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Old 12-05-2010, 09:43 AM   #18 (permalink)
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...especially when you consider the vast majority of drivers choose autos...
They should add stick shift to drivers ed, The US is probably the only country where most people buy automatics. Other countries only teach stick, since any chimp can figure out an automatic, and would probably be appalled to drive one having learned stick
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