Pros and cons of being a USA citizen
#76
Re: Pros and cons of being a USA citizen
What's not so fun is taking your manual tranny car to valet parking and no one knows how to drive it.
#78
Re: Pros and cons of being a USA citizen
You went looking for with a Golf GTI ?
Herzog-Meier Volkswagen
4275 SW 139th Way Beaverton, OR 97005
New Volkswagen Inventory | Herzog-Meier Volkswagen in Beaverton
4 manuals out of 10
Herzog-Meier Volkswagen
4275 SW 139th Way Beaverton, OR 97005
New Volkswagen Inventory | Herzog-Meier Volkswagen in Beaverton
4 manuals out of 10
We are now looking at minivans unfortunately, yuk.
#79
Re: Pros and cons of being a USA citizen
I took my truck for a service at the local Ford dealer, maybe 11-12 years ago. One of the service assistants took my keys and went outside to drive it in. She reappeared a moment later and exclaimed to one of the other service staff "It's a stickshift!" and handed the keys back.
#81
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I got my manual car back from valet parking once - the gear knob had been rotated by 90 degrees, which takes some serious strength and I have no idea why anyone would apply that much to it. Who knows what damage they did to it, car died from clutch/transmission problems 6 months later.
#82
Re: Pros and cons of being a USA citizen
Correct.
There was a story a few months ago about an armed car-jacking in Florida where the robber threatened the driver out of the vehicle at gun point. The robber then forced the driver back into the vehicle at gun poing because the robber couldn't drive a manual transmission. The driver was forced to take the robber several miles and drop him off.
There was a story a few months ago about an armed car-jacking in Florida where the robber threatened the driver out of the vehicle at gun point. The robber then forced the driver back into the vehicle at gun poing because the robber couldn't drive a manual transmission. The driver was forced to take the robber several miles and drop him off.
#83
Re: Pros and cons of being a USA citizen
they are also more difficult for the police to stop. The technique that they use to spin cars makes the engines in automatics stop. In a manual you just put your foot on the clutch and off you go again.
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#85
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This is not a joke. .... The officer caught up with me later, when I had parked and was already out of the car. I hadn't actually realised I was being chased.
#87
Re: Pros and cons of being a USA citizen
Correct.
There was a story a few months ago about an armed car-jacking in Florida where the robber threatened the driver out of the vehicle at gun point. The robber then forced the driver back into the vehicle at gun poing because the robber couldn't drive a manual transmission. The driver was forced to take the robber several miles and drop him off.
There was a story a few months ago about an armed car-jacking in Florida where the robber threatened the driver out of the vehicle at gun point. The robber then forced the driver back into the vehicle at gun poing because the robber couldn't drive a manual transmission. The driver was forced to take the robber several miles and drop him off.
#88
Re: Pros and cons of being a USA citizen
That's nearly as bad as one of my former neighbors (now deceased) who went to the drive thru window of the bank and robbed it using her own car. Of course, the car's photo was taken with the license plate. They were waiting for her before she got home.
#90
Re: Pros and cons of being a USA citizen
They're there, but they're not popular and definitely not on the second hand market and definitely not for anyone who doesn't want a sporty hatch and has crap and kids to haul around.
Plus, VW...not exactly a big deal down my way.