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They do carry Accord sticks in stock. I bought mine off the dealer lot - no special order or laughing. EX with sunroof, backup cam, keyless entry and start, mirror cam, blutooth, remote window roll down etc. etc. So not that basic. No leather though, but maybe they will add that for the refresh.
Buy a '71 or newer bug. They have independent rear axle, a better oil cooler(called a "doghouse") and dual-port heads for better breathing. Another thing to give you an instant 1500 RPM of useable power is change out the stock 1.1 ratio rocker arms for a 1.4 ratio.
I did this to a "slightly punched" motor, and my useable RPM's went from 4.5 K to 6K.
Also, in that hot environment, install a higher capacity oil pump.
By using the doghouse cooler and the high-capacity oil pump, the engine will run cooler than if you had the external cooler. You are reading the words of someone who tried 5 aftermarket coolers and filter setups, before realizing the stock doghouse was best for cooling.
If you are mostly driving on the street, install a rear anti-sway bar(3/8" is all you need) and swap out the front bar from 3/8ths to 3/4 inch.
With my bug, putting out 125HP bench tested, and the handling mods, I used to give my friend in his 2002 tii ABSOLUTE FITS 'cause I could power-drift around him on a freeway cloverleaf... :shades:
Gonna be a really, really tough sell to her on this idea.
"Go ahead and hit me with it, Mary! What kind of chance do I have with you?" ~ Jim Carrey, 'Dumb and Dumber'
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick
I learned all about working on cars due to my '66 Bug. I learned how to change oil, adjust valves, points, timing. I learned how to change a clutch (you have to remove the engine--but in the Bug that's pretty easy and you don't need much other than some basic tools, a jack, and a collapsed cardboard box to do that, either. The only engines I've ever rebuilt were VW Bug engines, too.
Ahh, such fond memories.....
Way too many hicks in pickups around here that would love ta run my Beetle-bug right into the dusty ground en route ta their destination. :surprise:
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick
AND just to hammer home the annoying reality, the latest version comes with CVT as the only transmission option.
I can sure persuade it to move with ferocity, though. It impresses me how quickly that car can move (which annoys my wife to no end, given that she drives it in "little old lady mode").
Only happens at toll booths, home of all those EZ transponders - maybe some tin foil lining the hood and dashboard would fix it?
move gear shift to neutral.
fully release clutch pedal.
depress again the clutch pedal
move gear shift to 1st
He wants $3,000 for it and from my research, if its mechanically sound, that is a very fair price for it. Here we go!
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick
/snicker
Seriously, how is the heat? Looks like we aren't going to get out there this summer as hoped.
The last car I owned that didn't have A/C was the 1999 Kia Sephia. But that was when we lived in Burlington, WA, which, as you know steve, rarely exceeds 90° in the hottest part of summer, so, there ya go. My intensive pursuit for my own chunk of automotive history pants on in to the hot, south-central New Mexico summer.
Santa Fe, NM, is an interesting place, with all its adobe architectural businesses and homes. It forces you in to staring at it for a while, all the different home and business designs that have been implemented over there. Truly a step back in NM history and American SW desert-dwelling existence, and full of tourist-trap sales experiences around every corner. I don't like it enough to pine for a house or rental there for retirement, because prices have rose so high for housing in Santa Fe that it's virtually untouchable for someone who isn't rich to live there as a retiree. There's a way to do it if you are very patient and plan your hunt accordingly, though, I'm pretty sure. I'm just not so sure I care enough about it to embark on that.
Now down in our neck of the woods Tularosa, about 13 miles north of Alamogordo, looks a lot more do-able and affordable as a retirement destination. Lots of trees all over the town for shade and housing is very affordable. It's on Highway 70 about 35 miles west of Ruidoso. Highway 54/70 both run north in to Tularosa and 54 shoots off to the west towards Carricozo and the Trinity Site, Valley of Fire and San Antonio, NM. Interesting and laid-back area that interests me a lot.
What's kind of appealing to Santa Fe, NM, though, is that the city of Santa Fe is also very laid back and the people are nice, because they love living in Santa Fe. They see Santa Fe's future are being very, very viable and they love it and want to make the place a better place ta be. So it has an appealing lure to it, sort of like the lure of Seattle's Space Needle, Science Center, Monorail and Pike Place Market. And ferry boats. People there know it's a pretty special place and so are excited to be a part of it and make it even better. Those are the kinds of places you want to live in and be a part of, eh?
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick
The first time I was out there was in a 4 speed manual transmission.
Yep, in a Bug. Could have been a '67 or '68 too but never drove a white one.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Maybe if you installed a big bore 1800 engine built to a high standard, it could handle a small compressor.
You have to be realistic about an old VW flat 4. It's a cheap little engine that does not tolerate being overworked.
Think of it as more of an old motorcycle engine from a Harley or Triumph than as a modern car engine.
If you "lug" it in 4th gear, you're gonna blow it up.
I may post a picture of one later that looks like the one in town I'm looking to buy. I don't think it's really any kind of mystery to any of you all what the car looks like, huh?
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick
HOWEVER, in that heat, I really would recommend looking into either a '71 or later motor, or at least a "doghouse" oil cooler and sheet metal around the motor.
The doghouse oil cooler is designed to send the heated air away from cylinder #3, which as you may have heard, was a real weak spot for motors before the '71 change(burned the valves for #3).
Another nice thing about the '71 or later, they came with dual port cylinder heads, which improved breathing immensely.
Enjoy that '67!
:P
HOWEVER, in that heat, I really would recommend looking into either a '71 or later motor, or at least a "doghouse" oil cooler and sheet metal around the motor.
The doghouse oil cooler is designed to send the heated air away from cylinder #3, which as you may have heard, was a real weak spot for motors before the '71 change(burned the valves for #3).
Another nice thing about the '71 or later, they came with dual port cylinder heads, which improved breathing immensely.
Enjoy that '67!
I will take that into consideration and look for that to be done or possibly it will already have been done on the one I buy. All of this is good learning to get prepared for a possible ownership experience.
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick
We've been discussing the decision not to offer a manual transmission in the new 2014 Porsche 911 GT3. It's a topic of conversation that has consumed most of his waking hours for the past six months and, to be fair to the man, not one on which he can offer much more.
For reasons of cost, engineering and marketing, Porsche has chosen to build the newest GT3 (the car that perhaps connects the company with hard-core drivers better than any other in its model range) with only two pedals."
2014 Porsche 911 GT3 First Drive
Reminds me of something I say at work now and then:
"It's not that I don't know, it's that I don't care" :shades:
It's amusing that, as far as I can tell, the sometimes whiny demand for manuals in some cars comes from the US - the most automatic place in the world.
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
So... I agree... arrogance or ignorance..
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Sort of like building a bi-plane with auto-pilot. Isnt' the whole idea the total challenge of mastering it?
Enthusiasts will buy a stick shift Cayman, which is almost affordable.
hard core enthusiastanyoneNo one buying a $200K car is average.... but, they still care about stick-shifts..
60 yr old investment bankers are buying 911 Turbos with Tiptronics... (imo)
GT-3 buyers are more likely to track their cars... and, they care about stick-shifts... I think it's short-sighted to not offer it..
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holding wheel with one hand, shifting manually, forces me to drive slower, else one wrong twitch of the wheel and the caddy CTS-V would be augered into a barrier or sideways off the roadcourse track.
so i understand the porsche GT3 designer dude's choice to make it automatic only.
For a street car, i prefer a manual... But on the track, anywhere near "the limit", the GM automatic transmission was *perfect*. The automatic never did anything i didn't want, never did anything to upset the balance. Turns out i barely got to 75% of the limit of what the CTS-V could do - the pro driver demonstrated 100% very nicely during a "hot lap".
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Robert Bosch's eClutch system could help put manual transmissions back on car buyers' shopping lists.
The eClutch eliminates two things drivers dislike most about cars with stick shifts: stalling and frequent use of the clutch pedal in stop-and-go traffic.
The eClutch can also improve fuel economy between 5 and 10 percent, Bosch engineers say.
During a recent press event here, reporters test drove an Audi A3 hatchback that Bosch had fitted with an eClutch. The car uses a standard clutch pedal and shifter and looks like any other vehicle with a manual transmission.
http://www.autonews.com/article/20130806/OEM06/308079999/bosch-clutch-by-wire-pr- - events-stalling-boosts-mpg?cciid=email-autonews-mbs&r=7000G0458689C5Q#axzz2bA5Hw- - 2oN
If the clutch is an endangered species, I will take mine manually operated and connected to the clutch plate by a hydraulic connection until the third pedal is well and truly deceased.
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
actually, sounds like a modern interpretation of the old VW semi-automatic set up.
also sounds like something that could be useful in a semi?
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That sounds like exactly what it is. But, if it has no automatic shifting, then it is still a manual; it's just a different interpretation of it. I'll pass... for now!
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Perhaps not.
so changing the actuation method of the clutch from hydraulic to electric really does not change the transmission.
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I drove the KW much differently when I was bobtailing than when I was pulling a heavy load. Then there's whether you're going uphill or down and all the rest. The timing between shifts is a big deal. Many of us did it with no clutch at all, but it's nice to have it when needed.
Plus it sounds scary to me when they say they expect it to improve fuel economy by 5 to 10%. To me that smacks of "the e-clutch will do some of your thinking for you in order to maximize your fuel economy".
I don't want my clutch thinking for me. If I had my druthers they would go back to the old chain connection to the clutch plate that preceded the hydraulic systems in use today.
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
I'm not sure if this is the case with the transmission cited earlier, but it seems that there is likely not a mechanical connection between the shifter and the gearbox, either. So, the transmission may only shifts after driver input, but the driver clearly isn't the one shifting the car. Still a manual, but an entirely different interpretation.
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