why no manual transmission?

#21

dizzy wrote:

Quote:

Esmail Bonakdarian wrote:

Should I just give up looking for manual transmission and surrender
to automatics? I just like having control over when the car shifts.

That's the real point of a manual. You have more control, and it's
more fun. As a bonus, they are somewhat more efficient.

While I could drive it fine, it felt odd, I didn't know what to do with
my right hand, and my left foot.

I suppose I could live with it if I had to.

#22

Cathy F. wrote:

Quote:

"Esmail Bonakdarian" <ebonak-a (AT) t-hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
Hmmm .. I would have said "enthusiasts" instead of people looking
for cheaper cars.

I agree. There's a feeling of control over a manual - when to shift - Vs.
the car deciding for you; and some people simply find it more fun to do the

shifting - they're more engaged in the driving process. Plus, the cost between
a manual & an automatic (last I checked into it, which granted, was several
years ago) was only $300 - 400 bucks. A semi drop in the bucket when pitted
against the cost of the car in general.

Yes, I was surprised how much the price difference has come down since
I bought my current car (1991;-)

Quote:

Should I just give up looking for manual transmission and surrender
to automatics? I just like having control over when the car shifts.

You can look & might get lucky, but I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you!

Yeah .. I'm slowly coming to terms with that thought :-(

#23

Dave L wrote:

Quote:

"Esmail Bonakdarian" <ebonak-a (AT) t-hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
Should I just give up looking for manual transmission and surrender
to automatics? I just like having control over when the car shifts.

Esmail

If they make it, it's out there - make sure it's available equipment in the
brochure. Try calling around to different dealerships or if they're
willing, have them do a locate for you.

hi,

Yup, I'll do that for sure -- after all this isn't a trivial purchase.

Esmail

#24

"Esmail Bonakdarian" <ebonak-a (AT) t-hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Dave L wrote:
"Esmail Bonakdarian" <ebonak-a (AT) t-hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
Should I just give up looking for manual transmission and surrender
to automatics? I just like having control over when the car shifts.

Esmail

If they make it, it's out there - make sure it's available equipment in
the brochure. Try calling around to different dealerships or if they're
willing, have them do a locate for you.

hi,

Yup, I'll do that for sure -- after all this isn't a trivial purchase.

As I said, you might strike it lucky... but this is what happened for me
back in '98 - for a ~2-month span my dealership combed the whole NE &
couldn't locate even one manual that also fit the rest of my chosen options
(which weren't all that weird - after all, it was a Corolla, which is pretty
mainstream). If I'd been way less picky, then I could've had a manual. But
as you say, a car purchase isn't exactly a small outlay of $$, so wanted to
get what I wanted to get, and in the end the correct permutation of options
& color won out over transmission.

Cathy

Quote:

Esmail

#25

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:52:35 -0400, "Cathy F." <clfr (AT) adelphiadot (DOT) net>
wrote:

Quote:

"Esmail Bonakdarian" <ebonak-a (AT) t-hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:dUEPg.3492$uj3.2043 (AT) trnddc08 (DOT) ..
Dave L wrote:
"Esmail Bonakdarian" <ebonak-a (AT) t-hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
Should I just give up looking for manual transmission and surrender
to automatics? I just like having control over when the car shifts.

Esmail

If they make it, it's out there - make sure it's available equipment in
the brochure. Try calling around to different dealerships or if they're
willing, have them do a locate for you.

hi,

Yup, I'll do that for sure -- after all this isn't a trivial purchase.

As I said, you might strike it lucky... but this is what happened for me
back in '98 - for a ~2-month span my dealership combed the whole NE &
couldn't locate even one manual that also fit the rest of my chosen options
(which weren't all that weird - after all, it was a Corolla, which is pretty
mainstream). If I'd been way less picky, then I could've had a manual. But
as you say, a car purchase isn't exactly a small outlay of $$, so wanted to
get what I wanted to get, and in the end the correct permutation of options
& color won out over transmission.

Cathy

My son wanted a new Corolla S.

We would NOT buy one in the south east because of the 700 bucks of
worthless crap that Southeastern Toyota adds to EVERY Toyota sold.

We contacted a dealer in Philadelphia who located a stick Corolla S
for us.

We flew to Philly, they met us and we drove the car back to Florida.

If anyone is interested, I'll give the name of the dealership. We had
an excellent experience.

--

Scott in Florida

#26

"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant (AT) mindspring (DOT) net> wrote

Quote:

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:52:35 -0400, "Cathy F." <clfr (AT) adelphiadot (DOT) net
wrote:

"Esmail Bonakdarian" <ebonak-a (AT) t-hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:dUEPg.3492$uj3.2043 (AT) trnddc08 (DOT) ..
Dave L wrote:
"Esmail Bonakdarian" <ebonak-a (AT) t-hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
Should I just give up looking for manual transmission and surrender
to automatics? I just like having control over when the car shifts.

Esmail

If they make it, it's out there - make sure it's available equipment in
the brochure. Try calling around to different dealerships or if
they're
willing, have them do a locate for you.

hi,

Yup, I'll do that for sure -- after all this isn't a trivial purchase.

As I said, you might strike it lucky... but this is what happened for me
back in '98 - for a ~2-month span my dealership combed the whole NE &
couldn't locate even one manual that also fit the rest of my chosen
options
(which weren't all that weird - after all, it was a Corolla, which is
pretty
mainstream). If I'd been way less picky, then I could've had a manual.
But
as you say, a car purchase isn't exactly a small outlay of $$, so wanted
to
get what I wanted to get, and in the end the correct permutation of
options
& color won out over transmission.

Cathy

My son wanted a new Corolla S.

We would NOT buy one in the south east because of the 700 bucks of
worthless crap that Southeastern Toyota adds to EVERY Toyota sold.

We contacted a dealer in Philadelphia who located a stick Corolla S
for us.

We flew to Philly, they met us and we drove the car back to Florida.

If anyone is interested, I'll give the name of the dealership. We had
an excellent experience.

I may be wrong, but my *guess* would be that the "S" model is more likely to
come w/ a 5-speed stick than the other Corolla models. The manual adding to
the sportiness factor.

Cathy

Quote:

--

Scott in Florida

#27

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:14:12 -0400, "Cathy F." <clfr (AT) adelphiadot (DOT) net>
wrote:

Quote:

I may be wrong, but my *guess* would be that the "S" model is more likely to
come w/ a 5-speed stick than the other Corolla models. The manual adding to
the sportiness factor.

Cathy

If you go to Toyota dot com you can find how many are available.

I found 268 CEs
43 LEs
and 83 Ss

Now that is only using my Florida zip code.

That is how I started the search for my son's Toy.

The dealer in Philadelphia searched and located the exact specs my son
wanted.

He wanted stick, black, sunroof, spoiler. They found it.

--

Scott in Florida

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