Surfnshannon Posted August 8, 2003 Author Share Posted August 8, 2003 Yes automatic is almost standard nowadays in America. Nobody likes manual for the fact you mention. Its a pain in the ass when driving in the city. For the most part Manual does save you gas mileage and well the gas prices here are very high. Manual also is cheeper and that is why a lot of people end up getting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 My car has Tiptronic. (An automatic with a seperate gate if you want to shift manually. All the advantages of both, but with no clutch to worry about.) Yay! German engineering rocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Originally posted by edlib My car has Tiptronic. (An automatic with a seperate gate if you want to shift manually. All the advantages of both, but with no clutch to worry about.) Yay! German engineering rocks! yeah AUDI came up with a new transmission.. shifting times at ca. 0.04 secs i think. the clue .. PREselection.. possible through 2 clutch discs one for gear 1, 3, 5 and the other for the gears 2, 4, 6 .. available as tiptronic and fullautomatic.. and combined. our gasoline prices are around 1 euro per litre (1 litre= ca 0.26 gallons) .. means 4 euros per gallon. AND of that 1 euro 0,87 cents are tax.. ... but youre right sttct .. manual shifting is good to save gasoline..!! (i only sometimes drive a firmcar and since automatic cost more .. we only have manual shifted ones) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivy Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 LOL!!!!! the title had me going for a minute.. 'she's selling her son?!??!!' anyway.. thats a beautiful car.. if it was me i would take it to vegas and have a drive-through wedding instead only j/k well its better to have had and lost then never had at all... or something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artoo Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Daddy wants... Your car is BEAUTIFUL!!! I love classic cars like the one you have. It's got a great body design and it's American made! I'm too young to think about buying a classic car though... I kinda need to get out of schooling before I upgrade from my Buick. If there was anyway I could purchase it from you Shan... I would be out there on the next plane with $8000 in hand... and I wouldn't even ask for any extra work done on it. I'd wanna work on it myself. Good luck in finding the right buyer for your car Shan... cars that are that nice do not need to go to waste, they are American treasures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetorian Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Originally posted by Artoo Good luck in finding the right buyer for your car Shan... cars that are that nice do not need to go to waste, they are American treasures. Well said, Artoo! STTCT- I have a few friends at work who are really big in classic cars. Their both out of the office right now, but I think one of them should be back soon. (He better be, I can't take my lunch until he returns and watches the loading docks and warehouse for me...I NEED FOOD!) Anyway, I'll ask them about prices...they should have a good idea what that would normally go for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediduo Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 My dad had a 1965 Chevy Malibu SS. Rabbit White, only 11,000 made. We had to sell it, but we got a restorer to buy it. *grins dreamily* The thing was a beast. It was huge, and had a lot of power. I drove it several times. Awesome, wasn't it, Artoo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artoo Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 It was a battleship of the road! Seriously the thing was as wide as a car could legally be pretty much, and it wasn't very short either. Not to mention the solid iron frame! There are no namby-pamby crumple zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfnshannon Posted August 11, 2003 Author Share Posted August 11, 2003 heh...crumple zones. Cars like that didn't need them. They'd drive right through one of plastic cars today - anyday!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphi's Clone Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Ebay it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfnshannon Posted August 12, 2003 Author Share Posted August 12, 2003 It's really expensive and don't they get a chunk of the percentage of sale??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 I think they only get like 1% of thr sale price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediduo Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 OMG, Artoo!! Where did you find that? That's almost EXACTLY what it looked like, everyone. Unreal.... Well, we got a "new" car tonight. The local minor league baseball team was holding "Clunker Car Nite" where spectators could win old banged-up hupties that had been donated by local dealerships. To make a long story short, my family is now the proud owner(s) of a 1984 Oldsmobile 88. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 Originally posted by Chase Windu Don't sell it to Rhett. He acts upon his hickishness. He may try to make redneck babies in the back seat. Sell it to me. I don't do any of that sick, perverted hick stuff. It's only a matter of time before the bloodline takes over, and you give in to your heritage son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcom Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Few I nearly had a heart attack. Some girl killed her newborn I saw it on the news tonight, and they showed her apartment, the little baby had carebears too...sad sad sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I must have hit a soft spot. You KNOW Dixieland is calling you, just give in to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfnshannon Posted August 14, 2003 Author Share Posted August 14, 2003 Dollyland...u know he has gone there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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