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Old 11-21-2013, 12:32 PM
Stuckinda60s Stuckinda60s is offline
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Originally Posted by Sirrotica View Post
The post was a question, you can answer it yes or no. There is a ? Question mark at the end of the sentence.
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"STUCK IN THE SIXTIES"IS A PHRASE, it is in no way a reference to a member here that decided to take that phrase and use it as their screen name. The phrase was around long before PY was. It also has a ? Question mark after it and a yes or no is a sufficient answer. The point was, that if you never change with the times, you get passed up.

You think I take it too seriously?

BTW, Goat Whore is the one that mentioned anyone that didn't want to change U joints was a girl:

I can shift a manual transmission fine, I drove semi truck from 2004-2010. It is no challenge to move my left leg and my right arm in a coordinated manner thousands of times in one day. Most times I float shifted it so the l didn't use the clutch while moving.

I can speed shift a muncie or a T 10 as fast as most anyone, but I can't beat an automatic for speed and consistency.

After driving a semi with a 10 speed for 12 hours 5-6 days a week I have no interest whatsoever in shifting my own personal car on the 36 mile drive home. I have probably shifted a manual transmission as much if not more times than most people on this board, in all kinds of equipment on and off road vehicles. It is monotonous and something I have done too much of and find unnecessary to enjoy in my own personal vehicles. May I suggest that all the manual transmission proponents get a job driving truck, and you'll get your fill of shifting a manual transmission.

I lost my need to manually change gears around 1973 after owning and building a 69 GTO street racer, with a T 400 switch pitch convertor with a Trans Go reprogramming kit. 4.33 gears, headers, roller cam, and, recalibrated Q Jet, distributor, and Ram Air. The T 400 took the punishment and just came back for more. No driveline failures as my previous 4 speed GTO and Firebirds had, I was sold on performance automatics.

If that's not enough information for anyone about my aversion to owning stick cars I apologize. I'm done posting on the subject, I have 2 projects in my garage awaiting completion that won't get done bantering about automatics and stick cars. BTW, these 2 projects will both have automatic transmissions.
There's no serious threat to your manhood, why do you feel it's so necessary to defend your preference for an automatic??? You prefer them, that's fine. Enough said.

GOAT WHORE made a general, tongue-in-cheek, statement. You took it personally. Is it any wonder that I took the use of my screen name personally, as well? I think I'm more justified in doing so than you are, considering the context or your "question".

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