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Post #350,628
by lincoln
11/14/11 5:24:03 PM
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New If you're willing to do it
then that's okay for you. I did it for a short time and hated every minute of it, not to mention the soreness of my left leg every night. When I replaced the car with a new
that had automatic, then commute became bearable.




"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from."

-- E.L. Doctorow
Post #350,630
by crazy
11/14/11 5:27:17 PM
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New Agreed
But I had my own extra joint issues.

I LOVED my Honda Accord, and enjoyed the control of the manual.

After a few solid days of agony in my left leg and my right forearm I had to get rid of it.

Traded it for a Mazda Millenia, and never looked back!
Post #350,644
by pwhysall
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11/14/11 7:48:15 PM
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New Re: If you're willing to do it
You need to understand: just about everyone drives a manual over here, all the time, in traffic and out of it.

I don't even think about changing gear. The whole "off gas/clutch in/change gear/clutch out/on gas" thing is completely automatic. Up and down the box.

Har de har see what I did there etc.
Post #350,658
by rcareaga
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11/15/11 1:10:00 AM
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New automatic transmission?
That's not driving—that's steering.

But halfway up a steep hill (Broadway or California) in San Francisco, waiting for the light to change, with the following car a dozen centimeters from one's rear bumper, one has been times past grateful for the technology. On level ground, though, give me a proper clutch.

cordially,
     IWECar++ - (pwhysall) - (51) - Nov. 14, 2011, 02:40:18 PM EST
         I wonder ... - (drook) - (49) - Nov. 14, 2011, 02:55:52 PM EST
             Re: I wonder ... - (pwhysall) - (46) - Nov. 14, 2011, 03:03:30 PM EST
                 Re: I wonder ... - (lincoln) - (7) - Nov. 14, 2011, 04:16:23 PM EST
                     Re: I wonder ... - (pwhysall) - (4) - Nov. 14, 2011, 04:27:13 PM EST
                         If you're willing to do it - (lincoln) - (3) - Nov. 14, 2011, 05:24:03 PM EST
                             Agreed - (crazy) - Nov. 14, 2011, 05:27:17 PM EST
                             Re: If you're willing to do it - (pwhysall) - (1) - Nov. 14, 2011, 07:48:15 PM EST
                                 automatic transmission? - (rcareaga) - Nov. 15, 2011, 01:10:00 AM EST
                     I did for years. - (static) - Nov. 14, 2011, 06:55:38 PM EST
                     did it for years, unless you are in San fran its fine -NT - (boxley) - Nov. 14, 2011, 09:04:45 PM EST
                 Demur on 1.) - (Ashton) - (37) - Nov. 17, 2011, 03:26:58 PM EST
                     The climate forcings are complicated.... - (Another Scott) - Nov. 17, 2011, 07:21:41 PM EST
                     Re: Demur on 1.) - (pwhysall) - (35) - Nov. 18, 2011, 04:51:52 AM EST
                         As US mileage limits increase, trannys will get better. - (Another Scott) - (34) - Nov. 18, 2011, 07:39:55 AM EST
                             Re: As US mileage limits increase, trannys will get better. - (pwhysall) - (33) - Nov. 18, 2011, 07:48:37 AM EST
                                 Some of us do. ;-) - (Another Scott) - (2) - Nov. 18, 2011, 08:11:00 AM EST
                                     Re: Some of us do. ;-) - (pwhysall) - Nov. 18, 2011, 08:23:11 AM EST
                                     Re: Some of us do. ;-) - (pwhysall) - Nov. 18, 2011, 08:28:22 AM EST
                                 On the numbers... - (Another Scott) - (29) - Nov. 18, 2011, 10:27:38 AM EST
                                     Re: On the numbers... - (pwhysall) - (15) - Nov. 18, 2011, 10:39:48 AM EST
                                         Clutch replacements and drivers. - (static) - Nov. 18, 2011, 06:28:30 PM EST
                                         I'm assuming the machine can shift better than me. - (Another Scott) - (13) - Nov. 18, 2011, 08:20:45 PM EST
                                             I use the clutch for startup from being stopped only. - (folkert) - (12) - Nov. 18, 2011, 08:22:29 PM EST
                                                 Bike? Car? Both? - (Another Scott) - (10) - Nov. 18, 2011, 08:36:56 PM EST
                                                     Upshifting, yes; down, no - (drook) - (8) - Nov. 18, 2011, 10:25:08 PM EST
                                                         You are... - (folkert) - (7) - Nov. 19, 2011, 01:36:37 AM EST
                                                             I"m happy for you - (drook) - (6) - Nov. 19, 2011, 01:59:35 AM EST
                                                                 People who change gear without using the clutch are... - (pwhysall) - (5) - Nov. 19, 2011, 02:21:17 AM EST
                                                                     (c) they're driving a semi -NT - (Steve Lowe) - Nov. 19, 2011, 03:05:53 AM EST
                                                                     Or mildly retarded - (crazy) - Nov. 19, 2011, 06:03:10 AM EST
                                                                     ... - (folkert) - (2) - Nov. 19, 2011, 08:25:10 AM EST
                                                                         Re: ... - (pwhysall) - (1) - Nov. 21, 2011, 03:40:16 AM EST
                                                                             Re: ... - (folkert) - Nov. 21, 2011, 11:05:57 AM EST
                                                     Well, obviously... - (folkert) - Nov. 19, 2011, 01:41:43 AM EST
                                                 yes, years ago I even offered crc to teach his kid to do it - (boxley) - Nov. 19, 2011, 07:39:59 AM EST
                                     Re: On the numbers... - (pwhysall) - (12) - Nov. 21, 2011, 03:39:00 AM EST
                                         Nice. -NT - (Another Scott) - (10) - Nov. 21, 2011, 08:36:40 AM EST
                                             remember that is about 38mpg US still good tho -NT - (boxley) - (9) - Nov. 21, 2011, 09:09:35 AM EST
                                                 How is 55.4 MPG == 38 MPG...? -NT - (malraux) - (6) - Nov. 21, 2011, 09:49:26 AM EST
                                                     Miles are shorter in the U.K. - (drook) - (1) - Nov. 21, 2011, 09:57:12 AM EST
                                                         No, UK gallons are larger. -NT - (static) - Nov. 21, 2011, 06:59:33 PM EST
                                                     It's not - it's 46.13 US according to this... - (crazy) - Nov. 21, 2011, 11:27:50 AM EST
                                                     they get an extra litre per gallon of gas -NT - (boxley) - (2) - Nov. 21, 2011, 05:24:41 PM EST
                                                         Re: they get an extra litre per gallon of gas - (pwhysall) - (1) - Nov. 22, 2011, 02:39:31 AM EST
                                                             It's tiny *because* it's imported from China -NT - (drook) - Nov. 22, 2011, 05:02:50 AM EST
                                                 MPG == MILES PER GALLON... - (folkert) - (1) - Nov. 21, 2011, 11:07:46 AM EST
                                                     Re: MPG == MILES PER GALLON... - (pwhysall) - Nov. 21, 2011, 12:44:26 PM EST
                                         Re: On the numbers... - (pwhysall) - Nov. 21, 2011, 12:45:57 PM EST
             Optimisn, perhaps. - (static) - (1) - Nov. 14, 2011, 03:26:37 PM EST
                 Much more complex than I thought - (drook) - Nov. 14, 2011, 04:03:10 PM EST
         Neat. You and Ashton should swap stories. -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 14, 2011, 06:10:28 PM EST

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