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The Future Of The Manual Transmission

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#9575 of 9896 Re: nissan GT-R.... automatic :| [bpizzuti] by ruking1

Dec 11, 2012 (8:14 am)

Replying to: bpizzuti (Dec 11, 2012 8:05 am)
I would say yes and no. I have no real way of knowing if it (all 218 product offerings of M/T) is a 5 to 10% product mix and if it is and you know, one would know it or the dealer can "order" for you. Besides the only ones you/I would care about are the ones you would be inclined to drill down seriously on.

#9576 of 9896 Re: nissan GT-R.... automatic :| [ruking1] by michaell

Dec 11, 2012 (10:31 am)

Replying to: ruking1 (Dec 11, 2012 8:14 am)
Besides the only ones you/I would care about are the ones you would be inclined to drill down seriously on.
 
Cars that I've test driven over the past year or so with a manual transmission:
 
VW GTI
Volvo C30
Ford Mustang GT 5.0
Chevrolet Camaro SS
Chevrolet Sonic

#9577 of 9896 Re: nissan GT-R.... automatic :| [michaell] by ruking1

Dec 11, 2012 (10:46 am)

Replying to: michaell (Dec 11, 2012 10:31 am)
So you are saying you have not owned any of these?

#9578 of 9896 Re: nissan GT-R.... automatic :| [ruking1] by michaell

Dec 11, 2012 (1:22 pm)

Replying to: ruking1 (Dec 11, 2012 10:46 am)
So you are saying you have not owned any of these?
 
The last car I owned with a manual transmission was a 2003 Ford Focus ZX5.

#9579 of 9896 still out there by stickguy

Jan 07, 2013 (3:22 pm)

I stopped at a local produce store today, the best feature of which is the parking lot abuts a small used car lot. So of course, I have to wander through, just to check on inventory.
 
I parked right behind 2 cars that I actually like, and considered buying at 1 time. a 2009 Jetta GLI, and a 2008/9 Mazda 3 hatch.
 
notable of course is that they were both stick shifts. Beating the odds there!

#9581 of 9896 how funny by nippononly

Jan 12, 2013 (10:49 am)

I do that sometimes: inventory stick shifts as I'm walking through a parking lot to my car. Given that they supposedly make up such a tiny percentage of new car sales, you would be surprised how many I see.
 
And I thought there were years when the Jetta GLI came ONLY with a stick?

#9582 of 9896 Re: how funny [nippononly] by ruking1

Jan 12, 2013 (12:39 pm)

Replying to: nippononly (Jan 12, 2013 10:49 am)
In the days of being able to know if people have firearms, it is almost a state secret (federal in this case) what is the population of registered stick shifts. It is imbedded in the VIN number for talking out loud !?

#9583 of 9896 Re: how funny [ruking1] by habitat1

Jan 14, 2013 (5:54 am)

Replying to: ruking1 (Jan 12, 2013 12:39 pm)
Don't know if it's embedded in the VIN number in the form of a single digit or letter, but the complete VIN number will tell you whether its and auto or manual.
 
By the way, since I think you use cars.com to try to inventory different vehicles, be aware that this is NOT a good way to try to figure out automatic vs. manual inventories of new vehicles. I stopped sending e-mails at about a dozen, but fully half of the new 2012/2013 Porsche 911's listed in cars.com as "manual" transmissions are, in fact, PDK dual clutch autos. Several dealers e-mailed me back saying that the 7-speed PDK is really a "manual" (compared to the former Tiptronic) and cars.com didn't give them the option of putting in "auto-manual". That's a BS answer in my opinion. It either has a third pedal clutch or its an automatic.

#9584 of 9896 Re: how funny [habitat1] by bpizzuti

Jan 14, 2013 (6:21 am)

Replying to: habitat1 (Jan 14, 2013 5:54 am)
Life isn't simple, and if they're referring to it as a manual, then it's probably because its a manual transmission variant. It's certainly more manual than automatic, despite your tender feelings for your beloved clutch pedal.
 
Cars.com really needs to update their selections to include DCTs and CVTs, for clarity's sake. But you'll have to take that up with them.

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