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Old 03-07-2009, 08:12 PM   #25
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you think an automatic transmission is a downfall of a car?

for a small car? yep. you loose 20-percent of your power right off the bat.



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i have a friend who runs a 13 second pontiac grandprix on an auto tranny, nobody laughs at him.
and he'd do it in 11 seconds with a 5sp.


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If you think by buying a manual tranny car it somehow makes you cooler then the rest your wrong, get with the times, manual trannys are a thing of the past.

maybe a "thing of the past" in America - thankfully everyone else seems to be alot smarter about cars and still drive sticks. travel outside of the U.S. and look around - you'll see more manuals than autoborings.
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