Regarding the Demise of Manual transmissions, this was an amusing and hilarious article from last year. It's an account given by a car-jacking victim and what happened when the criminals discovered the car had a manual transmission.
http://jalopnik.com/5864836/not-only-are-manual-transmissions-awesome-theyre-a-theft-deterrent -Les On Aug 29, 2014, at 6:58 AM, Holland Phillips wrote: > I learned when I was 2 years old on my Grandfather's old. Ford farm > tractor. :-) > > ~Holland > On Aug 29, 2014 6:39 AM, "Larry Velez" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am sure you all are reading in the various car rags how Porsche seems to >> be abandoning the manual gear box with the latest GT3. Ferrari only sold >> 1% of their cars as manuals last year. Apparently well budgeted people no >> longer want to shift their transmissions themselves. The robots have won >> another battle. >> >> So enjoy your manual shifting in your 16Vs this weekend, you'll be >> telling stories to future generations of how things were in the old days. >> >> Speaking of shifting, Chad came by my place this past weekend and he was >> able to check out the patient in the garage (I am determined to get her >> running this year) and I got a chance to get a ride in his Jetta GLI 16V >> Turbo. Chad made me self-conscious about shifting too fast/aggressively. >> How did you all learn to shift the "right" way and are some habits better >> on the transmission for longevity? >> >> Larry >> 91 GTI 16V (New Fuel Filter installed, New Transfer Pump installed, >> Transfer Pump Assembly rebuilt, fuel delivery troubleshooting continues to >> main pump next) >> _______________________________________________ >> a2-16v-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list >> For list archives, see listinfo link above. >> > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
