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Old 03-19-2015, 03:58 PM   #60
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Originally Posted by gramicci101 View Post
I'm not sure how wanting to hold a stick in your hands and slide it in and out of gear would be manlier anyways.
Said it before when the whole "I feel more connected to the road and part of the car" statements come up:
Manual crank start
No power steering (or even rack and pinion for that matter)
Brakes activated by sheer brute force through cables
Manual wipers (ya manual as in a little handle you flick back and forth if any at all)
Leaf springs with no shocks
Manual choke
Manual spark advance

By the whole "connected to the road and part of the car 'cuz I shift gears" concept this is the best car ever made:





And ya Gram I saw what you did there!
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