If you get any other trans with it in place of a manual, you're daed to me. (This is the way.)
- Bendecko

i want the manual but i live in new jersey, remember? this traffic isn't friendly for manual driving. i hear the auto in it is really good now anyway. shifting would be more fun but i guess i'll have the paddle shifters.

incidentally, the best shifting manual i ever encountered was in mid 90's acura integras. i never drove a 90's BMW that was a stick though and i hear those were pretty slick shifting jawns.

Really, Kick. If the damage to the bumper is anything more than cosmetic, get it fixed so that it can do its job if you get rear-ended again. It's a safety concern.
- Bendecko

it's just cosmetic. everything held up well but the bumper is all chunked up. even the backup camera is fine and he basically hit me right on it so i'm not sure how it survived.

If you get any other trans with it in place of a manual, you're daed to me. (This is the way.)
- Bendecko

its becoming an anti theft device, its very funny

My car is manual still...

its becoming an anti theft device, its very funny

My car is manual still...
- Xizord

that's true. kids don't learn to drive them because it's tougher and now none of their parents even own a manual to teach them in.

when i was a kid both my parents cars were automatics so i got a job as a lot attendant at a car dealership (acura, it's how i got familiar with their superior shifting transmissions) and didn't tell them i couldn't drive a manual until after they hired me. then they tossed me the keys to a manual out in the lot and told me to go drive around the lot and figure it out. and the rest is shiftstory.

I've seen that stuff on the food network a bunch but I'm not sure
- Takemedrunkimhome

Try it! It's good! Habbersett if you can find it. I'm not a fan of southern-made offerings, particularly Rapa.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure most, if not all, brands you can get in the supermarket are not made from the offal (the traditional source), but from trimmings of the more normal butchering cuts (like pork bellies, loins, hams)...

I had a friend order a pig's head at a mexican restaurant once. It was so (frank)ing good
- Takemedrunkimhome

Jowl is great.

that's true. kids don't learn to drive them because it's tougher and now none of their parents even own a manual to teach them in.

when i was a kid both my parents cars were automatics so i got a job as a lot attendant at a car dealership (acura, it's how i got familiar with their superior shifting transmissions) and didn't tell them i couldn't drive a manual until after they hired me. then they tossed me the keys to a manual out in the lot and told me to go drive around the lot and figure it out. and the rest is shiftstory.
- kicksave856

here they were saying last year that 3% of the car sold where manual, 20 or 25 years ago it was 30 % !

How many time did you stall ?

Hopefully Hughes is good sad GM avatar material

My guess is I should get my choice of pictures after a few questions from Philippe Cantin, Marc De Foy and François Gagnon at his press conference tomorrow.
- stinger67

Pourquoi? Il va pas ben repondre en le franseize?

i want the manual but i live in new jersey, remember? this traffic isn't friendly for manual driving. i hear the auto in it is really good now anyway. shifting would be more fun but i guess i'll have the paddle shifters.

incidentally, the best shifting manual i ever encountered was in mid 90's acura integras. i never drove a 90's BMW that was a stick though and i hear those were pretty slick shifting jawns.
- kicksave856

Meh. the traffic excuse is a cop-out. You get used to it (and it's bonus exercise). Most standards still left these day use hydraulic actuation rather than cable, and that is way better for more frequent use. Not sure if any are using "Fly-By-Wire" like many throttles.

The stick is still the most fun. More than flappy paddles (more of an illusion of control).

Don't know why people think standards are more complicated to operate. It's all about finding the friction zone with the clutch. The muscle memory will come naturally with repeated use.

BTW, I had to learn to drive with a manual because my parents didn't have automatics when I got my license. Maybe that's why I'm predisposed to them. That and the maintenance is much cheaper (as long as you're not sloppy with the clutch).

I also still think you're right Honda may make the best manual trans. The shifter on the S2000 is maybe the best I've encountered (over Porsches, but those were older vintage). German is kind of overrated for me but maybe that's because I've been bitten by too many ugly repair bills when they break (and they will break, no matter how they're maintained).

Pourquoi? Il va pas ben repondre en le franseize?
- Fredo

"EST-CE QUE REPÊCHER DES QUÉBÉCOIS FRANCOPHONES BLANCS DE SOUCHE VA ÊTRE VOTRE PRIORITÉ"

"VOUS N'ÊTES PAS UN ANCIEN JOUEUR DU CANADIEN, POURQUOI?"

"MONSIEUR GORTON, PATRIQUEUH ROUÂ ÉTAIT DISPONIBLE, POURQUOI VOUS DÉTESTEZ LES QUÉBÉCOIS?"

If ICE really become extinct, transmissions will probably also go the same way. Maybe for rare applications where gearing is needed for efficiency (will hate to see CVTs the only option in that case).

here they were saying last year that 3% of the car sold where manual, 20 or 25 years ago it was 30 % !

How many time did you stall ?
- Xizord

oh i can't even believe they sold that car to someone after i did what i did to it.

Meh. the traffic excuse is a cop-out. You get used to it (and it's bonus exercise). Most standards still left these day use hydraulic actuation rather than cable, and that is way better for more frequent use. Not sure if any are using "Fly-By-Wire" like many throttles.

The stick is still the most fun. More than flappy paddles (more of an illusion of control).

Don't know why people think standards are more complicated to operate. It's all about finding the friction zone with the clutch. The muscle memory will come naturally with repeated use.

BTW, I had to learn to drive with a manual because my parents didn't have automatics when I got my license. Maybe that's why I'm predisposed to them. That and the maintenance is much cheaper (as long as you're not sloppy with the clutch).

I also still think you're right Honda may make the best manual trans. The shifter on the S2000 is maybe the best I've encountered (over Porsches, but those were older vintage). German is kind of overrated for me but maybe that's because I've been bitten by too many ugly repair bills when they break (and they will break, no matter how they're maintained).
- Bendecko

take a deep breath bud

Jowl is great.
- AdamFrench

Ever have grouper cheeks?

I think I might like them more than the fillets, especially when fried. There are places here where you can get them in the sandwiches instead of the fillets.

I also like when hamachi kama is on the menu in washoku establishments.

take a deep breath bud
- mr.peanut

no

If ICE really become extinct, transmissions will probably also go the same way. Maybe for rare applications where gearing is needed for efficiency (will hate to see CVTs the only option in that case).
- Bendecko

Went to Florida a few years ago, rented a car that had a CVT transmission. One time entering on the highway I had to floor it and I thought everything would break, as it seemed it didn't really know how to handle the acceleration I was asking for. They probably got better with time, but I wasn't impressed to say the least.

Went to Florida a few years ago, rented a car that had a CVT transmission. One time entering on the highway I had to floor it and I thought everything would break, as it seemed it didn't really know how to handle the acceleration I was asking for. They probably got better with time, but I wasn't impressed to say the least.
- stinger67

that's why I love standards. except for the rev limiters (and the reverse lockout), there's no question of whose in control.

no
- Bendecko

Maybe another half hour at the mall for you tomorrow

that's why I love standards. except for the rev limiters (and the reverse lockout), there's no question of whose in control.
- Bendecko

My last 3 cars had a manual transmission. Bought the one I have now last spring...it was a hassle to find it...there are getting pretty rare.

My last 3 cars are with a manual transmission. Bought the one I have now last spring...it was a hassle to find it...there are getting pretty rare.
- stinger67

you're getting pretty rare


you are

you're getting pretty rare


you are
- mr.peanut

i don't see this catching on.

Maybe another half hour at the mall for you tomorrow
- mr.peanut

Is there one near the Walmart in Terrebonne?

Anyway I'm more hungry now than out-of-breath. None of the indoor malls with food courts (rare in these parts these days) have what I'm savoring right now.

Meh. the traffic excuse is a cop-out. You get used to it (and it's bonus exercise). Most standards still left these day use hydraulic actuation rather than cable, and that is way better for more frequent use. Not sure if any are using "Fly-By-Wire" like many throttles.

The stick is still the most fun. More than flappy paddles (more of an illusion of control).

Don't know why people think standards are more complicated to operate. It's all about finding the friction zone with the clutch. The muscle memory will come naturally with repeated use.

BTW, I had to learn to drive with a manual because my parents didn't have automatics when I got my license. Maybe that's why I'm predisposed to them. That and the maintenance is much cheaper (as long as you're not sloppy with the clutch).

I also still think you're right Honda may make the best manual trans. The shifter on the S2000 is maybe the best I've encountered (over Porsches, but those were older vintage). German is kind of overrated for me but maybe that's because I've been bitten by too many ugly repair bills when they break (and they will break, no matter how they're maintained).
- Bendecko

By a mile, I hate driving an automatic car, I'll clutch in the carpet by force of habit, lol

i don't see this catching on.
- kicksave856

i will be leaving forever now and it's... alll... your... fault!

Is there one near the Walmart in Terrebonne?

Anyway I'm more hungry now than out-of-breath. None of the indoor malls with food courts (rare in these parts these days) have what I'm savoring right now.
- Bendecko

i never leave it