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auto | 4 | 8.33% | |
manual | 41 | 85.42% | |
other | 3 | 6.25% | |
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27 Feb 2003, 22:06 (Ref:519741) | #51 | ||
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otherwise you will keep winding down the window when you change gear
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27 Feb 2003, 22:19 (Ref:519762) | #52 | ||
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28 Feb 2003, 07:43 (Ref:520159) | #53 | ||
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Here in Oz I'm not 100 percent on the figures but Auto's outsell manuals.
When my wife and I visited my fathers family in Prestons in 1992 I noticed that all the cars were manual and small 4cyl.1.3-2.0 |
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1 Mar 2003, 23:15 (Ref:521798) | #55 | ||
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I've owned more than 100 cars, and most of them have been manual. Here in Los Angeles, it isn't fun driving a manual all the time, as many days you are stuck in bumper to bumper traffic for hours...
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2 Mar 2003, 01:12 (Ref:521932) | #56 | |
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left hand drive manual cars are great fun. my first car was lhd and after a few initial gearchanges with the doorhandle it's better changing gear with your right hand PLUS you can see and park better.
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2 Mar 2003, 01:54 (Ref:521988) | #57 | ||
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"you can see... better"??!!
How are you meant to overtake/pick up a parking ticket/pay at a toll booth/order at a drive "thru"?? (A: reversing) Plus which, the notion of steering with my left fills me with mistrust. |
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2 Mar 2003, 02:03 (Ref:521995) | #58 | |
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amateur. not very adaptable are we?
you can see better. round corners etc and at t junctions you're positioned better. well i preferred it anyway. as for tickets and drive throughs, you lean over, silly. it's worth it, especially if the car's on foreign plates and you can't get done for speeding. |
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2 Mar 2003, 18:19 (Ref:522553) | #59 | ||
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Not necessarily, Bella. The clobberers have the power to detain you in the cells for a speeding offence while they contact your car's national registration bureau to confirm who owns it...
I saw this happen to a Spaniard in a Merc once! I like driving left-hook cars too. To be honest, after a couple of miles, everything falls to hand naturally anyway. And I did once have a German-imported Toyota Corolla Liftback which was gloriously balanced for loose surfaces. One of the most chuckable little things I ever drove - just tail-happy enough to be entertaining. |
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that's about as far as they get though. there's a loophole in the law which means it's against european regulations to prosecute. if you get caught by a policeman though you're in trouble either way, feigning a french accent's not very easy...
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2 Mar 2003, 21:05 (Ref:522692) | #61 | ||
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Mais oui bien.
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And how do you lot shift with your left hands??? It seems impossible to me! |
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3 Mar 2003, 00:41 (Ref:522973) | #63 | ||
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Easy!! How does everyone else shift with their rights?? I mean, it's just WRONG!! How do you steel the car, left handed??
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3 Mar 2003, 09:29 (Ref:523262) | #64 | ||
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Thats the best typo yet, Tristan!!
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3 Mar 2003, 14:26 (Ref:523491) | #65 | ||
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I steel heem with a coat hanger!
I've wondered how the hell you Brits, Aussies, etc. can shift with your left hand. I mean, it's got to be easier to shift with your dominant hand! Last edited by Lee Janotta; 3 Mar 2003 at 14:28. |
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6 Mar 2003, 15:52 (Ref:526699) | #67 | ||
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I've just come across a current production automatic bike; it's a Harley clone which uses a CVT.
See: www.ridleymotorcycle.com for more information. |
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6 Mar 2003, 16:28 (Ref:526732) | #68 | |
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same as Kaybee, only in America ( a buick century) . . .which was ok because everything trundles round in fat land . . . .I hate the lack of engine braking in autos . . . .worries me having had brake failure in the past.
I can see the attraction for some people, but it takes all the pleasure out of driving for me, its just a lazy option. |
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14 Mar 2003, 11:09 (Ref:535911) | #69 | ||
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It is way easier to do burn outs in a manual
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14 Mar 2003, 11:19 (Ref:535915) | #70 | ||
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It really depends doesn't it.
Manual for into it mode. Regardless of what side of the car your on. My dominant hand is the right one (so to speak) and I am used to changing gear with my left hand. That is, right hand drive. I have been in the States, and driven a manual convertable. I had no problem sitting on the far left and changing gears with my right hand. I mean my usual changer - the left hand was resting on the wheel, sort of limmits the options with the door there and all. |
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15 Mar 2003, 12:26 (Ref:536881) | #71 | |
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IMHO The latest Automatics are so good, they're a must for the road, just as manuals are the only thing to have on the circuit. When the paddle shifts get to be quicker, they maybe better for the circuit too, though too many electrics tween driver and box are not a good thing. Sequential's good for circuits.
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9 Apr 2003, 16:03 (Ref:564100) | #72 | ||
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I have only driven or ridden in automatic cars. The car I drive is so old, that when the transmission shifts, you can feel the car jerk as with a manual.
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9 Apr 2003, 17:59 (Ref:564222) | #73 | ||
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I think manuals are more important for cars with less than 2L displacement. But in Europe, almost every car is 2L or less. (okay, okay, I'm exaggerating a little!)
The newer automatics are very good at shifting, some more than others, but overall they're very good. I hear that Toyotas, MB and GM are the smoothest? Last edited by kmchow; 9 Apr 2003 at 18:00. |
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10 Apr 2003, 11:05 (Ref:564933) | #75 | ||
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Manual Manual Manual - no question for me...If I ever felt the need to buy an automatic I should just give up and catch the train frankly....
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