On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:20:21 -0500, Bubba <wdg@[204.52.135.1]> wrote:

>In article <42e325cc.4196173@news.east.earthlink.net>
>harley_davidson@mailcity.com (George) writes:
>
>>I think I'm going for a 2005 Accord LX, 4 cyl, 5 spd.
>>Does anyone have any experience with this set up?
>
>Great car.
>
>However, stick-shift may, in time, become an annoying burden if you do a
>lot of in-town driving. Stick-shift will also make the car very difficult
>to sell (for you or a dealer) come trade-in time. In a recent survey
>barely 10% of the driving public claimed to know how to drive a stick. Of
>the 90% who didn't, only 3% expressed they "might be interested in
>learning someday".
>
>To & from school and to & from work or the supermarket is one thing.
>Earning your living behind the wheel (sales calls, service calls,
>deliveries, investigative work, etc.,) or an unusually active lifestyle
>and you may someday start to dread driving the thing.
>
>Good choice of cars.
>Bad choice of transmission.
>I'd strongly recommend the automatic.

Thanks for the intelligent response.
However, I've always said 'my next car' will be a stick.
I insist on the stick for 2 reasons:

1) The certain fun factor of a stick (though realizing it eventually
'wears off' ).

and

2) I have definite plans for upgrading the bottom-end performance,
and would appreciate advice on how to best bring up the bottom end
without sacrificing the mid-range, and top-end performance.

With money being a factor, I intend to make all mods gradually, and
permanently. Every mod I make must complement the one made before.
Then, when I see how 'good it can get', that's it.

Please advise,
Thanks, George