Hour Rule

"Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available" (whoistheleader2) 07/05/2020 at 23:17 • Filed to: hour rule

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“Automatic”

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:

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/05/2020 at 23:29

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Is “entropy” automatic?

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/05/2020 at 23:52

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To some, yes 

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. 

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

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 :

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:

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

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.

Cé hé sin > PyramidHat 07/06/2020 at 02:34

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

kanadanmajava1 > fintail 07/06/2020 at 05:23

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

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 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.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 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.

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: