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in article , RkyMtnHootOwl at
wrote on 12/2/05 3:25 AM:

On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:21:52 -0500, KMAN wrote:

in article , Michael Daly at
wrote on 12/1/05 5:08 PM:

On 1-Dec-2005, "Rick Donnelly" wrote:

I have paddled in full storm 50+ mph winds, waves chopped off from those
winds, w/o a rudder. That said, I had a boat that performed reasonably well
w/o a rudder.

Under those conditions, a rudder can work poorly. If you are on short
wavelength waves, the rudder can spend a lot of time out of the water.
I've watched ruddered kayaks zigzag under those conditions while I
tracked straight in a non-ruddered kayak.

Quite right...

I will never buy an automatic transmisson again - not from any
manufacturer.
At best, they make driving dull. At worst, they dictate when shifting
should
occur (even when it is unsafe), are slow to respond to demands for power,
and they waste fuel.

I'd almost agree, but CVTs, now available on hybrids and some other vehicles
(like the Freestar) can be a significant improvement over conventional
automatics
and provide better fuel economy. I'll give up my standard for a good CVT...
someday.

Mike

Put whatever transmission you want in a Freestar and it's still a piece of
**** (aka a Dirtstar, as those in the biz like to call them).

I'm with Rick, standard all the way. And no frickin' rudder either.

Hi Kman, I was glad to see your post, and had missed your presence in
these parts recently, and I hoped that we had not hurt your feelings,
and that you were still well.

Who are you, and who is the "we" that would have hurt my feelings? (FYI, I
don't ascribe to the notion that my feelings are subject to injury. My
feelings are derived as a result of my own thinking).

I figure you have maybe been busy with
your friend Keenan selling the tickets to some shindig up there in
OTT, that is coming up soon. Sounds like a lot of fun! Is it a New
Years celebration, or just a fund raiser for his charity work? Seems
he has done this program in previous years. Is this your first year?

Holy christ, what sort of cyberstalker are you? I had no idea what you were
talking about and then realized that there is probably somewhere on the net
a single post where I mentioned what I was planning to do on NYE, and from
somewhere else you've found the first name of the guy who sells the tickets.
Why do you know this? You are scary! Not in the sense that I fear you, but
in the sense that you are a kook!

snip further weird blather filled with identity consusion

Concerning Auto trans, I often drive 100 miles per day in traffic, and
yeah it may use more gas, but then so does the AC unit, that I use to
keep cool in rush hour parking lots! I don't hear any of the macho
types saying they don't use their AC in summer! Or for that matter up
in the cold north country, where you come from, saying they just turn
off the auto heater, so as to toughen up against the cold!

What does this have to do with standard vs auto transmission?

snip further weird blather filled with identity confusion