"Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig" (AndySheehan-StreetsideStig) 12/03/2014 at 15:43 • Filed to: None

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As the owner of a 63 hp 1980 Toyota Tercel with a 5 speed, I can honestly say that most cars with automatics are appliances, but every car with a manual is an experience.

jkm7680 > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig 12/03/2014 at 15:51

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gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig 12/03/2014 at 15:53

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My first car was one of those, only with a 3(?) speed automatic. WORST. CAR. EVER.

wkiernan > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig 12/03/2014 at 16:41

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Did you ever drive one of those with the automatic? I drove both varieties, and while the one with a stick was actually reasonably peppy (63 HP will get a car around pretty well when it weighs as much as a box of crackers), the automatic was so pokey it was actually dangerous on U.S. public roads.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > jkm7680 12/03/2014 at 16:43

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I've tried those. Never one that didn't make me feel like there was a creepy, silent old man sitting in the passenger seat, laying a moist hand on mine and shifting whenever he felt like it.

duurtlang > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig 12/03/2014 at 16:43

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After having driven some very dull cars with manuals, with a (pristine) 1999 Corolla hatch the worst of all, I can confidently claim that a horrible soulless car with a manual is still a horrible soulless car. A manual might spice things up slightly, but some cars are so horrible it's like a drop in the ocean.

jkm7680 > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig 12/03/2014 at 16:44

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I think I was Kinja'd. But I intended to put a picture of a Washing machine next to that.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > jkm7680 12/03/2014 at 16:45

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Ah. I thought you were referring to the "manumatic" as a compromise. But I agree.

jkm7680 > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig 12/03/2014 at 16:46

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Oh no, I totally got Kinja'd. Manaulmatics aren't my thing at all.

mr2gud2u > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig 12/03/2014 at 17:36

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I think it has more to do with the mind set of the driver. Cars have become appliances because of consumer apathy. Cars aren't amazing to the average person anymore.