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There were trucks and transmissions and stuff and my wife would watch it. I would have preferred no TV or at least something better, but those options weren't available.
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ClutchDisc wrote: Who said I don't realize the amount of technology in older vehicles?
Who said I was talking about you? I was generalizing....
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InlinePaul wrote: I just find it a hassle to use switches to run my window down and up.
Sorry, but that sentence doesn't make much sense. The only way to open and/or close a window that's less of a hassle than to hit a button would be if you could somehow do it with telepathy.
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Boston Fit wrote: Having owned both 5-speed and 6-speed gearboxes, I find that I don't have a strong preference either way (only a slight preference for 6 speeds).
I'd have no problem driving a 5-speed manual forever. My 6-speed is just fine, but a well-designed 5-speed with good ratios is just fine too. Probably the best gearbox I've ever had was the 5-speed in my E36 M3. It was perfectly matched to the engine and the ratios were just perfect in every gear, including 5th.
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Shadow wrote:
InlinePaul wrote: I just find it a hassle to use switches to run my window down and up.
Sorry, but that sentence doesn't make much sense. The only way to open and/or close a window that's less of a hassle than to hit a button would be if you could somehow do it with telepathy.
In fact, most cars these days that have electric windows have an auto up and down feature. Mine does. There's nothing more simple than hitting the button once to the "second stop" and have the window go down or up. You don't even have to hold it.

Sorry if this is turning into a Paul and clutchdisk gangbang here. I apologize, that was not the intention.
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Shadow wrote:
ClutchDisc wrote: Who said I don't realize the amount of technology in older vehicles?
Who said I was talking about you? I was generalizing....
It looked like it was in reference to me....because you replied to a reply that was directed at me.
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AHTOXA wrote:
Shadow wrote:
InlinePaul wrote: I just find it a hassle to use switches to run my window down and up.
Sorry, but that sentence doesn't make much sense. The only way to open and/or close a window that's less of a hassle than to hit a button would be if you could somehow do it with telepathy.
In fact, most cars these days that have electric windows have an auto up and down feature. Mine does. There's nothing more simple than hitting the button once to the "second stop" and have the window go down or up. You don't even have to hold it.

Sorry if this is turning into a Paul and clutchdisk gangbang here. I apologize, that was not the intention.
It's the simplicity of the mechanics that I like, not the simplicity of the action.
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ClutchDisc wrote:
Shadow wrote:
ClutchDisc wrote: Who said I don't realize the amount of technology in older vehicles?
Who said I was talking about you? I was generalizing....
It looked like it was in reference to me....because you replied to a reply that was directed at me.
Well, you and your old man definitely fit the description, but it wasn't directed at either of you. I know a few people who have the same mindset and I'm quite sure there are lots more people who feel the same way. I just think there's some irony there when one considers that even an relatively "old" car still has lots of technology in it. Maybe not the latest tech, but still tech nonetheless....
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AHTOXA wrote:
Shadow wrote:
InlinePaul wrote: I just find it a hassle to use switches to run my window down and up.
Sorry, but that sentence doesn't make much sense. The only way to open and/or close a window that's less of a hassle than to hit a button would be if you could somehow do it with telepathy.
In fact, most cars these days that have electric windows have an auto up and down feature. Mine does. There's nothing more simple than hitting the button once to the "second stop" and have the window go down or up. You don't even have to hold it.

Sorry if this is turning into a Paul and clutchdisk gangbang here. I apologize, that was not the intention.
Oh no, not the auto up auto down feature. The 2005 Mountaineer had that and if I tried to open the window just a crack, the stupid thing went all the way down. I did not like it. I still turn a crank at home to open my windows too. Or am I still in the dark ages there too? Do people have electric windows in houses these days?
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Usually the auto-up/auto-down is implemented with some kind of two-stage switch, either a detent or a minimum time it has to be pressed to activate the auto function.

There are times auto-up/auto-down is nice, particularly when you're dealing with some kind of guard shack or ticket booth, as it frees up both hands for steering and shifting while the window is still in transit so you don't have to wait or choose between steering and shifting. :)
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InlinePaul wrote:Oh no, not the auto up auto down feature. The 2005 Mountaineer had that and if I tried to open the window just a crack, the stupid thing went all the way down.
The problem wasn't the concept. It was the implementation. I've used plenty of express-down windows that would never do that, very easy to open just a crack.
I did not like it. I still turn a crank at home to open my windows too. Or am I still in the dark ages there too? Do people have electric windows in houses these days?
There are actually products that will open crank-operated roof windows so you don't have to use the long pole with the little crank lever on the end of it...and I bet they could easily be mounted to regular crank casement windows too.

I would appreciate power windows in the house even more than I'd appreciate them in the car. There are far more windows in the house and some of them can be hard to reach behind furniture. If I could open and close them all at once that'd be great. It would have been perfect yesterday, here we are in November and we got 66F weather for what may be the last time for the next 6 months.so I wanted that last dose of fresh air in the house. Even more useful would be to operate them over the internet/phone/etc, so I could leave them open when I leave for work in the morning, and if a big rainstorm started I could close them.
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InlinePaul and clutchdisc gangbang...
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That could get awkward. They're both dudes, and they're related. No thanks.
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You took that literally. :lol:
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AHTOXA wrote:You took that literally. :lol:
I guess we're both perverts, what with your dipstick and toilet paper. 8)
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Re: 8-speed manual

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Why is this news? It's on a truck - trucks have been using 10+ speed transmissions for decades. Aside from the incredibly inefficient shifter, it's nothing out of the ordinary.
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