Manual Transmissions
#11
I guess that would be because the thieves can't drive it! If thats true, I see that as an advantage for those of us with manual transmissions!
#12
I never heard of that before... I would think the manuals are easier to steal as the column doesn't lock. Thieves could virtually push/pull it away.
I love my 5 spd also. Wouldn't have it any other way!
#13
I just hate auto's, to boring to drive, especially in a small car.
#14
I had to special order my 08 2.4 2LT.My dealer wouldn't stock a stick,not even a 2.2 1LS base model(others here will).I remember my salesman saying something like "So that's what a stick shift looks like in one of these.I've never seen one."
The availability of the 2.4/5 speed has varied over the model run.I had hoped to be able to get a 1LT(I didn't want all the chrome of the 2LT) like a 2006 or a 2007 but for 2008 it wasn't offered with the 2.4/5 speed.And for 2009 I believe you couldn't even order a 2.4/5 speed in any vehicle.If you wanted a stick,you got a 2.2 or an SS.That's the outcome of my car being one of 250 built with that trim level/driveline combo.
I love my stick.I don't EVER want to go back to a slushbox.
The availability of the 2.4/5 speed has varied over the model run.I had hoped to be able to get a 1LT(I didn't want all the chrome of the 2LT) like a 2006 or a 2007 but for 2008 it wasn't offered with the 2.4/5 speed.And for 2009 I believe you couldn't even order a 2.4/5 speed in any vehicle.If you wanted a stick,you got a 2.2 or an SS.That's the outcome of my car being one of 250 built with that trim level/driveline combo.
I love my stick.I don't EVER want to go back to a slushbox.
#15
I have an 06 1LT with the 2.4L and a 5-speed manual. I had to order it as the local dealer network only had one 2.4/5-speed combo and it wasn't the color I wanted.
BTW, about 10 years ago there was an armed robbery attempt at the local suburban Wal-Mart here. The local police showed up and sent the thieves scattering. Most were arrested immediately, but one of the got away. He got to a local apartent complex, where he (at gunpoint) forced a driver out of his car and took it over. Unfortunately for him it was a standard and he did not know how to drive standard. After stalling it a few times in the parking lot, he was arrested.
Steve
BTW, about 10 years ago there was an armed robbery attempt at the local suburban Wal-Mart here. The local police showed up and sent the thieves scattering. Most were arrested immediately, but one of the got away. He got to a local apartent complex, where he (at gunpoint) forced a driver out of his car and took it over. Unfortunately for him it was a standard and he did not know how to drive standard. After stalling it a few times in the parking lot, he was arrested.
Steve
#16
I would get your steering column checked. They most certainly do lock.
#17
I know there aren't that many HHR manuals. I went to a hotel, awhile ago, and the valet kid almost went nuts with excitment when he saw the five speed, saying I didn't know these came with stick.
#18
#19
Really? Yours locks when taking out the key? Mine never has, and I thought I read somewhere on here regarding this... that none of the manual trans HHR's columns lock. Have to check into this further!
#20
It should lock, mine does too! The transmission doesn't lock, since there is no park to lock it into, but the steering wheel most certainly does.