On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 5:36:59 AM UTC-10, Mike Duffy wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 02:18:09 -0700, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> > Being unable to eat with chopsticks is like being unable to drive a
> > stick shift.
> Don't get me started. A few months ago had to buy a car. I was mortified
> to discover that the only ones left with a stick nowadays are Jeeps and
> really expensive sports cars.
>
> So I got a used 2017 Forester; the last year it was made with a stick.
>
> And now I will never buy any car without all-wheel drive, but that is
> another story I will save for the next time Bruce accuses Dave of being
> too informative.

You can't get cars with manual transmissions because there's not enough people buying them. I suppose more people could be made to buy them by having them pay a premium for automatics - like in the old days. We were offered a 6 speed car for free and it was okay. In the end I didn't want it because I don't trust anybody around here to park it in gear and use the parking brake - including me.
What I'd like to get is an old Mazda Miata. Of course that would have to have a 5 speed. I'm not interested in an automatic Miata but the point is moot - my wife is scared to death of that car. That's the brakes.