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Automatics to exceed manuals worldwide in 2007

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Originally posted by: kmrivers
What I am saying is, for all the teens getting in accidents I have to wonder if more of them having manual cars would help them focus and be a better driver.
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Concentrating on what they're doing and realising they're basically incompetent would be a better start. Manual vs automatic is bottom of the list on how to improve that side of things AFAIC. If you're not concentrating or coordinated enough to drive a manual, then it's game over.

 
Originally posted by: Phokus
Originally posted by: Mucho
Its hard to drive manual while talking on the phone.
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GET OFF THE ROAD :|
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The whole point of eating breakfast on my drive in was to save time - I can make some calls at the same time. If I have to pull over, then what's the use? 😀
 
Originally posted by: mundane
The whole point of eating breakfast on my drive in was to save time - I can make some calls at the same time. If I have to pull over, then what's the use? 😀
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Don't forget to take your coat off and adjust the stereo too.
 
Originally posted by: Shawn
Originally posted by: Ryan
NEVAR!!!!!!!!!!!
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god damn that's ugly with the shifter sticking out of the dash like that. but yeah, manual > automatic.
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Heh, is that your car's shifter or is it just happy to see me? 😛

Should slip a condom over that and when you get pulled over you can explain to the cop that you're a safe driver. 😉
 
Originally posted by: Phokus
Originally posted by: Mucho
Its hard to drive manual while talking on the phone.
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GET OFF THE ROAD :|
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Indeed.
Anyone driving and talking on the phone at the same time should have their license withdrawn on the spot.

I like manuals too, but then again, most cars around here(Sweden) are manuals, so maybe I've acquired my taste for it by osmosis 🙂
Sucks when being stuck in a traffic jam, but my temper sucks so much that I'll be cooking with rage within 2-3 minutes anyway when that happens, and by then I won't be thinking about the gearing anyways.
 
Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Originally posted by: mundane
The whole point of eating breakfast on my drive in was to save time - I can make some calls at the same time. If I have to pull over, then what's the use? 😀
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Don't forget to take your coat off and adjust the stereo too.
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Don't worry - I have one of those 6-thousand function audio units. I have to look real close to read the buttons and display information, but I'm still a safe driver - I always wear my seatbelt. Well, except when I get within 10 minutes of work, that's when I start to put on my pants and shirt (I don't like them getting wrinkled on the drive in).
 
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Im no automobile enthusiast. Im a normal guy who enjoys driving and has an interest in cars. I could care less how accurate the sports shifting is in cars. To me, it's fun to drive, Im down shifting, and up shifting, and in traffic I tap it over to automatic. That's pleasant for me.
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If you could care less, why don't you? 😛 😀

Automagic doesn't do it for me ... if I'm coming up to a tight corner in fourth gear:
tap for 4->3
*long one second pause*
tap for 3->2
*long one second pause*
now in second gear, but out of corner already 😛

Weak. Give me:
downshift into 2nd gear at 5000rpm with throttle blip to rev match
squeal the tires while flying round the bend
realize the police station is now kitty-corner to a patch of rubber
hammer it into 3rd, chirp the tires, and vanish 😀

Originally posted by: Mutilator
Heh, is that your car's shifter or is it just happy to see me? 😛
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So he's giving the car a handjob when he drives it? :laugh:

- M4H
 
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Originally posted by: Kaieye
Most of you readers here are under 30. Wait until you become an old fart like me and you will want an car with automatic everything.
I have driven a stick for over 25 years and had enough already.
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Im 24, and I've driven a manual for the last 5 years and I've already had enough.
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Same here. I love driving manual, but next car is going to be an auto cause of traffic. I'll buy a manual weekend car one day if I ever have the money.
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: psteng19
Nooooo!!!
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Accord V6-6MT, if I'm not mistaken?

Oh, and your shifter's twisted, champ. 😉

- M4H
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You're mistaken. Acura TSX, obviously 6MT.

I tried using the adjusting nut/bolt but couldn't get it to tighten.
No matter, it's not like I don't know which slot each gear is 😛
 
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