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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by JasserInicide on Thursday August 25, 2022 @09:37AM (#32593539)
Ok, but most trucks sold today are indeed pavement princesses. For every one you see in the country doing work, there's 5 others being parked on tenth/quarter-acre lots in the cities/suburbs.
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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by kkielhofner on Thursday August 25, 2022 @09:45AM (#32593625)
I'd say it's not even close. As another commenter noted pavement princesses are probably > 90% of trucks sold today.
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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by Retric on Thursday August 25, 2022 @12:14PM (#32595865)
My guess is it’s closer to 25%, once you consider people who use a snow plow, haul a boat/camper/trailer etc. Now sure many of these could be replaced with smaller trucks without extended cabs etc, but the choice of pickup truck was still useful.
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