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Old 05-16-2019, 01:42 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Sasquachulator View Post
I always wonder if manuals are a dying breed, why not just make a stick special order. Provide one manual on lots to show people the car still comes in a stick, but has to be special ordered because it doesn't sell as well as an automatic.

But I suppose if people went to a dealership to buy a car...they want a car that day and don't want to wait several months potentially to get their stick shift configured car.
That and you will always get a better deal on a car on the lot than something special ordered. They want to move inventory and might give you incentives. If a stick sits around awhile since no one can drive it, it means better deals for us! I test drove a Crosstrek with a stick once and the salesman was salivating at the chance to unload it.

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