Gearshift Menories

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Confucius say: Child conceived in back seat of car with automatic transmission that is owned by a democrat is shiftless bastard.

OK, some poetic license there, Boss.

--Skyhawker, Doug

Anonymous said...

Buy European. VW will NEVER drop their stick shifts.

Kim

Anonymous said...

The same thing was said of the convertible.

BlogDog said...

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.

Kaptain Krude said...

Kim,

Yeah, but then I'd have to admit to owning a VW. I'll pass on that, thank you.

Anonymous said...

What's so bad about a VW? They build very good cars and so they grew to 2. largest motor vehicle manufacturer.

Steve

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Egads man! VW make the Bugatti Veyron, the coolest car in the world.

Anonymous said...

VW also makes the Phaeton: the world's cheapest Bentley. (Yes, they're making them again.)

Kim

Walt said...

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.

Anonymous said...

Walt, driving a car with an automatic transmission isn't driving; it's steering. So I don't mind you steering your car, either.

Kim

Anonymous said...

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.


Sleeping Giant

Hell_Is_Like_Newark said...

The Cadillac CTS can be ordered with a stick.

The MazdaSpeed3 only comes with a stick.

Anonymous said...

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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