Hello Roy,   
      
      RW> Ewwwww. I grew up in IL...snow and ice isn't my   
        > favorite weather. I left IL in 1966 and have only   
        > been back to visit.   
      
   We don't get as much snow as we used to.   
      
      RW> No time like the present to learn stick. It's not   
        > that hard to do.   
      
       I have suggested that but he needs a car now to get to   
   work every day and it'll probably take him a while to gain enough comfort in a   
   "stick shift" to do that.   
      
      RW> 22.5:1 is low?   
      
       I'd have to look up some European cars to compare that   
   with.  That's what I've been told though.   
      
   -Andy Ball   
      
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