re manual shift bigots 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 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 john kissane motorola ireland ltd o o uucp uunet motcid glas kissanej mahon industrial estate internet kissanej glas rtsg mot com blackrock cork ireland u doug zolmer internet dwjz bnr ca disclaimer my opinions only bell northern research ltd ottawa ontario canada dept n service control point routing services design r
