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Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 15:47:36 -0400
From: ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com>
Subject: Re: Help needed! 900s or 900 se?


James Sweet wrote: > "David Taylor" <djtaylornospamoot.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.1b51b16aeb83621f989ca0nospam.individual.de... > >>>standard and a turbo. It's a winning combination. If you don't know >>>how to drive a standard, you can learn. Really, it's lots of fun. >>> >>Unlikely :), I'd say 99% of people learn to drive manual transmissions >>over here. That's a guess mind you, I don't have actual stats but I >>only know of one person that I know over the past 20 years that ever did >>an automatic only test and she then had to do a manual test a couple of >>years later when she changed car. >> >>David. >> > > Over where? I know plenty of people who don't know how to drive a manual, I > don't get it personally, I think automatics are boring and sluggish, can't > imagine actually preferring one but to each their own I suppose. Went to the > Volvo dealer today to pick up some trim clips and browsed the new models, > every last one they had on the floor was auto. > > > The Volvo dealer and US headquarters (I sent them an e-mail) will tell you no one buys an automatic, so why stock them. Perhaps, no one buys a Volvo manual transmission because they never see one or can't test drive one. Would you buy a car you did not test drive? Also, you might have noticed almost all of the Volvos in stock were loaded up with "options", including the "optional Geartronic automatic". You have to be rich to buy a new Volvo these days. There was a survey where the average income of a new Volvo owner was over $150,000 per year.

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