The Elio Standard Transmission

[Jim H]

I'm with you on the brights button left of the brake pedal, but you got me on the starter on the floor. [Oldest/1st car a '63 Chevy II]

My first was a 51 Chevy and then a 49 Mercury and my dad let me drive his a late 40's model Chevy Pickup

 

[Jim H]

My Dad's '51 Studebaker had a starter button
on the driver side floorboard. I know cause I
stepped on it & the sucker jumped forward
a couple of feet. I was lucky that it didn't
run into anything, scared the bej**us out
of me though..........
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My uncle had a Studebaker-Packard dealership in the late 40's - early 50's so I was familiar with them.

 

[ElioDigger]

from what I was told at the tour in December, the AMT used by Elio is a much better unit than the brand used in the Smart Car .... it is said to be smoother in operation and performance

if that is the case then it will be the automated manual.

 

[Joshua Caldwell]

On the bright side, the Ford Fiesta that I test drove recently has an AMT and was great.

 

[outsydthebox]

All three drivers in my family can drive a stick. So I'm leaning heavily towards it. On the other hand, because there are fewer and fewer people who can actually drive a stick, the resale market for an MT might be somewhat limited. On the other hand (three hands now), By the time I actually sell a vehicle it is "by the pound" .

 

[RKing]

"By the time I actually sell a vehicle it is "by the pound" ."

Me too, I fully expect this Regal to "dissipate" slowly as I drive it. Won't be anything left to sell
Elio will be the same, I plan to "use it up" if I live long enough !

 

[Catia]

All three drivers in my family can drive a stick. So I'm leaning heavily towards it. On the other hand, because there are fewer and fewer people who can actually drive a stick, the resale market for an MT might be somewhat limited. On the other hand (three hands now), By the time I actually sell a vehicle it is "by the pound" .

That might be good because... well read the article below to see my point!

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/teens-try-steal-car-cant-drive-stick-shift/ngQd7/
SEATTLE — Three teens tried to steal a Seattle woman’s car Saturday afternoon, but couldn’t because none of them knew how to drive a stick shift.

“I got a five speed in there,” Nancy Fredrickson, 70, said. “They couldn't figure out how to get it going!”

Fredrickson said she had just walked around the back of her KIA to get something from the trunk when she heard someone demanding her keys.

At first she thought it was a joke; then, she saw the gun.

“It's not every day you get a gun stuck in your face!" Fredrickson said. She said a teen wearing a hooded sweatshirt was holding a large gun only inches away.

Frederickson dropped her keys and said the teens jumped into the car.

But none of them knew how to drive it.

It was hilarious to Fredrickson’s neighbors.

“They can’t drive a stick?” Ryan Whitney exclaimed.

Fredrickson just stood behind her car as the teens tried and failed to get it to move.

Then they ran across South Main Street and through the neighboring business’ parking lot.

KIRO 7 obtained the surveillance video showing them sprint through the lot, with one teen bolting in another direction from his accomplices.

Fredrickson said while she’s laughing now, she was in tears as she called 911. She watched police take fingerprints. Seattle police also retrieved DNA and fiber evidence from the car.

Neighbor Ronnie Conley said he was surprised the would-be carjackers even tried to take the vehicle.

“We're all elderly up in here,” he said, gesturing to the affordable senior housing apartments where he and Fredrickson live. “Know what I’m saying? It's scary! In broad daylight, too.”

Fredrickson said she never imagined a stick shift would trip up three car thieves, but she’s thrilled she and the car survived unharmed.

“It was quite an interesting day,” she said. “Let’s put it that way.”

 

[BlioKart]

Manual transmission for the win

That might be good because... well read the article below to see my point!

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/teens-try-steal-car-cant-drive-stick-shift/ngQd7/
SEATTLE — Three teens tried to steal a Seattle woman’s car Saturday afternoon, but couldn’t because none of them knew how to drive a stick shift.

“I got a five speed in there,” Nancy Fredrickson, 70, said. “They couldn't figure out how to get it going!”

Fredrickson said she had just walked around the back of her KIA to get something from the trunk when she heard someone demanding her keys.

At first she thought it was a joke; then, she saw the gun.

“It's not every day you get a gun stuck in your face!" Fredrickson said. She said a teen wearing a hooded sweatshirt was holding a large gun only inches away.

Frederickson dropped her keys and said the teens jumped into the car.

But none of them knew how to drive it.

It was hilarious to Fredrickson’s neighbors.

“They can’t drive a stick?” Ryan Whitney exclaimed.

Fredrickson just stood behind her car as the teens tried and failed to get it to move.

Then they ran across South Main Street and through the neighboring business’ parking lot.

KIRO 7 obtained the surveillance video showing them sprint through the lot, with one teen bolting in another direction from his accomplices.

Fredrickson said while she’s laughing now, she was in tears as she called 911. She watched police take fingerprints. Seattle police also retrieved DNA and fiber evidence from the car.

Neighbor Ronnie Conley said he was surprised the would-be carjackers even tried to take the vehicle.

“We're all elderly up in here,” he said, gesturing to the affordable senior housing apartments where he and Fredrickson live. “Know what I’m saying? It's scary! In broad daylight, too.”

Fredrickson said she never imagined a stick shift would trip up three car thieves, but she’s thrilled she and the car survived unharmed.

“It was quite an interesting day,” she said. “Let’s put it that way.”

 

[tonyspumoni]

Manual all the way. Much less to go wrong and I'm less likely to burn it out than my WRX.

 

[Ian442]

My Sunfire - Manual transmission, no power windows, no power locks, no ABS, and right now ... no reverse lights . trying to fix that one.