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Originally Posted by bb_zetec
our fleet of three cars is all manual:
Wifes Suzuki GV
FGII XR6 UTE
VE SSV Wagon
I find it much more enjoyable driving a manual and find you have better control of the engine and braking of the vehicle using the manual box. You also feel you are actually driving the car and not just steering it.
The only times i hate it is severe bumper to bumper traffic.
Towing also seems to be limited with the manuals...only 1200Kg braked on the XR6 ute...i guess that is due to the pressure on the clutch.
There arent too many manual XR/Falcon/Commodores around anymore for sale. I guess they were not made in big numbers either.
The sportier variants will probably always have a market in manual transmissions...but a base model XT or Omega for example i think you'd have a hard time selling..similar to the RAV4 in the previous post.
The fact we have a VE Wagon is due to it being the only V8 manual wagon available...the VF the Wagons were all automatic only.
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On car sales there is a 1997 VT commodore executive wagon v8 manual for sale. Back in the days of being able to customise your commodore from factory. 200,000kms, just under $10k. Rare beast.