N>I always had a manual transmission until I got a corporate car.  In stop and    
   go   
   N>traffice shifting gears keeps you sharp and awake.  My stupid automatic    
   impala   
   N>tends to get me to nod off.   
      
     Much easier on the knee's though! :)  When I bought my last car for   
   Andrea it was an automatic and after many years of manual transmission I   
   can tell you this... /IF/ I ever buy another car it will be automatic.   
      
     Year #2 for me only riding the motorcycle starts Friday.  (Already   
   over 3,000 klms on the bike since i called spring March 1'st :)   
      
   Shawn   
      
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