Stupid fat and lazy Americans, keeping many of the car companies from giving up higher end cars with manual transmissions.

When you go to the BMW dealership and the salesman says that BMW had/will not EVER sell a diesel with a manual transmission...anywhere. Yes, the guy was obviously uninformed and rather full of himself, but that's not the only occasion that's happened. It happened with Mercedes dealerS <-- (emphasis on the 's') too!

I've got a lot more, but we'll just leave it at that. Rant over.

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My Primary Driver - '85 300CD - 4-speed conversion, 2.47 rear, lowered, euro headlights, rebuilding (not restoring so much)

Wife's - '08 Saab Sportcombi Aero

Riding a '03 Yamaha Warrior