sowrong

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   by sowrong 13y ago

   Manual transmission is but an example. The idea is that ownership rates declined before the downturn unrelated to the economy. What is declining, is the value proposition that the current set of new cars offers compared to older cars and,
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   by sowrong 13y ago

   fair enough. should have stated "there just aren't enough cars on the market that match what consumers want". Some people want a car like the Model S, true enough. That's because Elon Musk has the vision to produce wh
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   by sowrong 13y ago

   if the make and model of the car of your interest is not available at all in manual transmission, then yes, absolutely yes, it's simply not available anywhere. Henry Ford famously said "Any customer can have a car painted any colo
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   by sowrong 13y ago

   "certain vehicles no longer offer a manual transmission" Exactly right.
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   by sowrong 13y ago

   don't get hung up on this linked article alone ( http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/the-modular... ) , but modular cars - cars as platform for add-ons based on need - should have arrived long ago
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   by sowrong 13y ago

   this article is wrongheaded in many, many ways. The crux of the problem is that cars are designed and produced ahead of what is actually wanted and desired without concern whether there is actually an impedence mismatch with what consumers