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Old 09-02-2016, 02:16 PM   #2572 (permalink)
Dwight Frye
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Originally Posted by NISMO IX View Post
Wait, they make "sports cars" with automatic transmissions?
When they first offered the 240Z with an automatic in the early 70's that version of the car became known as a "Secretary Special" because of the demographics of the buyers. It more hideously transformed into a 2+2 version for secretaries and their rugrats.

I still consider the Z with an automatic as a chickmobile or made for millenials who never learned to drive a car with a manual transmission as god and Karl Benz intended.

And yeah I know about some cars like the GTR and others that are only autos but we are talking about when you have a choice.
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