[QUOTE=Michael Kerley]blah[QUOTE]

I agree Michael.. I also think that its effectiveness is why certain Japanese and French manufacturers have copied the shift gate.

The more mechanical feel is, in some ways, more satisfying and more like a true manual than newer electronically controlled automatics, with which you never feel like you're doing anything directly.

Russ

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190E's:
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2.0E 8v 1986 107,000m Black 2nd owner
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