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snooper2

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20. Ferrari doesn't make a manual anymore either
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 01:47 PM
Apr 2015

like, really

Of course with technology, the new Dodge Hellcat automatic 8 speed shifts in fraction of a second. Faster than any human ever could-

But, there is something about side-stepping the clutch that is awesome still



The Last Fully Manual Ferrari

By Tony Borroz, 22 March 2010
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It's a sad day for purists – and yes, on some days. I am accused of being one myself. Likewise, on both counts, it is a sad day for the Ferraristi out there – and again, I am most definitely one of those. The currently available Ferrari California Spyder will be the last car produced from Maranello that has an available stick shift.

I have long been a proponent of manual transmission cars over automatics for all of the reasons obvious to gearheads. Of course, technology marches forward, and over time, and automatics, or at least semi-automatics, have more than caught up to what manuals ca deliver, performance and efficiency-wise.

http://www.carthrottle.com/post/the-last-fully-manual-ferrari/

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there used to be a MPG advantage to a stick but that is no longer the case. corkhead Apr 2015 #1
Ford quit putting them in all trucks back in 2013. n/t oneshooter Apr 2015 #3
Ferrari doesn't make a manual anymore either snooper2 Apr 2015 #20
Some of us can't even operate a manual. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2015 #2
and too many can't even read one. n/t TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #12
ROFLMAO snooper2 Apr 2015 #21
I love to work a manual transmission on an open, curvy road Auggie Apr 2015 #4
My wife has always had a manual tranny titaniumsalute Apr 2015 #5
Love manual transmissions. Several of our cars have them. Brickbat Apr 2015 #6
I drove manual transmission cars until I was sufrommich Apr 2015 #7
It's a US thing to drive automatics tammywammy Apr 2015 #8
not in Europe Locrian Apr 2015 #9
They never go bad. An automatic eventually Ron Green Apr 2015 #10
Is that the printed thingy in the glove box... TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #11
I haven't owned an automatic trans in 25 years Galileo126 Apr 2015 #13
FOUR ON THE FLOOR!!!! Hepburn Apr 2015 #14
Good and bad pipi_k Apr 2015 #15
Caveat: In America Xithras Apr 2015 #16
The scarcity of automatic transmissionsin the UK is a plot point in JK Rowling's latest Retrograde Apr 2015 #17
She hadn't been doing it long. Xithras Apr 2015 #19
My car has a manual transmission as well as a manual top and even manual windows Fumesucker Apr 2015 #18
I have that one in black! 110k and 16 years old, it's awesome! bettyellen Apr 2015 #23
I love manual, forced you to be an engaged and playful driver bettyellen Apr 2015 #22
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