I think this article misses a key factor. As a normal sized Man, I prefer a small female (non-child) of any age to take the middle seat next to me. I always board first due to priority, and I prefer an aisle seat. I always have to wait for someone to take the middle seat. I always step out and let them enter the row.…

I don’t know if you have ever used the bus/shuttle system but it’s a joke. Just like in any city in the country. It takes 4 hours to go 20 minutes. The only people who use public transportation is the poors and the poor people who live in the Northeast. I wouldn’t wish public transportation in Florida on anyone.…

While I think this is a terrible idea, you have to give Amazon credit for thinking outside of the box.

While I agree with your point wholeheartedly, those people aren’t buying new cars. I find most of the 70 year olds are terrified of driving, almost as terrified as I am of them being on the road.

Safety is such a stupid excuse. You don’t need rear view cameras and blind spot warning systems if you can turn your head and check your blind spot like a responsible driver.

I don’t know about the olds, but maybe they just don’t see a need for a rear camera when they have been turning their heads and checking the blind spot successfully for the last 50 years.

Its simple, people are generally unskilled and lazy and are buying cars as appliances. They don’t buy manual transmissions, because they don’t intend to own the cars past warranty.

That’s a bad analogy. Lets say you have a nice turntable that you can service fairly inexpensively. Then you buy a new turntable that is supposed to be SOOOO much better with all these new features. Only when it breaks, you have to throw it out and buy a new one for $600 where as the old one just need a new transistor…

Once again, you are looking at it from an enthusiast point of view. I think driving a manual is cool kind of thing. That is not my point at all. My point is that manual transmission for the same model car are almost always a fraction the price of a failomatic. Its not an enthusiast thing, its a cost thing. Manuals are…

You are completely missing the main benefit of the Manual transmission to the used market. Its reliable, its cheap to service, and you don’t have to worry about it exploding from lack of service.

Well, considering I have physically replaced both manual and fail-o-matic transmissions in BMWs I can tell you that all that ham fisted shifting action really takes a toll on that clutch disk. Also, you can buy second hand manual transmissions all day long for $500. The BMW clutch kit, including clutch disk, pressure…

The maybach would be the closest thing to the 600 in the current century, and I bet its all off the shelf components that will all break down in the near future. The 600 is timeless, and so it doesn’t count.

While I agree that the amount of users is small, the amount of desirable second hand cars with proper manual transmissions is even smaller. This only serves to drive up the value of these cars. The more people who are too lazy/dumb to drive a manual, the more rare they are, and the more valuable they become. I fear a…

The hand built Mercedes 600 doesn’t count. It was obscenely expensive, ran like a ocean liner, and was abnormally smooth and well crafted. Hydraulics everywhere! So quiet. Mercedes doesn’t make anything like that anymore, and never will.

Just the opposite. Manuals are cheaper to replace, cheaper to service, and more reliable overall. Changing your $300 clutch and a few rubber mounting bits will render a like new operation. The Fail-o-matics will eventually require a $5000-$10,000 replacement. Manuals will ALWAYS be worth more on the used market,…

This is just stupid, and written by someone who doesn’t travel. Get one good travel bag. Not some cheap piece of crap that you got on sale. Mine has roller-blade wheels that I can replace, and spring loaded suspension for the wheels. Its heavier than the lightest bags, but its also a very sturdy bag with a locking…

The BMW M Coupe was made in America, and low mileage examples are currently selling for more than original sticker price.

You should have. Its a great car, cheap to maintain, and lasts forever.

You didn’t see the one that sold last week for $63,000?

What happens when you remove the speakers and sound system to install something that sounds decent?