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Your choice for 2013 Manual Transmission Car of the Year

Poll ended at Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:37 pm

Chevy Sonic 1.4T
0
No votes
Dodge Dart
0
No votes
Ford Focus ST
1
10%
Porsche Cayman
1
10%
Subaru BRZ/Scion FR-S
5
50%
Volkswagen Golf R
3
30%
 
Total votes: 10
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Re: Manual Transmission Car of the Year

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And it looks like we have a winner...... :D
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Re: Manual Transmission Car of the Year

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Technically we should hold a runoff, but if people prefer to shortcut things and call a win for the Toyobaru, that's fine with me. The Porsche 911 would get the retroactive 2012 award.
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Runoff? I thought that was only if two were tied for 1st?
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Re: Manual Transmission Car of the Year

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Runoff if none got an outright majority (51%). But I'm just making this up as I go along, so no big deal :-)
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Re: Manual Transmission Car of the Year

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Well, I guess 50% is close enough to 51% :)
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Re: Manual Transmission Car of the Year

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ClutchDisc wrote:And it looks like we have a winner...... :D
GTHO...i call for a do-over, even if it means voting for one of the other cars... :roll: :shock: 8)

edit: i thought the 911 was in the runnings?? :o :? :!:
take the cayman out and put the 911 in if there aren't enough spots
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Re: Manual Transmission Car of the Year

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potownrob wrote:
ClutchDisc wrote:And it looks like we have a winner...... :D
GTHO...i call for a do-over, even if it means voting for one of the other cars... :roll: :shock: 8)

edit: i thought the 911 was in the runnings?? :o :? :!:
take the cayman out and put the 911 in if there aren't enough spots
Sorry Rob, no do-overs. We can have a runoff if you really want one, but with only 10 people voting it could overkill. Your Cayman won't be in the mix anyway since it wasn't a top 2 vote-getter. As for the 911, it ran unopposed for the 2012 award and will be deemed the winner of that award.

So, to sum up, here are the final results assuming we don't hold a runoff -

2013 StandardShift.com Manual Transmission Car of the Year:
Subaru BRZ/Scion FR-S

2012 StandardShift.com Manual Transmission Car of the Year (retroactively awarded):
Porsche 911
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Re: Manual Transmission Car of the Year

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Boston Fit wrote: Sorry Rob, no do-overs. We can have a runoff if you really want one, but with only 10 people voting it could overkill. Your Cayman won't be in the mix anyway since it wasn't a top 2 vote-getter. As for the 911, it ran unopposed for the 2012 award and will be deemed the winner of that award.

So, to sum up, here are the final results assuming we don't hold a runoff -

2013 StandardShift.com Manual Transmission Car of the Year:
Subaru BRZ/Scion FR-S

2012 StandardShift.com Manual Transmission Car of the Year (retroactively awarded):
Porsche 911
El LAME-O :!: :!: :shock: :?: :roll: :oops: :evil:
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Re: Manual Transmission Car of the Year

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potownrob wrote:El LAME-O
Better luck in 2014 :-)
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