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Re: why no manual transmission?
"Hachiroku" <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote in message
news:UVGOg.18$x11.3@trndny02...[color=blue]
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:12:40 -0500, Ray O wrote:
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>> "Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
>> news:Wh-dnVEc0_XHvpbYUSdV9g@ptd.net...[color=darkred]
>>> Only around 5% of the new cars sold in the US have manual trannys. That
>>> makes the costs of certifying the vehicles for CAFE and the NHTSA,
>>> comparably high for the manufactures. Manual are therefore centered in
>>> the cars sold at the bottom of the market where people who can not
>>> afford
>>> automatics are centered.
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>>>
>>> mike
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>> I see Corvettes, Mustang GT's, Ferraris and Porsche turbos with automatic
>> transmissions. IMO, kind of like ketchup on a filet mignon.[/color]
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> Yeah! I hear ya!
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> Although I think the AT on a Ferrari is an automatically clutched 6
> speed...[/color]
Without that 3rd pedal on the floor, it's an automatic to me!
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)
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