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Old 12-15-2010, 12:08 PM   #75 (permalink)
JacobAziza
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Location: Oakland, CA
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Big Orange Work Truck - '83 Ford F-250
90 day: 27.54 mpg (US)

Jessica's - '04 Toyota Matrix
90 day: 41.21 mpg (US)

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I spent an extra month of searching and several hundred more dollars to find my truck in manual.

I live in the Bay Area, where traffic is just as bad as in NYC (I have lived there too), there are red light cameras, no yield signs anywhere, no such thing as timed lights along main streets, and lots of hills.
Its really not that hard to drive a stick.
Automatics are a luxury, just like power steering and power windows.
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A few months ago I returned home just as my neighbor pulled into his driveway. It was cold (around freezing) with some rain and sleet, and he yells to me: You rode your bike? In this weather?!?

So the other day we both returned home at the same time again, only now the weather is warm, sunny, with no wind. And I yell to him: You took the car? In this weather?!?
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