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Originally Posted by spdrun
I want CONTROL of the clutch. Via my left foot, not by some damned Nintendo putah' vetoing my ability to DRIVE the damn car as I see fit. I'm 32. Fortunately, a car can last 50 years, and manuals are still available. Meaning that if I buy a new car with a REAL transmission, it could last me till I either cack it, or we stop using gasoline.
Put it this way -- if a manual is available, I'd special order it even if it takes putting down $5k cash up front and threatening the dealer's future ability to procreate.
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 manuals are far from being phased out. The far superior automated manual system is only replacing an automatic. The difference with the true manual is that the new auto manual systems outperform them, which was a big selling point for true manuals before. I ended up getting a manual when I bought my car this summer and could have had a dual clutch paddle-shift auto, which outperformed the 6speed in every way, except I wanted better feel and was a bit wary of reliability. I agree with you to a degree but there is no reason to be bent out of shape about it, this is a huge leap in drivetrain technology.
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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.
Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth
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