I wanted a stick so bad for my new XE, but a 3 week search here in Colorado yielded only one, and it didn't have the power package I wanted. They're just not making them, not in any numbers. So I caved and got the auto. I grew up on a 5 speed and, while I love my new truck, every time I slip the tranny into 'D' a little part of me dies.
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In the pants of war there's always pockets of resistance.