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I take exception to 'for old men who can't shift or parallel park'. I believe it's the young
that can't shift or parallel park.
My 3 grandsons can't shift nor do thay want to
learn. Heck, even Daniel Craig can't drive a stick.
So my insurance rates should drop, beacause the
number of potential thiefs of my stick shift cars are on the
decline.:-)
Stephen
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Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Save the
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Agree - the article makes a weak attempt to tie youth
driver-ed/apathy to the decline of the clutch pedal. That link
isn't there, sorry. There are LOTS of other factors going-on to
discuss why only 30% of 16 year olds have a DL. Anyone price auto
insurance lately for a 16 year old? Or the average car price has
climbed to well-north of $23K? Or highway fatality statistics
regarding deaths in that age group? Or the economy/jobs
situation?
The basic premise I agree with, however. The manual is in
decline - we'll all be driving paddle-shifters in the future, but they
DO help you get around the racetrack faster. Drivers/Customers
will have to decide which is more important - a clutch pedal, or shifts
that happen in microseconds.
M
--- On Fri, 7/23/10, Mike Fleischer
<themightytoe [at] gmail.com> wrote:
From:
Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com>
Subject: Re:
[Ferrari] NFC: Save the Manuals!!
To: "Michael"
<Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList"
<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Date: Friday, July 23, 2010, 11:22
AM
OK I am all for this clearly, but when I
read the article suggesting 30% of 16 year olds are getting their
licenses and the rest think driving is lame... Not sure
what to make of that? On the one hand I am happy there will be
fewer drivers out there crowding the roads, on the other hand these
kids will eventually be living in Mom and Dad's basement since they
lack the mobility, on the other hand they will eventually learn to
drive much later in life, so even less experienced drivers, on the
other hand if they did that, then they likely would not go through
"driver's ed" and would have gotten a real instructor and lessons,
making them overall better drivers... But really how dare
Ferrari... When I think about it really. This is a company
that used to make sports cars, now they make very fast cars for old
men who can't shift or parallel park. They have become the gold
chain standard with this move to elecro-fit every vehicle such that
all you need to do to go fast is mash the pedal and steer... I
read something like 6% of lamborghini's being sold last year had a
manual also... If I wanted that I'd use my PS3 controller and
lean in my chair a lot. What a sad testament to driving
overall. Sad sad sad. I was at Lake Forest Sports cars
this week for a car club meeting. They had a lot of very pretty
cars, including an SLR and an MC12. The only new cars there that
you could row your own in were the Lotus's... AM's? nope,
Maserati's? nope, Ferrari's? nope, not a one had 3 pedals
on the floor. Not one. If you wanted that, you would have
to purchase a used vehicle. And they had 4 new Scuderia's on the
floor, gray, white, black and red... The nicest F car they
had was an older 512 TR, that thing was beautiful, and they had a 246
Dino also that was very nice. BR, Mike George
York wrote:
I wouldn't say it makes the car more
economic on Gas as the engine size and how you floor the
pedals to get that adrenaline rush is what its all about my friends!
Here Here on Manuals!!!!!!!!
GEO
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 7:46 AM
Subject: [Ferrari] NFC: Save the
Manuals!!
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/10q3/save_the_manuals!-car_and_driver
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