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for a car company(guess which one it is before you hit the link) to promote manual transmissions
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"The campaign is also for those of us who see a sports car, can't resist taking a peek into the cockpit, and are rewarded for our curiosity with a sinking feeling once we glimpse that cushy sequential shifter and those big "D, D1, R, N, P" toddler-style letters on the center console: the new campaign includes car stickers that tell passers-by that the vehicle has a stick"

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The percentages they present by region are interesting...I guess that's why we have so many northeastern-region folks on this forum.
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Mini was one of my guesses before I read the article. I was trying to think of companies that don't have a HUGE variety of cars they sell. That would limit the "manual up" campaign if they sold vehicles with auto-only. I was thinking it could also be for something like the Corvette, because they sometimes do separate advertising campaigns for that/Mustang/etc...

And do you really think it's 50% manual transmissions in the NE? That seems optimistic to me, but could just be my cynicism...
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I don't see many...eh, any...Minis here in NE. I guess if two have been sold one might be manual.
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I actually see a decent number of them here. And by that, I know I've seen more than 5 different ones. So that's something for WV. I do not know whether they were manuals or not: the majority of those 5-10 I've seen were parked while I was driving past, or driving on a highway.
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theholycow wrote:I don't see many...eh, any...Minis here in NE. I guess if two have been sold one might be manual.
There are a ton of Minis.

And that ad campaign is pretty obviously Mini
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The campaign is also for those of us who see a sports car, can't resist taking a peek into the cockpit, and are rewarded for our curiosity with a sinking feeling once we glimpse that cushy sequential shifter and those big "D, D1, R, N, P" toddler-style letters on the center console

I know that feeling well. Whenever I see a car that I know is available with a stick, I always take a peek to see if it has a stick shift. I'm always disappointed when it doesn't...

Surprisingly though, there are a lot of people with stick shifts where I work. And yes, a few Minis as well.
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Speaking of stickshifts at work. 3/4 people in the office that drive manual as their everyday car work for me. Coincidence? Yes. Lol.
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I'd actually put a sticker like this on my car's window if I could get one in a small size. Sort of a "save the manuals" conversation piece...

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AHTOXA wrote:Speaking of stickshifts at work. 3/4 people in the office that drive manual as their everyday car work for me. Coincidence? Yes. Lol.
At my job, it is the QA people who are the cool ones driving sticks. They have a Volkswagen CC, BMW 328i, Mustang GT Vert, Civic, and an S2000. And three of them are owned/driven by girls.
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Save the Manuals -
Collect the entier set!
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I miss this Image shift pattern. Mine is the pathetic version in my avatar. <-----
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six wrote:I miss this Image shift pattern. Mine is the pathetic version in my avatar. <-----
Could be wurst!

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six wrote:I miss this Image shift pattern. Mine is the pathetic version in my avatar. <-----
It's the same thing upside down. Just spin your knob around!

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That's what she said.
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