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  • I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it
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Manual for me. :blink:

Poofs drive autos ... :huh::huh:

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Manual for me.  :blink:

Poofs drive autos ... :huh:  :huh:

:hrmm:

Sorry, sweety ... :huh:

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:hiwelcome:

... shouldn't be long now ...

  • I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it
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Well, if you really can't keep your hand off it, I suppose a driving a manual is at least a close substitute...

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The thing is we can keep our hands off it, that is why we have one free to change gears with.

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Manual for me. :thumbsup:

Poofs drive autos ... :bomb::hrmm:

If this is so why don't you have an auto you old cardigan wearing degenerate :finger:

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manual for me  :finger: if I wanted to drive a "dodgem" car I would go to the carnival :lol:

:thumbsup: I thought I was the only one who called "autos" dodgem cars.

Best thing about a Manual, when someone asks me can they take it for a drive, I say - Here are the keys, enjoy.

Within 30 seconds they are back " oh it has a clutch" ..... no Sh1t, gee I always wondered what that pedal was for. :nyaah:

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I think the complaints about the manual gearbox stem from the fact that the vast majority of people drive automatic boxes and the journalists that write about cars compare the manual box in a totally affordable package such a the Falcon to an out of reach package like an M3, Audi RS etc

The 'box in the Mustang is quite solid, heavy but precise. I think it's the TR3650 that is now used in the XR8.

It sure is a lot more user friendly than the old Top Loader!

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It sure is a lot more user friendly than the old Top Loader!

How about an old single rail?

I replaced the main selector shaft, welded the 1-2 selector and repalced a fractured 1-2 Selcetor over the year.

I have been left in neutral on the way to Royal Pines with my girlfriend.

Left in fourth on my way to Brisbane.

and been with out 2nd for three months...

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