Re: A cheap chance to repent! '98 Vette For Sale
Kate proclaimed:
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message > news:45a5a2a8$0$7868$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m... > >>"Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message >>news:gtgph.697$v8.29@bignews7.bellsouth.net... >> >>>"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message >>>news:V-udnbx00LqpsTjYnZ2dnUVZ_oupnZ2d@comcast.com... >>> >>>>It's a USA thing, most Americans don't want to exercise their left >>>>foot. >>>> >>> >>>Well THAT is a generalization. >>>It's the manufacturers, now a days the manufacturers build the autos >>>and you ahve to look like hell to find a standard. >>> >>>If I didn't have a bad left hind leg, I'd still be driving a clutch. >>> >> >>If you lived in Europe, you'd have to look like hell to find an automatic, >>and it would probably be a Mercedes. Even the taxis have manual shift. >>They really work it driving in heavy traffic too. >> >>Earle >> > > > I'll bet they do. > I used to commute to California's Bay Area in my Cobra, it was always fun > coming home but when you drive a clutch it's just second nature. > I'm looking back and I'll guess that 90% of my rigs have been standards. > I made my daughters learn to drive in a standard, now they won't drive > anything else. Make 'em learn with a ton and a half international with non synchro and a brownie box. Or a John Deere, Farmall, etc. etc. |
Re: A cheap chance to repent! '98 Vette For Sale
Given the choice, most Americans will buy an automatic, & over the years the
manufacturers realized it, that's why manuals are so hard to find. "Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message news:gtgph.697$v8.29@bignews7.bellsouth.net... > > "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message > news:V-udnbx00LqpsTjYnZ2dnUVZ_oupnZ2d@comcast.com... >> It's a USA thing, most Americans don't want to exercise their left foot. >> > > Well THAT is a generalization. > It's the manufacturers, now a days the manufacturers build the autos and > you ahve to look like hell to find a standard. > > If I didn't have a bad left hind leg, I'd still be driving a clutch. > > Kate > |
Re: A cheap chance to repent! '98 Vette For Sale
Given the choice, most Americans will buy an automatic, & over the years the
manufacturers realized it, that's why manuals are so hard to find. "Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message news:gtgph.697$v8.29@bignews7.bellsouth.net... > > "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message > news:V-udnbx00LqpsTjYnZ2dnUVZ_oupnZ2d@comcast.com... >> It's a USA thing, most Americans don't want to exercise their left foot. >> > > Well THAT is a generalization. > It's the manufacturers, now a days the manufacturers build the autos and > you ahve to look like hell to find a standard. > > If I didn't have a bad left hind leg, I'd still be driving a clutch. > > Kate > |
Re: A cheap chance to repent! '98 Vette For Sale
Given the choice, most Americans will buy an automatic, & over the years the
manufacturers realized it, that's why manuals are so hard to find. "Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message news:gtgph.697$v8.29@bignews7.bellsouth.net... > > "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message > news:V-udnbx00LqpsTjYnZ2dnUVZ_oupnZ2d@comcast.com... >> It's a USA thing, most Americans don't want to exercise their left foot. >> > > Well THAT is a generalization. > It's the manufacturers, now a days the manufacturers build the autos and > you ahve to look like hell to find a standard. > > If I didn't have a bad left hind leg, I'd still be driving a clutch. > > Kate > |
Re: A cheap chance to repent! '98 Vette For Sale
Given the choice, most Americans will buy an automatic, & over the years the
manufacturers realized it, that's why manuals are so hard to find. "Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message news:gtgph.697$v8.29@bignews7.bellsouth.net... > > "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message > news:V-udnbx00LqpsTjYnZ2dnUVZ_oupnZ2d@comcast.com... >> It's a USA thing, most Americans don't want to exercise their left foot. >> > > Well THAT is a generalization. > It's the manufacturers, now a days the manufacturers build the autos and > you ahve to look like hell to find a standard. > > If I didn't have a bad left hind leg, I'd still be driving a clutch. > > Kate > |
Re: A cheap chance to repent! '98 Vette For Sale
Ask GM. They won't put a car on the showroom floor unless it's an
auto. If you want a 6-speed, be prepared to order it. At least Ford has the right idea with Mustangs - probably 3/4 of their stock are manuals. That might explain the end of the Camaro/Firebird. As for Corvettes, once it's a few years old, you can't give one away that's an automatic. Probably explains why the OP is spamming newsgroups with off topic ads trying to get rid of his. -rev The Merg wrote: > Also, why are Vettes always automatic? Can you even get 'em with > manuals? That kind of power with a six speed...man, that would rock. > I guess I could just buy a Porsche. > |
Re: A cheap chance to repent! '98 Vette For Sale
Ask GM. They won't put a car on the showroom floor unless it's an
auto. If you want a 6-speed, be prepared to order it. At least Ford has the right idea with Mustangs - probably 3/4 of their stock are manuals. That might explain the end of the Camaro/Firebird. As for Corvettes, once it's a few years old, you can't give one away that's an automatic. Probably explains why the OP is spamming newsgroups with off topic ads trying to get rid of his. -rev The Merg wrote: > Also, why are Vettes always automatic? Can you even get 'em with > manuals? That kind of power with a six speed...man, that would rock. > I guess I could just buy a Porsche. > |
Re: A cheap chance to repent! '98 Vette For Sale
Ask GM. They won't put a car on the showroom floor unless it's an
auto. If you want a 6-speed, be prepared to order it. At least Ford has the right idea with Mustangs - probably 3/4 of their stock are manuals. That might explain the end of the Camaro/Firebird. As for Corvettes, once it's a few years old, you can't give one away that's an automatic. Probably explains why the OP is spamming newsgroups with off topic ads trying to get rid of his. -rev The Merg wrote: > Also, why are Vettes always automatic? Can you even get 'em with > manuals? That kind of power with a six speed...man, that would rock. > I guess I could just buy a Porsche. > |
Re: A cheap chance to repent! '98 Vette For Sale
Ask GM. They won't put a car on the showroom floor unless it's an
auto. If you want a 6-speed, be prepared to order it. At least Ford has the right idea with Mustangs - probably 3/4 of their stock are manuals. That might explain the end of the Camaro/Firebird. As for Corvettes, once it's a few years old, you can't give one away that's an automatic. Probably explains why the OP is spamming newsgroups with off topic ads trying to get rid of his. -rev The Merg wrote: > Also, why are Vettes always automatic? Can you even get 'em with > manuals? That kind of power with a six speed...man, that would rock. > I guess I could just buy a Porsche. > |
Re: A cheap chance to repent! '98 Vette For Sale
"The Reverend Natural Light" <reverend@fourthgen.org> wrote in message
news:1168537694.469198.192490@77g2000hsv.googlegro ups.com... > As for Corvettes, once it's a few years old, you can't give one away > that's an automatic. If you know someone having trouble giving one away, give them my name. |
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