jsharr ★ Posted February 1, 2018 Share #1 Posted February 1, 2018 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted February 1, 2018 Share #2 Posted February 1, 2018 I'd buy it for you but I am poor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 1, 2018 Share #3 Posted February 1, 2018 Daughter#2 had strange things happen to her Jeep Liberty 2 nights ago. Grinding - loss of power - more grinding - more loss of power - RPMs jumping..... She called today to say she needs a new transmission. No warranty here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted February 1, 2018 Share #4 Posted February 1, 2018 Is there such a thing as a "manual transmission elitist"? I might be one. 1 3 5 2 4 6 R F T W ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted February 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, TrentonMakes said: Is there such a thing as a "manual transmission elitist"? I might be one. 1 3 5 2 4 6 R F T W ! A good friend had one of these. Best shifting car I ever drove. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadiejorge Posted February 1, 2018 Share #6 Posted February 1, 2018 My father's car had manual transmission and I found it absolutely tedious in high traffic areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted February 2, 2018 Share #7 Posted February 2, 2018 Save the manuals! (And I don't mean the one in the glove box.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted February 2, 2018 Share #8 Posted February 2, 2018 1 hour ago, roadiejorge said: My father's car had manual transmission and I found it absolutely tedious in high traffic areas. Drove a stick in LA traffic for years... I agree 100000000%. I had one from 1984 to 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted February 2, 2018 Share #9 Posted February 2, 2018 That shirt is hilarious. I love a manual, but I would be skeered for my clutch pulling my camper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted February 2, 2018 Share #10 Posted February 2, 2018 Manual transmissions suck ass, I love automatics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 2, 2018 Share #11 Posted February 2, 2018 19 hours ago, jsharr said: A good friend had one of these. Best shifting car I ever drove. 308? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 2, 2018 Share #12 Posted February 2, 2018 Wife and I always bought manual until her hips went bad and she had trouble with the clutch. We never had any issues with the transmissions and never had to replace a clutch. We taught three teenage boys to drive on the Honda and it still had the original clutch when I traded it in at 250,000+ miles. The last three years I drove it the odometer didn’t work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share #13 Posted February 2, 2018 2 hours ago, bikeman564™ said: 308? Yep, Euro spec, gray market 308 GTSi QV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted February 2, 2018 Share #14 Posted February 2, 2018 Two out of our three are manual (Jetta and Dodge pu). Jeep is automatic, but we bought it used from a friend. Know a fellow that bought an automatic pu about the same time we bought ours. When pulling a trailer loaded with cows, he indicated he had to shift it like a manual to keep going on the hills south of town. Needless to say, he wondered about the wisdom of his purchase. I'll admit, manuals can be tedious in traffic, particularly on ice and snow on sloping roads, but I try and avoid those situations. Sometimes use the e brake to keep from rolling back, if some yahoo pulls to close at an intersection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted February 2, 2018 Share #15 Posted February 2, 2018 26 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Wife and I always bought manual until her hips went bad and she had trouble with the clutch. We never had any issues with the transmissions and never had to replace a clutch. We taught three teenage boys to drive on the Honda and it still had the original clutch when I traded it in at 250,000+ miles. The last three years I drove it the odometer didn’t work. Unfortunately I replaced three.... the clutch in my '83 Lynx (aka Ford Escort) went around 100K miles but nothing about that car was very durable. My Bronco II had to have the transmission replaced and they did the clutch as a matter of course while they had it dismantled. (that clutch would have been a problem for many peoples' hips - took a lot of force, and it took me a while to un-learn that for the next vehicle) The Taurus SHO's clutch went I'd say around 120K miles. I bought the car with about 60K miles on it, so I will blame the driving habits of the previous owner. so I have owned three Ford cars, and I have replaced three clutches. Hm. On the other hand - I can't recall ever having repair work done on any of my/our (six) automatics. Hm. My wife did not learn how to drive a manual when she was a teenager, because both her older sisters did, and each wore out a clutch. My wife can drive one but she would never choose to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 2, 2018 Share #16 Posted February 2, 2018 When I worked in a garage I changed more Ford clutches than any other kind. I think most clutches now are ceramic. Pretty hard to burn up a ceramic clutch. We had one guy that drove a Studebaker E-Stick. He came in every six months for a new clutch. The clutch on those was engaged by oil pressure. He needed a new engine or a rebuild but clutches were realitivily cheap so he just kept having us change the clutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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