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Old 04-05-2012, 10:09 PM   #25 (permalink)
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To me, driving a manual is the only option. Never have, and never will own and automatic. Sure its nice to just cruise without having to worry about shifting, but I do not get bothered by driving. Driving is not a chore to me. I get a certain joy out of operating any kind of motor vehicle and its only fully experienced when I can feel and control every inch of the car, including the powertrain.
I hear this a lot from shift enthusiasts, but none of them seem to like my idea of eliminating the ECU and just manually firing off the fuel injectors and spark plugs with steering wheel mounted trigger switches. You could even have a remote shock reservoir built into a Kegel wedge that lets you control shock damping on-the-fly!

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Kids these days.
Worst thing about Kids These DaysŪ is how they're always on my lawn, makin' me miss Matlock and such.
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