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Re: Would-be car thieves gave up because they couldn't drive a stick shift
« Reply #25 on: January 31, 2013, 05:07:52 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on January 31, 2013, 10:44:56 AM
I think everyone should be required to know how to operate a vehicle with a stick shift.

Ditto.
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Re: Would-be car thieves gave up because they couldn't drive a stick shift
« Reply #26 on: January 31, 2013, 06:18:08 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on January 31, 2013, 10:44:56 AM
I think everyone should be required to know how to operate a vehicle with a stick shift.

You do know that with the 2012 model year, Ford stopped making vehicles with manual transmissions, right? Claimed that their vehicles with automatic trannies were just as efficient as the ones with the manual, and so they discontinued making them due to declining market interest in them.
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Re: Would-be car thieves gave up because they couldn't drive a stick shift
« Reply #27 on: January 31, 2013, 08:44:55 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on January 31, 2013, 06:18:08 PM
You do know that with the 2012 model year, Ford stopped making vehicles with manual transmissions, right? Claimed that their vehicles with automatic trannies were just as efficient as the ones with the manual, and so they discontinued making them due to declining market interest in them.

WHAT?? No way...a Mustang without a gear shift is sacrilege in my book...
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Re: Would-be car thieves gave up because they couldn't drive a stick shift
« Reply #28 on: February 01, 2013, 09:28:59 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on January 31, 2013, 06:18:08 PM
You do know that with the 2012 model year, Ford stopped making vehicles with manual transmissions, right? Claimed that their vehicles with automatic trannies were just as efficient as the ones with the manual, and so they discontinued making them due to declining market interest in them.

I don't think Ford's the only company that's done that, but I am not positive.
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Re: Would-be car thieves gave up because they couldn't drive a stick shift
« Reply #29 on: February 01, 2013, 12:21:55 PM »
Quote from: dixierose on January 31, 2013, 08:44:55 PM
WHAT?? No way...a Mustang without a gear shift is sacrilege in my book...

Is this a real recent development ?

don't tell that to the $70,000 Shelby I sold last fall  ...she had a real smooth 6spd stick ....

or the Focus Titanium that is on the local lot with a nice stick ...
Ford added the manual to the upscale Focus due to customer demand ... the ST also comes with a manual ...
unless , maybe they came off the line beforehand ?
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Re: Would-be car thieves gave up because they couldn't drive a stick shift
« Reply #30 on: February 01, 2013, 03:54:44 PM »
Quote from: Johnny Yuma on February 01, 2013, 12:21:55 PM
Is this a real recent development ?

don't tell that to the $70,000 Shelby I sold last fall  ...she had a real smooth 6spd stick ....

or the Focus Titanium that is on the local lot with a nice stick ...
Ford added the manual to the upscale Focus due to customer demand ... the ST also comes with a manual ...
unless , maybe they came off the line beforehand ?

All I'm doing is repeating what the Ford Dealership told me.  Went there looking for a replacement for my Ranger (with the 5-speed manual) and they said that Ford isn't equipping manual transmissions on their vehicles anymore.
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Re: Would-be car thieves gave up because they couldn't drive a stick shift
« Reply #31 on: February 01, 2013, 04:43:37 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on February 01, 2013, 03:54:44 PM
All I'm doing is repeating what the Ford Dealership told me.  Went there looking for a replacement for my Ranger (with the 5-speed manual) and they said that Ford isn't equipping manual transmissions on their vehicles anymore.

The real problem is ... Ford isn't making a replacement for the Ranger , but , that's a whole nudder thread ! :bawl:
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