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I normally drive a manual transmission, and generally prefer to, but I'm not blind to the charms of an automatic. Shifting your own gears — what are we, animals? Sure, I get why people want it. And I imagine everyone who's spent any amount of time in an automatic must have wondered, at least once, why PRNDL? More »
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We get it EA. You've got all the Porsches — nobody else does. No other video game gets Caymans or Boxsters or even the brand new 2012 Porsche 911. But do you have to remind us so vividly — do you think having Porsches will keep you from continuing to be the also-also-ran of racing video games? More »
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Four men carjacked a 22-year-old student athlete from Belhaven University with the intention of raping her Wednesday night. None of them could operate a manual transmission so they made her drive. She intentionally crashed her car, probably saving her life. More »
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Instructables is a great place to go seeking inspiration for your latest idea or just burning a lot of spare time. But this particular Instructable has that perfect mix of novelty, ease and creepiness. "Surrealist Human Hand Stick Shifter" is an eight-step project which uses simple mold-making and silicone to cast a replica human hand suitable for replacing that tacky old eight-ball shifter. May we be the first to venture a "GAH!" and to also point out that this idea could be perversely repurposed in any number of successively terrible ways. More »
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