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Old 03-24-2014, 12:17 PM   #70
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I wrote:
[quote= The manual appeals to the gear-head romantics who are looking for a reason to feel superior to the rest of the road lemmings.
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Originally Posted by Monogram View Post
A manual transmission in a sports-car connects the driver to the vehicle in ways a true sports-car enthusiast knows is unattainable by any automatic transmission, and this includes paddle-shift electronically shifted manual transmission vehicles.

correct me if I am wrong, but are we not saying the same thing with the only difference being one of us is a romantic and the other is a balloon bursting cynic?

If you want to convince me that a manual gearbox is some kind of an asset in a car that performs its main duty as a commuter vehicle, you need to bring numbers to the table. What exactly does a manual car do better on a commute?
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