[Leica] OT: Automatic Transmissions Are Deadly Boring

[creativevisions at verizon.net (Michael J Herring)]

Yes, you do become more cranky as he day (or night) goes on.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@aya.yale.edu>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 12:30 AM
Subject: [Leica] OT: Automatic Transmissions Are Deadly Boring


> At 07:14 PM 6/3/05 -0700, Doug Herr wrote:
>
>>an automatic transmission is mighty handy when you've got 5,000+ lb of
>>horse and trailer stuck to the rear of your truck.  Sometimes there are
>>more
>>important things to think about than shifting gears, like keeping the
>>horses
>>from getting injured or keeping the trailer from driving the truck.
This
>>is
>>especially true when there are small passengers who also demand
attention.
>>These passengers also prefer the smooth shifts of an auto to the uneven
>>accelleration typical of the manual tranny, particularly in mountainous
>>terrain; it can make the difference between an enjoyable trip and
stopping
>>to empty the barf bucket.  To each his own.
>
>
> Doug
>
> First there are damn few of us who have to haul horses around.  My wife
> grew up doing so and was rather shocked at your statements:  she simply
> said, "he never rode with me, did he?"
>
> What you are revealing is that you are an incapable driver, and you have
> the brass to brag about it.  Back off.  Learn to drive, learn to shift,
> and
> then let us speak of this.  If you want "smooth shifts", come and visit
> me,
> and I will teach you performance driving.
>
> And, then, there is that 10% kick in fuel economy by driving a stick.  I
> love that every time I gas up.
>
> Those who drive automtics are the sort of folks who should be denied a
> driver's license.  They are suckers and saps.
>
> There are no cheap victories.  If you want to drive, learn to do so, and
> drive with a manual transmission and drive with intelligence, vigor, and
> knowledge of the capacity of your car.  With an automatic, it all is so
> boring that you fall asleep and run off the road ...
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@aya.yale.edu
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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