On 14 May 2005 17:59:39 -0700, "Harry K" >
wrote:

>
wrote:
>> It's just like acting and being an actor or actress. There are those
>> of you who would know what can happen if a person tries to *act a
>> certain character* rather than *be a certain character*. There is a
>> significant difference. The person just acting is not very credible
>> and he/she looks out of sync and overall out of place.
>>
>> On the other hand actors/actresses who do know how to act (and act
>> well), they actually *become* the character rather than *act* the
>> character.
>>
>> Vivian Leah was so good at being her character in front of the camera
>> to the point where her career gave her major manic depression that
>> could not be controlled by medication. She ended up recieved EST
>> (electric shock therapy). That just goes to show how commited she
>was
>> and that she was an amazing actress.
>>
>>
>> Now keeping all the above in line imagine all the cars in hill
>country.
>> Everyone driving their cars with manual transmissions are not riding
>> their brakes the way those driving their automatic transmission cars
>> are doing. This is because the drivers with manual transmissions are
>> synchronized with not only the gradients of the road but with their
>> vehicles RPM's and MPH as well.
>>
>> The drivers with their manual transmissions are "being the car",
>rather
>> than the drivers with their slush boxes that are merely
>"acting/driving
>> the car".
>>
>> Ever heard of the expression, "Don't drive the car, be the car"?
>Well
>> this is where it comes from.
>>
>> Drivers in their slush box cars should be banned from the road.
>Anyone
>> so lazy that they can't shift gears and be in sync with the
>automobile
>> and the road shouldn't be driving. And for the DMV road test, all
>> drivers need to required to take the test driving a manual
>transmission
>> car, otherwise they won't be able to test on an automatic.
>>
>> It's the principle of it. Drivers in their slush box cars are a
>> nuisance on the road, more particularly in hill country.
>
>While I am a fan of manual myself, your theory lacks credibility.
>There is absolutely no difference on the highway between the two as far
>as 'being the car' or 'driving the car' goes. Once your speed is up to
>the flow, nothing shifts in either tranny for hundreds of miles. It is
>only in slow, congested traffic that there is a difference. There I
>give the bennies to the slushbox, especially in hilly territory.
>Considering 85-90% of drivers on the road who can only 'go with the
>car' and barely do that, do you -really- want them screwing with a
>manual also??
>
>I have one of each.
>
>Harry K


Not to mention, in hilly country, a manual can even be a bit
dangerous. Consider, you're heading uphill when you hit a stopsign
(Don't laugh, they have areas like this in Three Rivers, California,
as well as above Porterville, ) In order to keep from rolling
backwards, you'd have to hold your brakes...then, you gotta let off
the clutch and give it enough gas, timing it just right so you don't
roll back too far and nail the guy behind you, (after, of course,
releasing the brakes.) An auto has the advantage here, obviously.

-LMB