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dixiegrrrrl

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2. Today I drove 232 miles in my 5 speed stick.

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Wed Nov 11, 2015, 08:17 PM

Nov 2015

Car is now 21 years old
. Used1/2 tank of gas ( about 9 gallons) and was running air conditioning half the time.

She hit 70 with ease, and seemed happy to be out on the freeway again. It's been a long time since I have done more than putt about town.
Runs just as well as when I got her back in '93.
Have not hit 200 K on the speedometer yet.
And I don't want to give her up because sticks ARE hard to find, and I don't like/enjoy the mushiness of automatics..

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I insisted both my daughters learn to drive a stick ... GeorgeGist Nov 2015 #1

Today I drove 232 miles in my 5 speed stick. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #2

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