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Old 03-13-2016, 08:35 PM   #61
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2008 GMC pickup with a 5 speed and crank up windows and a non chip door key perfect for my George Washington bridge cross Bronx commute every day ---the wife's car is a 2014 ford fiesta roll up windows and a 5 speed had a hard time finding that one in the new York area
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Old 03-13-2016, 08:40 PM   #62
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"..........Out of the 278 vehicles I have owned, many were manual transmission vehicles. ............"

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Are you kidding? That must be a world record.
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Old 03-13-2016, 09:26 PM   #63
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I have only drove only manual transmission cars from the 16 to 47 years old... I hate my present auto transmisson in my 2012 liberty... I will likely get a 4 door 6 speed next...
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Old 03-13-2016, 09:40 PM   #64
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When I took my driving test in the UK, I had to take it in a standard as if I had used an automatic my license would have restricted me to automatics which were very rare in the UK back in those days.

I never owned an automatic until I bought a 1957 Chevrolet in 1967 after moving to North America (the current Bel Air has 3 on the tree) and have had at least one automatic N. American vehicle since 1988. But we have also had ten or more stick shift European cars over the years which my wife and I would fight over.

Forgot to add that I taught my wife to drive in a 1969 Lotus Europa, my son in a 1979 Volvo, my daughter in a 1984 Porsche all with 4 speed manual transmissions. They all prefer manual transmissions (my wife's summer daily driver is the MGB).

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Old 03-13-2016, 09:48 PM   #65
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I get that same feeling. Our "modern" cars are both automatics, mine has the shifter on the steering column, my wife's car has it on the console. I'm forever trying to shift both cars by waving my hands in the wrong place. It just depends on which car I drove last. They are both essentially the same vehicle: Ford Explorer (mine) and Lincoln Aviator (hers).

The Model A is the only stick shift car I have currently. Most of the vehicles I have owned in the last 60 years have been stick shift, about a 90% of them.
yea the rare occasion i have to drive my moms car (2014 escape - HATE that car, all i wanna do when im in it is escape...) im always thumping the floor for the imaginary clutch pedal, got ahold of the brake pedal once... she used to have a 97 Taurus and the center console drink holders were in the perfect spot for a shifter, unfortinately i got ahold of a 20 pop bottle that didnt have the lid screwed on all the way - they dont make great shifters....

or when i jump in the chevette with the 4 speed manual i sometimes search for that imaginary 5th gear.
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Old 03-13-2016, 10:41 PM   #66
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My most "modern" vehicle is a 1994 Toyota Hilux pickup truck with 22RE 4-cylinder engine and five speed stick shift tranny. Have had this vehicle for over 20-years.
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Old 03-13-2016, 11:11 PM   #67
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Both our moderns are manuals. 99 Ranger 5 speed, 14 Mazda 6 speed. My wife dislikes automatics. So does my son and daughter.
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Old 03-13-2016, 11:38 PM   #68
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I still shift gears in my 73 Beetle --- oh, but I guess it's not modern. But it is my daily driver.

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Old 03-13-2016, 11:43 PM   #69
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Consider yourself very lucky if you can purchase a new car with a manual transmission.

Where I live in California (Silicon Valley), air pollution is controlled and enforced by 3 overlapping agencies.

The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) sets standards throughout the United States.

CARB (California Air Resources Board) sets more restrictive standards throughout California.

BAAQMD (Bay Area Air Quality Management District) sets even more restrictive standards where I live.

To comply, most new cars need to have automatic transmissions that are computer controlled with multiple sensors to meet the standards imposed.

Fortunately, older cars are "grandfathered" and don't need to meet current standards.
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Old 03-14-2016, 01:19 AM   #70
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Payton, post #67: "...'73 Beetle --- oh, but I guess it's not modern."
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Payton, if my '69 Beetle is my 'modern' car (and it is), then your '73 Beetle most certainly is a 'modern' car !

But even the Beetles in later years started fooling around with automatics, in their gesture to attract a modern driving public. Remember - the air-cooled VW began production around about 1938 or so.
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Old 03-14-2016, 07:05 AM   #71
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89 Mustang LX 5 speed, 73 VW Thing, 78 VW Bus, 2009 VW TDI Golf 6 speed. Our entire family drives stick including the grandkids - keep the faith.
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There is an awful lot of us that have air cooled VW's....I need to fix a drivers rear axle seal leak on ours if someone who has done this before would like to PM me on how to do it...
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2004 VW R32 and 2000 VW Passsat wagon - all with manual transmissions.

We just ordered a 2016 Beetle convertible....that will eventually be my daughters to drive when she gets her license.....but wanted it with a manual transmission. The only way to get a new Beetle with a manual transmission here in the US is via special factory order and will take over 6 months to build! We figure that the manual shift new Beetle will also be a theft deterrent (reduced insurance rates) and my daughter's friends won't ask to borrow her car either

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Old 03-14-2016, 09:37 AM   #74
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A friend of my Dads, way back in 1955, wanted to buy a new Olds, but wanted it with a stick shift. It had to be factory ordered and it took about 6 months to get it, but he did finally get it. According to the dealer at the time, that was the only 1955 Olds produced with a stick shift, even though the automatic was listed as an "extra cost option". GM's way of keeping the base sticker price down I suppose.
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A friend of my Dads, way back in 1955, wanted to buy a new Olds, but wanted it with a stick shift. It had to be factory ordered and it took about 6 months to get it, but he did finally get it. According to the dealer at the time, that was the only 1955 Olds produced with a stick shift, even though the automatic was listed as an "extra cost option". GM's way of keeping the base sticker price down I suppose.
Looks like GM learned from Henry with his extra cost bumpers.
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I drive my Dodge Ram SRT-10 Pickup daily 6 Speed Manual Trans. 5th .70 and 6th is .50 Overdrive. At 75 MPH 1500 RPM on the Viper V10 engine.
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Still "rowing thru the gears" with my '70 VW Beetle and the "A".

Love them both as its fun to out accelerate some of the slush boxes since the drivers are just sitting there and not focused on the go button! Wake up and drive kids......................

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A friend offered his Dodge Viper to drive.

I couldn't get out of the habit of double-clutching.
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Old 03-15-2016, 07:32 AM   #79
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That's a really good point that I didn't even think of....

1929 "A" pick-up - 3 speed stick
1952 willy's truck - 3 speed stick
1967 Chevy truck - 4 speed stick
1968 Ford Corsair - 4 speed stick
1977 Mini 1000 - 4 speed stick
1986 Innocenti turbo - 5 speed stick

And my daily driver, a 2003 Golf TDI - 5 speed stick.....the only auto we have is my girlfriends car, a 2008 Pontiac G5....I have tried to teach her to row the gears, but boy she can't seem to get the hang of getting the car moving, the only one she doesn't have issues with is the TDI just because you have the torque of the diesel...lol
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Old 03-15-2016, 08:09 AM   #80
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Wow there ARE a lot of us with both Model A's and air cooled VWs. my 31 Model A is a stick of course and I have owned a lot of old VWs over the years and still do. The Cadillac CTS-V I owned previous to my Model A was a manual also (6 speed). My current fleet includes:

1931 Model A (manual)
1967 VW Beetle sunroof (Manual-BERG 5 speed with Quaife diff)
1970 VW Fastback (automatic)
2015 VW GTI (manual)
I also have a 1973 VW that I am slowly building, manual also.

As the owner of a plumbing service business, we also have two manual VW panel Buses (73, 78) as well as an automatic (74) in addition to our modern vehicles, which are automatic cause that is all that is offered (99 Chevy Astro, 04 Ford E series, 04 Dodge Sprinter, 2014 and 15 Ram Promasters, 14 Ram C/V)

I used to shift for my parents who both owned manuals when I was a kid (68 and 73 Beetles, 74 Subaru, 80 Toyota, and a 51 MGTD and 69 Jag E Type my dad had back then and still owns). That was in the early-mid 80s. Now my 9 year old stepdaughter shifts for me, as she has since she was about 6. I think it is pretty neat that she knows the different shift patterns for these cars, and that on the Model A you have to take it a little slower as I double clutch. She is also pretty good at judging when to shift by the engine sound which is pretty different across each car. She started out in my 1990 Mexican made Bug which was my daily for many years-sold it last year. My A was my daily for 15 months so she got a lot of crashbox experience!
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