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Number: 4266
From: tasmaniac1
Date: Fri Jan 9, 2004  11:57 am
Subject: Re: Please read

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Re: Please read



--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...>
wrote:
> On a personal note.......
>
> Please, people, consider the "Why" of Why some folks buy sports
cars
> (or "Sporty-Cars") with an automatic. I have been the brunt of
much
> critique for having ordered an ascMcLaren Coupe with an
automatic.
> Consider this:
> I have an acquaintence who has a big job with a "Fortune 500"
> corporation, as 1st corporate accountant. He, due to a problem at
> birth, has about 65% use of his left foot. You'd never know it to
> see him walk. He cannot run, however. Using a clutch is simply
out
> of the question for him. He drives a Ferrari 365-A ~ It's the
ONLY
> Sports car besides a Corvette that offers an auto gear box. (and
the
> sole Ferrari !).
> Now me: I have been born with inheirted high blood pressure.
Both
> of my parents died from it. I take 7 pills a day, for it. If you
> are not counting, that's 210 a month and 2,520 a year. With this
my
> blood pressure is "normal" ~
> Without, I'd die from stroke. Because of all these pills, the
side
> effect (affect???) is that I have lost all feeling (sence of
touch)
> in my left toes (left foot's toes). It, therefore is possible,
but
> highly UNcomfortable for me to drive a stick.
> There are also (such as myself) many people who live in highly
> conjested areas, inner cities, whatever, rather than w-i-d-e open
> spaces, and in these here inner cities, or overpopulated suburbs,
> there are constant traffic lights, stop signs, etc, etc.
> On my daily commute of 6 miles south, and then 6 miles back, north
I
> encounter 30 traffic lights, 6 stop signs, and in the morning many
> school busses stopped at intersections, picking up 5 to 17 year
olds.
> Each of these requires braking and clutch-work ! Such is life in
New
> Jersey.
> So.............. If you prefer a manual tranny car, I certainly
can
> understand that, but when all of you reading this encounter a
person
> with a Hi Po car with an automatic, please, allow us to select
what
> we either need, (OR prefer)! By the way, in 1969 & 1970 Automatic
> OUTSOLD 4-Speed in Chry Co Hemis AND 440s, so, it ain't all bad.
> If I did NOT have the problem with the side effects from the
> mandatory blood pressure pills, and I lived in Iowa, I'd buy a 5-
> Speed too.
>
> I burn when I show my cars, and some 16 year old walks up, looks
in,
> and walks away muttering "slushbox" and completely discounts any
> validity of the car's existance, simply because it's an
automatic.
> He has mentally filed it "Over-There" with the 1963 AMC Rambler
> Classic and has lost the ability to appreciate the car on its
> merits. I refuse to even talk to this breed, as no matter what
I'd
> say....it's STILL and always will be.... a slush-box ! and, if I
> made $185,000 @ yr, I too would have a 365-A.
> I just wanted you guys to realize that we all cannot be lucky
enough
> to drive a stick, due to the cards the man above has delt us.

Just be glad that some of us can still drive. Who cares if you
prefer an auto or stick, big boobs or small on a chick, for the
ladies if size matters, for the kids if there is a santa or not.
It's what allows us all to be unique and different. I for one am
happy that they offered both tranny's and didn't cookie cut each car
to the same specifications. When I am ready I will opt to have
another ASC and that will be an automatic for shows and cruising. I
mean after all they are all slushboxes compared to todays new breed
of horse, hehe. :O)

-Nick