Should I go AT or MT?

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Maybe its a "Southern" thing but they were referred to as standard here probably into the late 70s at least. Like @Tcoat, I still do it on occasion.

Order sheet for a 1966 Ford Mustang with check boxes for the 'Std. 3 Spd Manual' or '4 Spd Manual' Transmission. Probably the slang endured due to the proliferation of referring to option packages.

"Hey Bill! You get the standard or automatic?"
"Four on the floor baby!"

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by guybo

Lewis Hamilton ordered a special edition Zonda (he's since crashed it- la vida loca!) with a manual transmission (they don't make Zondas with a MT, so it was a custom job at great cost). Here's what he said when asked why:

Good for Lewis. It is nice that he has a company car to make the choice easier.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Order sheet for a 1966 Ford Mustang with check boxes for the 'Std. 3 Spd Manual' or '4 Spd Manual' Transmission. Probably the slang endured due to the proliferation of referring to option packages.

"Hey Bill! You get the standard or automatic?"
"Four on the floor baby!"

Never said it was the official term. The manual was the standard and that was what almost everybody called it for decades.
There are plenty of things that I will listen to you on but if I recall your age range correctly what we called things back in the 70s is not one of them.

[Ultramaroon]

I'm with the rest of the older guys on the "standard" thing. At some point manufacturers started offering automatics as standard and the whole world quit making sense.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

There are plenty of things that I will listen to you on but if I recall your age range correctly what we called things back in the 70s is not one of them.

Yeah, Strat, what he said!


Damn punks need some churchin.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Yeah, Strat, what he said!


Damn punks need some churchin.

Oh sure keep agreeing so I click Thanks!

[new2subaru]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Never said it was the official term. The manual was the standard and that was what almost everybody called it for decades.
There are plenty of things that I will listen to you on but if I recall your age range correctly what we called things back in the 70s is not one of them.

See, SEE, SEE! Standard not Manual...

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I'm with you on this one. If the whole argument behind avoiding the AT is that you want to be more engaged by having a clutch, then logically it has to include any tech that removes the third pedal.

Of course, I have the (dis)advantage that when in manual mode I can can (and do on occasion) use the 3rd (dead) pedal as a clutch. Memory muscle is a terrible thing sometimes.

I too use a 3rd pedal on the AT sometimes. Though really it's only the 2nd pedal twice when I jab the brake with both feet looking for a clutch lol

Originally Posted by Andrew025

Next thread:

Should I go boxers or briefs?

crotchless thong

Originally Posted by guybo

Lewis Hamilton ordered a special edition Zonda (he's since crashed it- la vida loca!) with a manual transmission (they don't make Zondas with a MT, so it was a custom job at great cost). Here's what he said when asked why:

So when Lewis makes this thread we know what to tell him. Though I guess if he is making the thread maybe he changed his mind...

[finch1750]

Oh, forgot one. As a youngin I also know of MT as standard. I just figured cuz it was the "more basic" version but it is also the standard option when companies both to make both AT and MT version.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by finch1750

crotchless thong

I was going to say "pics or BS" but changed my mind in a hurry!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by new2subaru

See, SEE, SEE! Standard not Manual...

Originally Posted by finch1750

Oh, forgot one. As a youngin I also know of MT as standard. I just figured cuz it was the "more basic" version but it is also the standard option when companies both to make both AT and MT version.

Well I am glad to see that the term will be kept alive!

Now, let's talk about calling all alloy wheels "mags" again please so I don't let that one slip out. You get a real blank stare when you use that word around a bunch of 20 somthings at a meet.

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well I am glad to see that the term will be kept alive!

Now, let's talk about calling all alloy wheels "mags" again please so I don't let that one slip out. You get a real blank stare when you use that word around a bunch of 20 somthings at a meet.

Do they make wheels besides "steelies" that aren't alloy?

[86geek]

OP hasn't replied in a while....think he's too scared?

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by 86geek

OP hasn't replied in a while....think he's too scared?

OP: Fuck that, I'm getting a Mustang. Those 86 guys are idiots.