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Evicatos
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by Evicatos » Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:41 pm
theholycow wrote:Oh. You're using the word "Amish" to describe manual transmissions. I was taking you seriously, I thought you were making automatic transmissions without safety interlocks for Amish-market farm trucks...
rofl me too. Hence my comment about them being called "harnesses". Once I realized he was talking about a good old manual transmission though, everything made sense. I think...
This whole thing reminds me of the "Amish email virus" that was circulating a while back, politely asking you to manually delete your most important files (since the Amish can't use computers "their" virus was based on the honor system).
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watkins
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by watkins » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:51 am
Peanuts, anyone?
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the dumblonde
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by the dumblonde » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:58 am
Pass some over here Watkins. Pretty please?
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comingbackdown
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by comingbackdown » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:10 am
Welcome to the forum!
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jomotopia
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by jomotopia » Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:11 am
um, welcome to the site. interesting intro.
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wannabe
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by wannabe » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:01 pm
...*lost* HI!!!! how are you
welcome. i'm still lost, but thats ok. i see the word amish and i think of the people from OH, IN, PA...etc
Currently not driving anything - the escort died april 2014 and there's no funds to replace it
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PILL
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by PILL » Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:01 pm
We call it a stick in Texas
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Rope-Pusher
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by Rope-Pusher » Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:50 pm
In sunny Michigan (well, today it is!), a stick is something we throw for the dog to fetch, but what do we know? We drink Vernors and we call it "POP". I still run into folks that call them "Standard" transmissions, but in more and more cases the "Standard" transmission is a Slushbox and the optional transmission is a Slushbox with one more gear range. I think I can get along fine with folks who call it a stick, but just don't get me started on the subject of "Autosticks" - AARGH!
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watkins
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by watkins » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:19 pm
Common terms: standard, standard shift, stick, stick shift, manual, whoa what the hell is that third pedal for?
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theholycow
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by theholycow » Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:21 pm
Rope-Pusher wrote:I still run into folks that call them "Standard" transmissions, but in more and more cases the "Standard" transmission is a Slushbox
I agree that "standard" is no longer an accurate way to describe them, nor is "5 speed" or "6 speed". "Manual" seems to be the only truly clear way to label these transmissions.
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by wannabe » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:33 am
my grandma calls it a gear shift...
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by wannabe » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:33 am
Rope-Pusher wrote:In sunny Michigan
it was sunny here today...where in MI are you?
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RITmusic2k
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by RITmusic2k » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:20 pm
My boss just called my car a direct-shift... I've never heard that one before.
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noob5,000,000
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by noob5,000,000 » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:17 pm
Welcome to SS!
wannabe wrote:Rope-Pusher wrote:In sunny Michigan
it was sunny here today...where in MI are you?
+1
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by Leedeth » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:58 pm
Welcome to the forums.
Lol, Amish transmission.
