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Ace1 @ Apr 9th 2008 4:58AM
While I think that RCL1221 should reside to the fact that "slushbox" may have technically been the incorrect term, I totally agree with his point.
Many readers (from the States in particular) will not have 'driven stick' (for any meaningful time) and thus may not understand the tacit (emotional?) connection it creates between the driver and the vehicle.
Yes, everyone knows that 99% of the time a manual tranny is less efficient and it's more difficult to squeeze out a car's potential. But damn shifting feels good!
I'm sure I wasn't the only one who wept a tear of joy when BMW annunced a manual M5 (a car which is otherwise very technologically enhanced).
It is largey for this reason that the Ferrari F40 has remained my favourite car ...until Bugatti release a stick shift Veryron ....omg, I just pooped myself at the thought.