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Roger A. Shrubber said:

i learned how to drive and shift gears on an old Allis-Chalmers tractor, huge orange pos, but after about a week i could shift smoothly....then i started driving my dad's 63 f100 around the farm...while they weren't home ...when they caught me they both acted pissed, and my mom was...but my dad started letting me drive when we went out somewhere other than town, when i was 13...

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Laughing Grass said:

I grudgingly learned six years ago. That car is gone now and we only have automatics.

I don't get the point of a standard. Just a pain in the ass.

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Roger A. Shrubber said:

for any kind of utility vehicle, i agree...for a performance vehicle, you have a lot more control than with an automatic transmission, you decide when and why to downshift, and you can accelerate more quickly, building rpm before you shift so there is no "lag" when it shifts from gear to gear

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raratt said:

I can manually shift the automatic in my Challenger, just push the stick to the right. It will downshift also. It automatically shifts at redline. A 727 Torqueflight was THE competition transmission. Besides being almost bullet proof, changing the stall speed of the torque convertor and adding a shift kit is faster than anyone can shift a manual.

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DarkWeb said:

My jeep can do that. I prefer stick in the turns though......not the same.

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raratt said:

I know what I'd do with a manual, my tires last longer with an auto...lol.

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Roger A. Shrubber said:

for any kind of utility vehicle, i agree...for a performance vehicle, you have a lot more control than with an automatic transmission, you decide when and why to downshift, and you can accelerate more quickly, building rpm before you shift so there is no "lag" when it shifts from gear to gear

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Laughing Grass said:

Haven't most supercars done away with the manual transmission?

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Laughing Grass said:

Haven't most supercars done away with the manual transmission?

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raratt said:

No. SRT8 has gone to a 6 speed, the high dollar ones have paddle shifters though.

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Roger A. Shrubber said:

that's not because it's a better choice, it's because an increasing number of people can't use a manual transmission...they'll tell you all kinds of shit about how it's better...but...it ain't

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Laughing Grass said:

You can't change gears as smoothly and quickly as a computer.

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Roger A. Shrubber said:

who says? i can shift gears with NO way for you to tell unless you're watching me do it..i can down shift coming down an incline, and use the rpm to smoothly shift higher to take off at the bottom of that hill, with no lag or lurch. i can maintain a constant speed going up all but the longest steepest hills...and i don't break down and strand you in the middle of nowhere, facing thousands of dollars worth of repairs...
i've been doing it for more than 40 years, and the only time anyone's head has even swayed slightly is when i intended them to...

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Roger A. Shrubber said:

who says? i can shift gears with NO way for you to tell unless you're watching me do it..i can down shift coming down an incline, and use the rpm to smoothly shift higher to take off at the bottom of that hill, with no lag or lurch. i can maintain a constant speed going up all but the longest steepest hills...and i don't break down and strand you in the middle of nowhere, facing thousands of dollars worth of repairs...
i've been doing it for more than 40 years, and the only time anyone's head has even swayed slightly is when i intended them to...

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Laughing Grass said:

Let's get a hot coffee and go for a ride. I'm driving!

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DarkWeb said:

A manual can still break, same with the clutch. I've actually had less broken automatics. And if there is a issue it's usually just a little top off of fluid.......maybe a filter change.

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Roger A. Shrubber said:

the manual transmissions don't just break...people break them, not knowing how to use them properly...90% of manual transmission repairs are burnt out clutches....

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DarkWeb said:

LOL "keep off the grass" comes to mind....

Sorry bud I don't agree. Jeep manuals in the '90's where notorious for being crap. The automatics are still on the road. And many cars with a manual are cable shifted.....I've had issues with those too.

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