Hour Rule

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“Automatic”


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Kinja'd!!! fintail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
07/05/2020 at 23:24

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“Automatic” was something to brag about at a certain point in time:

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07/05/2020 at 23:29

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Is “entropy” automatic?


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07/05/2020 at 23:52

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To some, yes 


Kinja'd!!! Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > fintail
07/05/2020 at 23:53

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That would have shown them you've really made it: an automatic diesel Mercedes. You wouldn't be getting from person to person to impress them very quickly, but you'd look good doing it. 


Kinja'd!!! PyramidHat > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
07/05/2020 at 23:58

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Someone..Volvo, Peugeot, I cant remember had an automatí que


Kinja'd!!! fintail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
07/06/2020 at 00:00

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Thankfully those are FI gas models, so they can move along OK. But the badges exist on diesels, too, and these would be tough in some modern traffic situations :

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I think MB discontinued this badge in the early 70s, and it wasn’t consistently used.

When I was a kid, there was a Peugeot 604 in the neighborhood (gotta love the PNW), the auto versions were badged in French even for the USDM - this was tres exotique to me at a young age:

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Kinja'd!!! Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > PyramidHat
07/06/2020 at 00:15

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See Fintail’s comment ^

Peugeot


Kinja'd!!! Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > fintail
07/06/2020 at 00:16

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Thats kinda funny and quirky in a way Peugeot owners might like. Huh.


Kinja'd!!! Cé hé sin > PyramidHat
07/06/2020 at 02:34

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Peugeot. Wouldn’t have been Volvo because S wedish.


Kinja'd!!! kanadanmajava1 > fintail
07/06/2020 at 05:23

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Some manual transmissions did get emblems too. Picture by Zelandeth:

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07/06/2020 at 07:18

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Back in the day, these were a common sight on the boot lid of the later H series of Holden sedans and wagons. Naturally enough, this particular automatic transmission became known (rightly or wrongly) as the Traumatic.


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07/06/2020 at 08:57

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Hahaha I suppose they were just asking for that. 3 gears in a low powered slus hbox car could very well have been.


Kinja'd!!! fintail > kanadanmajava1
07/06/2020 at 13:11

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Quite a few had that yeah,  that 5th gear was quite a thing once. I recall these on early Tempo as well:

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