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What about power?  One of the reasons my husband prefers a stick is, 
according to him, you lose almost 20% power with and automatic.
On Mar 29, 2004, at 6:32 AM, <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >  The one thing to think about is if you were at a ride by yourself and
> > got an injury to say a shoulder or leg  and were driving a stick - how
> > would you get yourself, your horse and your rig home with a stick?
>
> You'd be surprised, Truman, at how well many of us old stick-shift 
> drivers
> can manage with a wounded limb.  I had carpal tunnel surgery on my 
> right
> hand on a Friday (just three weeks ago) and was driving my stick-shift
> Powerstroke to work by Monday morning.  The gear shift is tall enough 
> that
> I think it is easier for a short little stubby like me to reach over 
> and
> shift it with my left hand than it is to get a lot of automatics into 
> gear
> with the wrong hand.  (Of course, Í'm a damnfool endurance rider--I 
> didn't
> even take time off of work to have carpal tunnel surgery done...)
>
> And although I've done some pretty crazy things to get myself home 
> after
> injuries in past years, I'd also submit that if it is very far home and
> you are hurt that bad, you shouldn't be driving in an automatic, 
> either!
>
> Heidi (who can recall getting home from at least one training ride in a
> stick shift with a mangled and non-functional right leg)

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