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Originally Posted by chassis
Yes. Why? Because we can, we want to, and in some cases it's necessary.
I have travelled globally fairly extensively, and realize that high mileage automobile travel is not the norm in many countries. It is, however, for a certain segment of the US populace.
In Europe, for example, intercity train travel is fairly common. I have used this mode of transport while in Europe, and it is excellent. In the US, this option is poor or non-existent. Mostly non-existent.
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Because gasoline is not taxed out the ass in the US like it is in Europe...
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."