Manual shift transmissions are safer

[High Flya]

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Resale on those suck too.

I leased a MT car once, when I returned it at lease end, the dealer tried everything to convince me to buy it out.

Little did he know that I taught all my friends how to drive stick-shift on it the week before I returned it.

I was definitely *not* buying that car out.

That's changed in the last few years in my experience. There seems to be a 3 pedal premium over their failmatic equivalent for cars I've browsed over that time. I think it's now a niche market, a manual Forester is considered "rare" now, and sellers demand the premium that goes along with that.

 

[Lightcycle]

a manual Forester is considered "rare" now, and sellers demand the premium that goes along with that.

duuuude...

hush.

@Sunday Rider is just about to gift me one... plus cash to boot too...!

 

[Sunday Rider]

I don't own a car right now.

I'll take it.

Plus the money as well too...

I've seen the price of used cars, not to mention new ones. I think I will drive this one into the ground first.

 

[Lightcycle]

I've seen the price of used cars, not to mention new ones. I think I will drive this one into the ground first.

F-n @High Flya and his big mouth.

 

[Sunday Rider]

That's changed in the last few years in my experience. There seems to be a 3 pedal premium over their failmatic equivalent for cars I've browsed over that time. I think it's now a niche market, a manual Forester is considered "rare" now, and sellers demand the premium that goes along with that.

@Lightcycle Price just went up. Supply and demand!

 

[Lightcycle]

@Lightcycle Price just went up. Supply and demand!

fine.

You don't have to pay me to take your car. I'll take it off your hands for freesies.

 

[Sunday Rider]

fine.

You don't have to pay me to take your car. I'll take it off your hands for freesies.

Tough negotiator. Hmmm I will let you know in a 100,000 km

 

[Hardwrkr13]

I had a colleague that had a NA (1st gen) Miata strictly as a winter beater, and he convinced me to try something similar. I couldn't find any reasonably priced Miatas that weren't thrashed, rusty junk, or both, so I settled on a BRZ instead. Would still like to get a Miata (next?) someday.

Who the heck buys a Miata as a winter beater. Literally every single vehicle is better in the winter (and warmer inside).

 

[Lightcycle]

Who the heck buys a Miata as a winter beater. Literally every single vehicle is better in the winter (and warmer inside).

Whadayamean?

That front-engined/rear-drive layout is perfect for snow and ice!

Had to leave the FR car at Bay/Bloor parking lot after I couldn't get it up the hill at Mt. Pleasant after an ice storm. Had snows on too...

I wasn't the only one who had to turn back.

Since then I've invested in a hundred-odd pounds of pea gravel in sacks.

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