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Old 01-08-2019, 01:45 PM   #8
Theo
Crazy Old Man
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Originally Posted by ff View Post
I gave up on MT's ~4 years ago. One primary reason for doing so led to another excuse, and then another, and so on. Now with so few decent and reasonably affordable sedans with a MT, I've stopped thinking about it almost entirely.

We're on the cusp of electric cars overtaking and killing off ICE'ed ones anyhow. When that happens we'll have, basically, no MT options at all. And not long after that the streets will be ruled by autonomous options, eliminating the need for private ownership. It is what it is.
Why do I keep thinking I will end of being the guy in Rush's "Red Barchetta" song. Slamming through gears in my old ICE car through the countryside chased by "Gleaming Alloy Air" Cars (Or in the real near world "Tesla's") as I run the deadly race.

UGH
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