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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I always liked standard trans more than auto. Every VW I owned except y 73 type 3 was stick . In my 70 odd years I’ve had 3 auto trans cars or trucks . As far as I can tell most US cars now are auto trans and few new models of any make offer a stick. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:fisherfarms@gmail.com">Mike Fisher</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, February 15, 2019 5:33 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:type3@vwtype3.org">T3 List</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [T3] Questions on Other Cars....</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wasn't into revving the gas/slipping the clutch/shifting to 2nd after</p><p class=MsoNormal>only going 20 feet so I sold the '67 4 speed square and bought a '69 FI/AT</p><p class=MsoNormal>square!</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 5:25 PM Keith Park <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Why dont more of us in the US drive standard tranny's?</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Dave makes good points. Ill stick with the Sqauare, but keep it out of</p><p class=MsoNormal>> washington DC traffic nowadays.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Keith</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Topnotch Restorations</p><p class=MsoNormal>> topnotch@nycap.rr.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>> http://www.topnotchresto.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>> 71 Squareback "Hothe"</p><p class=MsoNormal>> 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"</p><p class=MsoNormal>> 93 RX7 "Redstur"</p><p class=MsoNormal>> 95 Chrysler Cirrus Lxi "Cirfogsalot"</p><p class=MsoNormal>> "hanging out at the tail end of the bell</p><p class=MsoNormal>> curve, and loving every minute of it!"</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> -----Original Message-----</p><p class=MsoNormal>> From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org]</p><p class=MsoNormal>> On Behalf Of Dave Hall</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 7:10 AM</p><p class=MsoNormal>> To: type3@vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Subject: Re: [T3] Questions on Other Cars....</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> You can't ignore the safety improvements that have taken place, with</p><p class=MsoNormal>> crumple</p><p class=MsoNormal>> zones to absorb impacts, though I agree with the comments on added</p><p class=MsoNormal>> complication of radio operation.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> The sloping fronts are a feature of fuel-saving aerodynamic design, as well</p><p class=MsoNormal>> as less dangerous to pedestrians if they are hit.</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Air-con, fitted almost universally these days, reduces the need for</p><p class=MsoNormal>> vent-wing windows.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Non-glass lenses speak for themselves, and ride-heights are another</p><p class=MsoNormal>> consequence of reduction of drag</p><p class=MsoNormal>> .</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> I don't know why the colours have to be drab - but that's gradually</p><p class=MsoNormal>> changing, too. The Jetta we hired for the last invasion was a beautiful</p><p class=MsoNormal>> bright metallic Pacific blue and returned 40 mp(us)g on the highway on gas,</p><p class=MsoNormal>> about what our old '99 diesel Jetta wagon still gives on a motorway. The</p><p class=MsoNormal>> modern TSi engines are good performers, and married to the DSG autobox in</p><p class=MsoNormal>> our Polo and Golf SV are serving us well as we move into old age! Why</p><p class=MsoNormal>> don't</p><p class=MsoNormal>> more people have autotrans in the UK?</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> So, I'm liking our new cars, but not giving up on the old ones yet. My</p><p class=MsoNormal>> (project) '59 Beetle turned 60 yesterday. After owning it most of its</p><p class=MsoNormal>> life,</p><p class=MsoNormal>> I hope I can last long enough to finish it and drive it again!</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> So drive your 40-year old cars carefully and defensively, so you never need</p><p class=MsoNormal>> to rely on their less-modern safety features.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Dave</p><p class=MsoNormal>> UK VW Type 3&4 Club</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> -----Original Message-----</p><p class=MsoNormal>> From: type3-vwtype3.org <type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org> On</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Behalf Of J. Jonik</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Sent: 15 February 2019 04:19</p><p class=MsoNormal>> To: type3@vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Subject: [T3] Questions on Other Cars....</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> What's with the New Cars? (Question from an over-40 year Squareback</p><p class=MsoNormal>> owner.)</p><p class=MsoNormal>> - No easy radio turn dials so you don't have to take eyes off the road.- No</p><p class=MsoNormal>> wing vents, so you don't blow hats off those in back seat to get some</p><p class=MsoNormal>> air....or vent cig smoke.</p><p class=MsoNormal>> - Many newer cars slope down in front, as if ready to dig into an</p><p class=MsoNormal>> embankment.- No "sacrifice" bumpers, easier and cheaper to replace/repair</p><p class=MsoNormal>> than the whole front or rear end.- No front bench seats. (Not that T-3s</p><p class=MsoNormal>> have</p><p class=MsoNormal>> them.)</p><p class=MsoNormal>> - No glass headlight lenses...which don't cloud up like the new</p><p class=MsoNormal>> designer-shaped plastic versions.- Many are so low to the ground that one</p><p class=MsoNormal>> couldn't get over a curb, steep driveway, or bump in a lawn.- No</p><p class=MsoNormal>> hubcaps...replaced by "spoked" stylish, , silvery, expensive wheel rims.-</p><p class=MsoNormal>> No</p><p class=MsoNormal>> colors to speak of. Most cars are colorless gray, white, black, "silver",</p><p class=MsoNormal>> or dull reds, greens, etc.- No proper size spare tires to just change to if</p><p class=MsoNormal>> needed.- And....most cars are oversize, taking up parking space, hard to</p><p class=MsoNormal>> find parking, and impossible to push out of snowdrifts, etc.</p><p class=MsoNormal>> These are not "volks" (people-friendy, people-fixable) 'wagens".</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> -------------- next part --------------</p><p class=MsoNormal>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</p><p class=MsoNormal>> URL:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> <</p><p class=MsoNormal>> http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20190215/6</p><p class=MsoNormal>> d54449b/attachment.html</p><p class=MsoNormal>> <http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20190215/6d54449b/attachment.html></p><p class=MsoNormal>> ></p><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org To unsubscribe or change</p><p class=MsoNormal>> subscription options, visit:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>> If you need more help, contact: gregm@vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>> If you need more help, contact: gregm@vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>> If you need more help, contact: gregm@vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- </p><p class=MsoNormal>Eugene, Oregon</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/mr_bojangles500/</p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------- next part --------------</p><p class=MsoNormal>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</p><p class=MsoNormal>URL: <http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20190215/242f45ab/attachment.html></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>If you need more help, contact: gregm@vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>