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Automotive News & Views The Future Of The Manual Transmission
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I am saying that I have found an automobile that moves me and is exciting and that I am proud to own. Part of the Mitsubishi Lancer GTS package deal is the wow factor. Sunroof, NAV, 650-watt Rockford Fosgate stereo, 18" low-profile, performance tires and nice alloy wheels, leather-wrapped steering wheel and gearshift knob, wrap-around body kit(which, BTW, really rocks with this car, I don't know who Mitsu hired to complete this body kit, but they hit my enjoyment button with it), etc., are built for looks and for sportiness. The fact that the driver's information center includes average mpg information is nice, because, if it didn't, I would probably not constantly calculate my ghastly mileage. To have this beneficial feature available to me enables me to always know at a glance what my ghastly mileage is. But it's not like I was when I was a kid and every dollar eeked out for a hamburger might not be available for the ghastly tank, know what I mean? That's not to say that I personally want to waste resources and ghastly. Now, until we're restricted on the amount of ghastly we use, my take on it is go ahead and drive for fun. Just don't steal the ghastly you get. Pay for it yourself, like you should. That's it. Have fun. Life has enough bumps in the road. Health problems, economic problems, relationship problems, in-law problems, work problems, on and on ad naseum. I happen to enjoy travelling by car and I am of the opinion that people have a right to take long drives, if they can afford it and have the time. Regardless of what some bozo futures-trader or greedy oil executive causes or imposes. And do drive responsibly, please. Text message off to the side of the road, dorks. 
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Sep 28, 2008 1:25 pm) That still begs the question, why would you care what mileage the car gets if you believe it doesn't matter how much fuel you use? We might have a legal right to use as much fuel as we can afford but do we have a moral one? If you believe you have both a legal and moral right to drive as much and as far as you like just because you feel like it and can afford it why do you need to know what mileage you are getting? I take it you are reading your own posts? My questions are based simply on what you have said so far. Because one of the earlier contentions for getting a manual over a automatic earlier was that they got better fuel mileage. But what good does better fuel mileage do if you drive farther simply because you can and want to?
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Replying to: boaz47 (Sep 28, 2008 3:39 pm) While I can afford to buy gasoline until it gets much more expensive than it is now (and have, in England), I'm not interested in throwing money away. This appears to be a concept you find difficult to understand, but if I can get 28.1 mpg in car B vs. 20.3 in car A, that's a good thing. Now car C (2 or 2.5 litre TDI diesel w/ a six-speed) that delivers 40.2 mpg is what I'd really like, if I could buy one in North America. The California greenies have made extremely efficient diesels (that have been available in Europe for a decade or so) nearly impossible to acquire on this continent. Go figure.
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Replying to: cdnpinhead (Sep 28, 2008 4:36 pm) I can't seem to find a quick link comparing emissions between the US and the EU. |
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that you're one of neencanpoops that likes to text-message while he drives? Is that what's setting you off like this, the fact that I called it on all of those who text while driving? Yikes, boaz47, it's simple. Do you read my posts? I said I have bought a '08 Lancer GTS with a CVT automatic. Not a 5-speed manual that gets better ghastly mileage, that I originally set out to buy in my Lancer GTS. Still with me? Yes, a CVT automatic with paddle shifters. Because ghastly mileage doesn't rule my concerns. Got It yet? Hope so. Not the more gas-economical 5-speed stick. And I mentioned that I feel that driving as much as I feel like is OK with me, as long as we pay for the ghastly we use, and not steal it. Still following along? Notice that I said I bought the less-economical choice for trannies in my Lancer GTS? And I agree that one should feel free to use ghastly as they need for long trips if they want? Notice a pattern here? What is sticking the wrong way in your craw? If you're intent on rattling my chain you're gonna have to start making sense, cause it doesn't seem to be workin'. And I look at my driver's information center to see my current ghastly mileage because I can and I find it interesting what know where it stands. Do I hang on that information like pollsters wanting to know who's out ahead in the Gallup Poll now, McCain or Obama? Nope, I don't. Sheesh, using your logic, boaz47, you would also feel like a person who drives a Hummer or a large GM pick-em-up truck also doesn't care to know how many miles are on his Hummer's engine overall? Using fuel up like Dennis Rodman applies tattoos and not wanting to know how many tats overall he has on his body? Why, that's un-American! I want to know because it seems everyone in America since the Pinto and Vega days wants to know how much fuel they're using. And, once again, it's cheaper to fly on a jet somewhere than it is to drive. Most people aren't gonna drive long distances for fun and travel on the road, like we used to. This whole thing has been automatically stifled by the dorky futures-traders and the greedy oil barons(right guys, you really do need to be charging over $3.00/gallon still, I know, to recoup exploration costs for the masses  ). So, no worrying about it, there's automatic safeguards in place. And, yes, boaz47, I still feel like it's OK to go on long driving trips on vacation if we feel like it. It's a privilege of ours. like getting our driver's license. Until a politico lashes out at us all and mandates a limit on individual fuel use, we're free to ride. I'm gonna put some Foghat Live II on the platter and go see the Grand Canyon, then head up north to my homeland, and see my relatives in Seattle. Go for it!  Just kidding...I'll probably fly over there.  Because I can. Rock on!
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Sep 28, 2008 5:46 pm) As long as you see both types of useage as a right you are consistent. And as long as you conceed that if you can use as much fuel as you like there is nothing wrong with everyone jumping in their Hummer to commute. While your post was a slight back pedal earlier it sounded like you were in total agreement with cdnpinhead when he said: Well, I do weekend drives several times a year and often extend business trips a day or two on one end or the other, just "to burn gas for two or three days, just because". . . I like to. And, yeah, I can. Anyone who doesn't like it can stuff it. That sounds just a bit feckless to me but I am trying not to judge. And I won't be texting in my car till they have a voice command for texting. The only thing I was pointing out was some have suggested that manuals had a major fuel useage advantage and I had to question how that was relevant to anyone who drove as far and as often as they felt like? |
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Replying to: boaz47 (Sep 29, 2008 11:27 am) Voice commands for texting? Wouldn't it just be easier to make a phone call? 
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Replying to: kyfdx (Sep 29, 2008 11:40 am) Not at all. Unlike a kid who sends text messages just to kill time we adults text because you can't always get the person you want to get in touch with at the time you need to. So you type a text and send it and whenever that person is available the message goes through. You only need a few seconds to either send or receive a text so if you are going in or out or an area with questionable reception it still works. An example: You know of an accident on the 101N, Hollywood freeway in Downtown LA. You get home and it is 3:30 PM. You know you have a friend that will be leaving work at 4 PM and he gets no reception in his building or area during the day. You can wait till 4 and try to catch them before they get in the car and tell them to take another route or you can send a text and it will be delivered as soon as that friend walks out into an area where he gets even one bar. It is a great tool when used properly. I use it most when I have friends over seas. I can text them even if it is midnight where they are. They will receive it when they get up and only pay the texting charge as opposed to 10 buck a minute to talk. And no I don't try to text while driving. |
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Replying to: boaz47 (Sep 29, 2008 11:27 am) Well it might come down to how painful the choice made was, or it might come down to best value. So, for instance, I insist on wearing Levi 501 jeans, however I also will try to buy them at the best possible price, or, I enjoy driving down to Cape May, and have not changed how often I do so, however $2.00 a gallon is still different from $4.00. I'm lucky (or foolish) enough that my choices are not proscribed. In my case, economy was not a factor with this particular manual tranny, though it might be with another vehicle, bought for another purpose.
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Replying to: ny540i6 (Sep 29, 2008 1:37 pm) In addition it is inconsistent to complain about SUVs and Full size pickup trucks with their automatic transmissions being "un-necessary and wasteful if you indeed believed we had a right to drive just for the pleasure of driving and because we as individuals can afford it. My origional contention was that the weekend family drive has fallen out of favor due to the cost of fuel and how using fuel just because has become politically incorrect. I just wonder if the post that included the idea that they drove as many miles as they wanted and burning just as much fuel as they wanted could be supported as being responsible in view of how much foreign oil we import today? I wonder how such a philosophy would apply if every driver felt the same? But I should appoligise to cdnpinhead and Iluve for injecting this into this topic. The future of the manual will be effected by the type of vehicles we will have offered to us far more than what we might prefer. As an example if Nippon wanted the new 5 door Yaris he has posted about in the small car forum his only option is a automatic. Toyota doesn't seem to feel a manual is necessary at this time for this car. |
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