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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Nice thread on manual trannys……………..my window sticker for the Healey.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=707 height=299 style='width:7.368in;height:3.118in' id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DA70AA.8ADCD350"></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:springer.mike51@gmail.com">Michael MacLean</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, March 7, 2024 2:30 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com">HealeyRick</a>; <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">Ahealey help</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] [O/T] Manuals</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mike MacLean</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 10:15 AM HealeyRick <<a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'>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.</p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'>Rick Neville aka HealeyRick</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'>On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 3:16 AM Simon Lachlan <<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'><span lang=EN-GB>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?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'><span lang=EN-GB>Just curious….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'><span lang=EN-GB>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'><b>From:</b> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>ahbn6--- via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 7, 2024 12:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Richard Mayor' <<a href="mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com">boyracer466@gmail.com</a>>; 'HealeyRick' <<a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Healeys' <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] [O/T] Manuals<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif'>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.</span></b><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif'> </span></b><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif'>John Sims</span></b><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.healey6.com/"><span style='color:#467886'>www.healey6.com</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif'>Matawan, NJ</span></b><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif'> </span></b><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'><b>From:</b> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Mayor<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 6, 2024 8:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> HealeyRick <<a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] [O/T] Manuals<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'>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. <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:9.6pt'>Richard Mayor<br><a href="mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com">boyracer466@gmail.com</a><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:9.6pt'> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:45.6pt'>On Mar 6, 2024, at 4:01 PM, HealeyRick <<a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:45.6pt'> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:45.6pt'>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. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/malden-carjacking-victim-says-stick-shift-saved-her-baby/">https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/malden-carjacking-victim-says-stick-shift-saved-her-baby/</a><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:45.6pt'> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:45.6pt'>Rick Neville aka HealeyRick<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:45.6pt'> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:45.6pt'>On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 8:18<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>AM Richard Collins via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.7in'>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 ?<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.7in'>lol<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.7in'> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-3893135442207698922m_-8833193800283934960m_7394876278425810384Signature"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.7in'>Regards,<br>Richard C<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.7in'>BN7 440<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.7in;text-align:center'><img border=0 width=471 height=1 style='width:4.9027in;height:.0069in' id="Horizontal_x0020_Line_x0020_1" src="cid:image005.png@01DA70AA.8ADCD350"></p><div id="m_-3893135442207698922m_-8833193800283934960m_7394876278425810384divRplyFwdMsg"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.7in'><b>From:</b> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> on behalf of Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 4, 2024 7:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] [O/T] Manuals <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.7in'> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.7in'>I love Brit humor almost as much as I love their old cars.<br><br><a 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