re: American's and stick shifts

[Phil Rose <pjrose@servtech.com>]

Good grief! This article will give Phil Payne ammunition for _months_ to
come :(


>Americans Shift Down and Out
>Of Once-Popular Manual Transmissions
>By SARA KEHAULANI GOO
>Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

[snip echoes of "Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire" and "Sodom and Gemorah"]

>Something About Mary
>
>Many auto experts predict stick shifts will survive only in niche markets,
>including small economy cars, some trucks and high-priced sports cars aimed
>at drivers like Mary Ann Minick. Ms. Minick, a Chicago television producer,
>recently picked up her first serious sports car-a slick, silver V-10 Dodge
>Viper -- at the factory in Detroit. With a price tag of $66,500, Mrs. Minick
>acknowledges her car isn't exactly practical.
>
>"You drive this car because you want to have some fun," she says. "It's
>about blowing through the gears on the open road." And she can't do that
>with an automatic transmission? "That's for wimps, I'm sorry," she says.


Anyway, let's hear it for Ms. Mary Ann Minick!

Hey Audi: don't forget the Mary Anns!

Audi...?

Phil

Phil Rose				Rochester, NY
'89 100 (For Sale, 111K, automatic)
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