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Originally Posted by GermanMarque
Why the prejudice against automatics. No prejudice, manuals are just rarer and more fun to drive, once you get used to the knack of starting off in first with the unusually wooden accelerator pedal! The other thing is alot of people get a shock to see a stick shift in a Merc, so for novelty value it's unusual. Anyway builds muscles in your free hand for when something needs a fixin! It's like why they put the ignition switch on the left side of the steering wheel, just different I suppose. They call Volkswagens Hitlers Revenge, I'm not so sure.
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What is a "unusually wooden accelerator pedal" ? Don't understand. No prejudice against Autos - manuals are more fun I agree. I usually take off in 2nd gear unless it is uphill and push it all the way to 45MPH till I shift. Love the sound change at 3000 rpm. Manual tranny also gives me instant acceleration and if I want to push it to red line I can. The 280 motor can take a lot of abuse in fact I think it like being rev'd up there often.