I have heard that this was true, unfortunately I already had mine with tip. Peter Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 08:39:10 -0700 From: Paul Nicholson <paul@eisusa.com> Subject: [none] Hi, An employee of VW-Audi in Westlake, CA told me you can now order the 2000 A6 with a manual transmission. Has anyone else heard this? Paul