Unfortunatley
I had an auto only about 6 years ago, and I should have remembered.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 8:40, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

It's only boy racers here who drive manual
So try going from auto to manual....drives you batshit!

Edit: If you get a stickshift here, it's about $1K less on a new car than an automatic transmission is. Figure that one out!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 8:42, Reply)

Its simpler to make,
and therefore cheaper
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 8:46, Reply)

Yes, I get that.
But being female and being able to drive a stickshift (manual) out here gets major props. And I'm like WTF?
I've showed a couple of guys up the last few years being able to change gears....especially slowing down changing gears without putting on the brake! Fun times!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 8:52, Reply)

It's the same here
Only, by default, most cars are fitted with manual boxes and you have to pay an extra thousand or two to specify an auto. And that blunts your performance and costs more in fuel, apart from removing some driving fun. They're getting better, to be fair, and indeed the new BMW 5 series can be specced with an auto which is both marginally quicker and more fuel efficient than the manual version (at least on the standard tests) but I'm yet to be convinced!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 8:51, Reply)

You are Clarkson
AICMFP
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 8:53, Reply)

No
I'm not so tall and not so much of a twunt (I hope!)
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 9:44, Reply)

James May then?
I still want the fiver.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 9:46, Reply)

Possibly closer to James May than Clarkson
but with less hair!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 9:47, Reply)

and one less fiver
come on, cough up.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 9:49, Reply)

*resists coughing*
*chokes*

*turns blue*

No! You won't have that fiver!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 10:04, Reply)

Ok then
No worries






Give me the fucking fiver NOW.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 10:10, Reply)