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Automotive News & Views The Future Of The Manual Transmission
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Sep 21, 2008 10:54 am) |
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to be a bit of a gadget person myself but maybe one of the biggest boons to driving I have found is GPS and Computer maps. I simply don't buy paper maps anymore. I got my last Thompson map in 2004. But either my computer and Streets and trips from Microsoft or my GPS gets me to any spot in the US I want to go. It isn't perfect but if I know where I want to go the car tells me where I am and how to get there. Believe it or not two of my bicycles have computers on them to tell me how fast and far I am going and how long it took me. Maybe overkill I know but it seems to be the wave of the future. Some will simply give me a blank look and ask why? Why a car GPS or why a bike computer? Simple, instant information and ease of use. look at what we are doing in this forum. We aren't putting to pen and paper our thought and mailing them to each other we are doing it by computer is what could be if we wanted, real time. My refrigerator frost free, my oven is self cleaning. My phone is wireless. My TV is remote as is my DVD/CD player and every house I know has a microwave. We as a nation seem to want easy to use things. I don't eve flip a switch to turn on a porch light. Some have suggested Americans are lazy if they don't drive a manual. I believe we are lazy if we drive when we can walk or ride a bike so the transmission doesn't count as exercise.
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Replying to: boaz47 (Sep 21, 2008 6:25 pm) Sure I have a BlackBerry but I have a headset, too, and it can even take voice commands. "Call Home". (phone rings...) Can't beat that. Who needs a watch? It has my entire calendar, alarms and all. Contacts, e-mail, camera, MP3, maps, the works. Is it distracting? Not when used properly. A GPS for instance can let you keep eyes on the road while it barks out voice commands. You can actually sit back and drive, relax. No more paper maps, no more looking for exit numbers, hoping you didn't miss your exit. I love technology, bring it! 
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while driving seems to me to be about as bright as Dennis Rodman and his tats on a cold day, eh? 
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Replying to: ateixeira (Sep 22, 2008 11:54 am)
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Replying to: boaz47 (Sep 22, 2008 4:07 pm)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Sep 23, 2008 7:52 am)
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Replying to: boaz47 (Sep 24, 2008 11:48 am) OK I don't know French.
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the finest words any Frenchman (or woman) ever spoke!  Don't know what I would do if they ever stop producing that décalage de bâton and embrayage I treasure!
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Replying to: nippononly (Sep 25, 2008 10:17 am)
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