Re: [DML] Automatic vs. Stick

[DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree. When i get much older than i am now i will want a Automatic 
tranny, why mess around, just drive.

Mark V


On Mar 22, 2005, at 7:11 AM, Murray Fisher wrote:

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> Automatics are for old men. (I am 84!!)..   As you can see by my years 
> I
> have had a lot of time and cars.   I really enjoyed the straight 
> sticks over
> this time.....made me feel like a REAL MAN.....All of my cars now are
> automatic.  I got tired in all of those years of spending all my time
> "rowing through those gears".   It is SO NICE now, to sit back and 
> relax and
> just steer between the telephone poles!   I don't know what the actual
> figures are as to numbers of Auto VS 5 speeds, but when I was looking 
> for
> mine, 10 years ago, I found it difficult to find an Auto.  My criteria 
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> that time was that it had to be Auto, Gray leather and the original 
> SS.   I
> checked all sources and it was My experience that there were about 1 
> in 10
> that were automatic.  I don't really believe that is correct though.  
> I was
> almost on my way to the big city to look at two 5 speeds, when the 
> night
> before I left, an Automatic showed up that had only 3K miles on 
> it....just
> what I was looking for and I bought it and drove it home.   But more 
> power
> to you 5 speed "kids".  Its YOUR turn to have the fun!!
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> Murray
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> Lic:  DMC-XII
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