Article on pushing manual trannys at young drivers

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Article on pushing manual trannys at young drivers
MikenOH - Monday, 2 July, 2012, at 3:54:30 pm

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I think the rational is that (1) since they cost less to make, the buyer pays less overall for the car and (2) they require more attention to what's going ( lots more difficult to text while driving a manual?)

I didn't see anything on resale value when a manual transmission car is purchased, but given the trends and what car it's on, it could be a hard sell.

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Re: Article on pushing manual trannys at young drivers
decay - Monday, 2 July, 2012, at 5:07:59 pm

I figure with my manual 2006 S, that any punk would look at it, decide I can't steal the car, would smash the window, grab the PCM2 stereo, get it home, and forget the 5000 page manual for it. The joke would be on him trying to figure out how to use the thing.

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Very akin to the resurgence LPs have had for about the past 10 years or so. (Analog is King!) *NM*
Laz - Monday, 2 July, 2012, at 10:35:27 pm

Minus 40 degrees... Is that Fahrenheit or Celsius?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/02/2012 10:35PM by Laz. (view changes)

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I'd rather they required young drivers to use rotary dial phones. *NM*
MarcW - Friday, 6 July, 2012, at 10:42:43 am

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Let's them try to dial these:
Laz - Friday, 6 July, 2012, at 12:16:06 pm

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Minus 40 degrees... Is that Fahrenheit or Celsius?

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It's already time to fire the new proofreader! *NM*
Laz - Friday, 6 July, 2012, at 12:53:28 pm

Minus 40 degrees... Is that Fahrenheit or Celsius?

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Seems to have his mind on other things. You'd think he'd just bought a new 981 or something. *NM*
Guenter in Ontario - Friday, 6 July, 2012, at 2:02:21 pm

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