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nookandcrannycar · 02-12-2013, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by matti

I don't want to sound critical, but why would you care if someone didn't know how to drive a stick shift? (assuming it wasn't a family member, etc. that had to drive your stick shift, too).

For two reasons (off the top of my head):

1. Fewer people knowing how to drive them = more likely that fewer will be made = greater chance of extinction = fewer, if any, for me to choose from when I want to buy a new car.

2. I think manual transmission drivers are more aware of their own cars and what is going on, in general, around them. I want as many drivers like this as possible on the road and as a percentage of total drivers on the roadway.

Altitude · 02-13-2013, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

For two reasons (off the top of my head):

2. I think manual transmission drivers are more aware of their own cars and what is going on, in general, around them. I want as many drivers like this as possible on the road and as a percentage of total drivers on the roadway.

Nailed it.

nookandcrannycar · 02-13-2013, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Altitude

Nailed it.

matti · 02-13-2013, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

For two reasons (off the top of my head):

1. Fewer people knowing how to drive them = more likely that fewer will be made = greater chance of extinction = fewer, if any, for me to choose from when I want to buy a new car.

2. I think manual transmission drivers are more aware of their own cars and what is going on, in general, around them. I want as many drivers like this as possible on the road and as a percentage of total drivers on the roadway.

Good points, especially #2. Thanks for sharing.

nookandcrannycar · 02-13-2013, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by matti

Good points, especially #2. Thanks for sharing.

You're welcome.

DeathBeard · 02-14-2013, 09:56 PM

Frs and brz are a dime a dozen, I see at least 10 of these a day, played out. I don't like cars everyone has....viva vitz

why? · 02-15-2013, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DeathBeard

Frs and brz are a dime a dozen, I see at least 10 of these a day, played out. I don't like cars everyone has....viva vitz

yea, but you live in image conscious LA. odds are most of the ones you see have drivers who have no idea how to drive them.

the more that are sold, the bigger the aftermarket will be. I love my Yaris, and I love MI, but I would have loved the type of aftermarket attention the BRZ and the FR-S is getting for the Yaris in 2007.

DeathBeard · 02-15-2013, 11:13 PM

Yes this is also true

02-14-2013, 09:56 PM	#6
DeathBeard Drives: 2010 Yaris S Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 574	Frs and brz are a dime a dozen, I see at least 10 of these a day, played out. I don't like cars everyone has....viva vitz __________________ "In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." Proverbs 16:9

02-15-2013, 11:13 PM	#8
DeathBeard Drives: 2010 Yaris S Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 574	Yes this is also true __________________ "In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." Proverbs 16:9

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