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)
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