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Old 03-18-2012, 01:02 AM   #203 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Thymeclock View Post
You ignored the most important point of the post: that if manual transmissions were so advantageous for city driving the cabs would be using them. But they aren't. If they're all using automatics and have been for over 50 years, there's a reason.
The facts are that most of the worlds city drivers drive standards, even the taxies are standard. I remember a Top Gear episode where a driver needed an automatic and they had to find one of the Suzuki Liana they used. Out of millions sold in England there were only 40 automatics of that car in the whole country.
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