Please, do your part. Save the Manuals.

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True story, having driven a 914 around on the parkway, I'm right there with you. Older cars are more fun the drive, and the transmission is part of that. I enjoy my manual transmission every day and do all I can to keep autos out of my house. The only complaints you'll hear from me in traffic are "damn this traffic, burning up my clutch". My left leg isn't the one complaining. I never ever ever prefer an auto.

I just also have to be realistic! They're going away. I was thinking about the same thing you mentioned though last night. If we really want to "save the manuals", complaining isn't going to do it, neither is writing your congressman. Has anyone done a study to see if teen accident rates are affected by transmission type? If we could show that manual transmissions save lives (maybe they don't), and parents understood that, then maybe they'd want to buy manual trans cars for their kids. :dunno: Just a thought.

Hell, make them all get CDLs too so they know what it's like to drive a 60,000lb truck with a 60' trailer...just so they know.

Great idea. Maybe they'd think twice before cutting off that tractor trailer if they knew the flip side of the coin.

I agree. Well, not with getting a CDL, but driver training SHOULD include driving the biggest, loaded down box truck you can rent. Those are scary enough. And you find out that all yellow lights aren't long enough. And yes, also driving like a MG or 914 or something. Both vehicles that take closer to 100% of your attention. I can only say that when I educate my children, it will include such tasks. Maybe there's something we could do to encourage driver training programs to include this?