re manual shift bigots in a previous article dwjz bnr ca doug zolmer says in article apr rtsg mot com kissane black berkeley edu john g kissane writes as a matter of interest does anyone know why autos are so popular in the us while here in europe they are rare just wondering in many of our cities there are traffic signals every feet unsynchronised of course well here in ottawa anyway and the roads are so congested that shifting manually is a real pain in the left foot also most canadians are too stupid to learn how to shift manually gee i gotta co ordinate my two feet on the clutch brake and accelerator and i gotta steer shift and operate the signals optional and radio with my two hands duh it i agree wholeheartedly can t be done also most north american made cars come with the automatic as standard equipment so why bother with a manual when the car can shift for you for no addition money not sure about there in ca but here in us the manuals are quite often the standard equipment of course finding a car with one might be hard but if you read the sticker on the window there is usally an additional k or so tacked on for that lousy tranny so you actually are paying more just that it s sometimes hard to find one that is equipped standard this applies to most cars but not to the luxoyachts eg caddilac licolns etc drew
