I test drove an automatic and a manual when I bought my Carat new in 1990.
Hated the automatic, bought the manual. When my daughter got a 1990
automatic a few years ago, I loved it. Vanagons have sure changed a lot in
24 years.

Jim

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Aristotle Sagan
<killer.jupiter@gmail.com>wrote:

> Funny, I don't remember shifting my cars at all. It's automatic. And yes
> the car is a manual.
>
> The daughter, learning to drive in my Ferd 5 speed, has a better
> appreciation of my driving skills.
>
> At least if she wrecks the Ferd, it wasn't a Vanagon.
>
> tim in san jose
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I, too, find that I wouldn't have an automatic transmission, most
> > especially in a vehicle that ventures off the Interstates and city
> > streets.  Just yesterday I self-started my 84 5sp by pushing it by the
> door
> > post and hopping in to pop the clutch.  A minor delay as opposed to a
> major
> > production getting AAA to come (nearest AAA is over 50 miles away) I also
> > like being able to modulate the way it gets going by how I release the
> > clutch, and to choose a proper gear, to anticipate a driving situation I
> > can see, but some automatic shifter would mess up....like an un-asked for
> > shift when cornering on slick roads, or trying to rock out of a
> semi-stuck
> > situation.
> > So far I don't find shifting my own gears is too much work, the better
> > functionality certainly is worthwhile, in my world....if I commuted in LA
> > daily, then I might consider an automatic...
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in which
> case, you ain't got there yet.
>