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Old 12-04-2010, 09:26 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ryland View Post
All of the cars and the truck at work are automatic and I would ever buy one, they are harder to control, they get worse mileage and make the vehicles all feel sluggish.
I've taught a handful of people how to drive a manual and it tends to take me an hour from the time we first start before I can have them doing a hill starts smoothly without using the hand brake.
Learned to do hill starts in a 66 Catalina with a 3 on the tree. Talk about roll back.

My car at this time is an auto it was my fathers car. My wife's car is a 5 speed. If i were going out to buy a car I would be looking for a stick. Always liked the feeling of control especially when coming down a mountain road.
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