KARL MOLTZAN wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Oct 1997 14:41:20 -0400 (EDT) Bruce Aaron Hefner
> <gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
>
> >> >
> >> Lord Foul - I'll tell you what "I" have against
> auto(matic)s vs 5-speed
> >> stick trannies: Autos cost more initially ($$$); they
> cost more in the
> >long
> >> run (generally higher fuel bill, repairs & maintenance);
> fewer gears than
> >a
> >> 5-speed (except in certain high-priced imports) mean
> less versatility to
> >> handle heavy load conditions; not as effective when
> driving on snow/ice;
> >> less fun to drive (for those of us who like to shift for
> ourselves; autos
> >> are more likely to be stolen (ask my son, whose business
> truck was saved
> >> because the crook who jumped in couldn't drive
> stick-shift. He saw it
> >> happen and said it was funny!); generally slower
> acceleration than a
> >> 5-speed stick, unless you modify it; they enable you to
> divert your
> >> attention from the driving process by allowing you to
> spend too much time
> >> on your cellular phone <G>; under certain heavy load
> conditions (like
> >> pulling a trailer up a hill), you have to floor it to
> make it downshift;
> >> and, most importantly, they enable really old/senile
> people . . . and
> >> certain others . . . to keep on driving long past when
> they should stop.
> >
> >> The only advantage to an automatic is that it enables
> you to drive
> >without
> >> shifting. Oh, I'll defend your right to own one. After
> all, driving
> >with
> >> one doesn't make you a bad person <G>!
> >>
> >> Dick (& Geri) Campagna, Mt Laurel, NJ
> campagna@nothinbut.net
> >> (Per favore, non mi rompere i coglioni. Grazie!)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >1st, autos have just as much power as sticks (The other
> day I pulled
> >about a 8,000 lb trailer with a '86 Ram with an auto, and
> still had enough
> >power to pass a guy going 40 mph in a 55, while going
> uphill, not to
> >mention the fact it would pull the trailer at about 15 mph
> without even
> >hitting gas),
>
> 6th Autos are more consistend in the 1/4 mile!!!
> Karl
>
> Depends on the driver!
KW
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