On Oct 9, 7:40*pm, willshak wrote:
Ed Pawlowski wrote the following on 10/9/2012 6:03 AM (ET):









On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 23:29:54 -0700 (PDT), harry
wrote:

There are plenty of American vehicles that get better mpg than that. *Even a
Ford Aerostar gets at least 18mph highway, and usually more. *And those
minivans are built to LAST.
I never hard of it but *looked it up.
I see the diesel engined model was cancelled as was manual
transmission *II wonder why?
But interesting gas guzzling options retained. Four litre petrol
engines, all wheel drive.
Mind boggling on a working vehicle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Aerostar

Many auto makers are dropping manual transmissions. *Automatics today
are just as efficient and there is little demand for stick shift. Last
manual I owned was over 35 years ago.

I still want a manual tranny. I want to be the one who decides when to
shift gears, besides, I don't want my left leg to become atrophied from
lack of use. :-)

You could try a bit of walking, or maybe a peddle bike. :-)