I’ve driven a Prius for nine years after driving manual transmission cars almost exclusively for the previous 50 years. A CVT is inherent in the Prius hybrid design, but I miss the feel of a good manual transmission. (The steering is also very numb.) For a point of reference, my car previous to the …

there was this fellow from Crisfield, he was brilliant, but he talked like a crisfielder, if you know what I mean. well, when he went up to Harvard, the first thing he wanted to see was the library, so he asked another fellow. He said, “scuse me, can you tell me where the libary s at”? the fellow r…

just kidding, you are right of course. they spelled the name wrongly, as you rightly wrote.

@B.L.E .: All of the dictionaries I could find list “wrong” as a noun, an adjective, AND an adverb. Correcting grammar which is not wrong is wrong. Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three rights make a left.

were you wronged? hmmmm. its a verb too!

Well, this thread has certainly shifted gears from my original subject. Similar to automatic transmissions, these threads seem to have minds of their own. But it’s all right. I guess there wasn’t much left to say about manual transmissions. Rest assured that I do not feel wronged.

insightful Since Penelope was born in Madrid I remember her using the Spanish Cruz (cross). Did she sort of Americanize it?

I’d say Americans Americanized it for her.

[image] rplantz: They taught him that the fastest way to stop a car is to lock up the wheels with the brakes (implies no ABS) and crank the steering wheel all the way to one lock. That’s quite an assertion considering some of the contradictory advice I’ve seen that says keep the wheels straig…

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BobSmith1 September 22, 2016, 2:41pm 47

My Mazda 3 6spd manual gets me 38 mpg in my city and about 44 mpg on the highway. And its quick for a economy car.

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