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covance 03-28-2016 03:45 PM

Makes me sad (manual transmissions in US)
 
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/every-...day-1688229050

I wish there were more SUVs available with manual for down the line.

Maybe I can import a right hand drive G wagon or defender one day with a stick :) Any experience with doing something like that and getting EPA compliant, etc?

MisterSheep 03-28-2016 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by covance (Post 2600209)
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/every-...day-1688229050

I wish there were more SUVs available with manual for down the line.

Maybe I can import a right hand drive G wagon or defender one day with a stick :) Any experience with doing something like that and getting EPA compliant, etc?

Theres always foresters

strat61caster 03-28-2016 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by covance (Post 2600209)
Maybe I can import a right hand drive G wagon or defender one day with a stick :) Any experience with doing something like that and getting EPA compliant, etc?

Gray market is messy and sometimes it's straight up impossible (especially depending on where you live). I'd write a bunch about it but other people already have for me:

http://jalopnik.com/here-are-the-fou...uni-1682067632

Edit: Interesting, trucks don't come in MT's anymore except Frontier/Taco/Colorado/Ram

go_a_way1 03-28-2016 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by strat61caster (Post 2600242)
Gray market is messy and sometimes it's straight up impossible (especially depending on where you live). I'd write a bunch about it but other people already have for me:

http://jalopnik.com/here-are-the-fou...uni-1682067632

Edit: Interesting, trucks don't come in MT's anymore except Frontier/Taco/Colorado/Ram

You forgot the Canyon. they Canyon and Colorado only come with MT if you get the 4 banger. No MT option for the 3.6L

Summerwolf 03-28-2016 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MisterSheep (Post 2600238)
Theres always foresters



I have one :party0030: For probably the "easiest" to find manual SUV, they're kind of few and far between!

Atropine 03-28-2016 04:35 PM

Jeeps too..but iono for how long.

Mopar seems to want to mate everything to a 7 speed auto,

Packofcrows 04-07-2016 01:27 AM

Dying breed. Soon we'll be buying manual kits like fi kits

S84kam 04-07-2016 02:09 AM

I drive manual sports cars. But a manual grocery/family hauler/traffic getter gets tedious fast.

Would you like a manual Prius with a boosted suspension?
Probably not.

serialk11r 04-07-2016 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by S84kam (Post 2613227)
I drive manual sports cars. But a manual grocery/family hauler/traffic getter gets tedious fast.

Would you like a manual Prius with a boosted suspension?
Probably not.

Well technically you can't make a manual Prius because it doesn't really have gear ratios, but I'd prefer a manual Yaris or something to a Prius, only because the Prius has the worst throttle lag and traction control power cut ever.

Summerwolf 04-07-2016 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S84kam (Post 2613227)
I drive manual sports cars. But a manual grocery/family hauler/traffic getter gets tedious fast.

Would you like a manual Prius with a boosted suspension?
Probably not.



I would prefer manual everything. The only vehicles I have bought in autos are vehicles that never came with manuals. Even then I did it begrudgingly.

NyC Zn6 04-07-2016 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by covance (Post 2600209)
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/every-...day-1688229050

I wish there were more SUVs available with manual for down the line.

Maybe I can import a right hand drive G wagon or defender one day with a stick :) Any experience with doing something like that and getting EPA compliant, etc?

You can get a Porsche Cayenne in manual...Hopefully when i have kids i can pick up a Cayenne GTS 6spd manual.

covance 04-08-2016 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by NyC Zn6 (Post 2613404)
You can get a Porsche Cayenne in manual...Hopefully when i have kids i can pick up a Cayenne GTS 6spd manual.



The new ones no longer have manual as an option in the US unfortunately

NyC Zn6 04-08-2016 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by covance (Post 2614454)
The new ones no longer have manual as an option in the US unfortunately

:suicide:

mdm 04-08-2016 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by covance (Post 2600209)
I wish there were more SUVs available with manual for down the line.



While I can understand the wish to have MT for fun, somehow "SUV" is not associated with "fun" in my mind.


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