http://www.metafilter.com/tags/clutch Posts tagged with 'clutch' at MetaFilter. Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:16:52 -0800 Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:16:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/52324/The%2Ddecline%2Dof%2Dmanual%2Dtransmission%2Dcars Do you know what to do <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5487437">with a stick and a clutch</a>? Only 15% of new car buyers in the US say they'll consider buying a car with manual transmission, and by 2012, <a href="http://www.nada.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Newsroom/IndustryNews/nada_headlines1/20041/091304.htm">only 6%</a> of cars will be offered with a stick. Is it because it's a difficult skill to <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_3234_drive-car-with.html">learn</a>? Or is it really because it's too hard to shift when you have a <a href="http://www.livescience.com/technology/050201_cell_danger.html">cell phone</a> in one hand and a Starbucks coffee in the other? Or is a manual transmission simply <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1184">an outdated system</a> with new fangled technology like <a href="http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/techcenter/articles/45104/article.html">CVT</a>, <a href="http://cars.about.com/od/thingsyouneedtoknow/a/ag_howDSGworks.htm">DSG</a>, <a href="http://www.bmwworld.com/models/config/m3_smg.htm">SMG</a>, and super-fast, <a href="http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=20&article_id=3609">100 msec shifting</a> automatic transmissions available? tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.52324 Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:16:52 -0800 clutch manual stick transmission jaimev