[Healeys] [O/T] Manuals

[Michael MacLean]

I bought a new car in 2023 about the middle of the year due to a rear end
collision of my perfectly running 2012 Honda Accord Coupe.  I bought a
Mazda 3 Hatchback Premium edition because it was one of the few cars you
could buy with a manual 6 speed transmission.  Most of the cars on the
market today are CVT transmissions (no soul) except for high end
performance models and high priced sports cars.  My three British cars all,
of course, are stick shift.  My late Accord was a 5 speed manual
transmission.  The only vehicle I have owned in the last 40 years that was
an automatic was a 2000 Ford F150 I bought new.  The only reason for that
was you couldn't get a manual transmission in Fords trucks with V8 engines
and gas powered.  Not sure about the diesel trucks.  Manual transmissions
serve well as Millennal anti theft devices better than any expensive
electronic unit.
Mike MacLean

On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 10:15 AM HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com> wrote:

> I grew up in Massachusetts and when I was getting my driver's license in
> 1966 the law had just changed to allow drivers who got their license on an
> automatic to drive a manual. Before that unless you took your driver's test
> on a manual, you couldn't drive one. In 1967, I bought my cousin's bugeye
> (frogeye) and she gave me about a half-hour manual driving lesson.
> Fortunately, I lived in the country and lots of back roads amongst the
> cranberry bogs to practice my skills.
>
> Rick Neville aka HealeyRick
>
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 3:16 AM Simon Lachlan <
> simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> In the UK, if you take and pass(!) your test in an automatic you are only
>> licenced to drive an automatic. If you pass in a stick shift, you are
>> licenced for both. Is that the same all over?
>>
>> Just curious….
>>
>> Simon
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *ahbn6---
>> via Healeys
>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 7, 2024 12:48 PM
>> *To:* 'Richard Mayor' <boyracer466 at gmail.com>; 'HealeyRick' <
>> healeyrik at gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* 'Healeys' <healeys at autox.team.net>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] [O/T] Manuals
>>
>>
>>
>> *I learned on  a stick. Then spent 30 years on a slush box (as we called
>> automatic transmissions in my day) then bought my Healey. Started it up and
>> cruised with no problems. Obviously knowledge of how to shift manually
>> returned in an instant. Moral is, better to learn how to drive with a
>> manual transmission. You never forget.*
>>
>>
>>
>> *John Sims*
>>
>> *www.healey6.com <http://www.healey6.com/>*
>>
>> *Matawan, NJ*
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Richard
>> Mayor
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 6, 2024 8:56 PM
>> *To:* HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] [O/T] Manuals
>>
>>
>>
>> Just watched another series (“The Tourist”) where the guy does not know
>> how to drive a stick.  But the girl does. The bottom line is:  If you
>> cannot drive a stick then you are not a real car guy.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Richard Mayor
>> boyracer466 at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 6, 2024, at 4:01 PM, HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Being able to drive a stick is a life-skill worth having, especially if
>> you're a bank robber trying to hijack a getaway vehicle.
>> https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/malden-carjacking-victim-says-stick-shift-saved-her-baby/
>>
>>
>>
>> Rick Neville aka HealeyRick
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 8:18 AM Richard Collins via Healeys <
>> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> A good one; of course in the UK, they don't have the quantity of car
>> thieves we do in the States. So the advantage of the manual at least here
>> in the States is that few thieves know how to drive a stick.  Maybe we
>> stick owners should get an insurance discount ?
>>
>> lol
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Richard C
>>
>> BN7 440
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Bob
>> Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
>> *Sent:* Monday, March 4, 2024 7:34 AM
>> *To:* Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
>> *Subject:* [Healeys] [O/T] Manuals
>>
>>
>>
>> I love Brit humor almost as much as I love their old cars.
>>
>>
>> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/04/drivers-manual-gearboxes-dvla-automatic-cars
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