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Originally Posted by razor02097
- Starter failure or battery almost dead? You can bump start it and be on your way.
- Most people will not ask to borrow your car.
- Coasting or decelerating especially down a hill is completely controlled by you (auto transmission are pretty smart but are no match for a manual)
- It impresses girls. Especially ones that don't actually know how to drive a manual. I've been asked things like "how do you know when to shift?" and "How did you do that?" (no handbrake hill start)
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I've already had some starter failures in a Pontiac Trans Sport with an A/T, and it really sucks. No wonder an uncle of mine once converted an old Trans Sport to M/T.
About hill starts without handbrake: in some cars the position of the pedals is not so favorable to that
