Manual transmissions- - - -acetyline headlights- - - - -a hand crank for starting- - - - -and tube type tires on clincher rims- - - - -they're all about the same degree of obsolete. An automatic trans is smarter than all drivers and most mechanics- - - - -impossible to get it in the wrong gear!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!