Quote Originally Posted by TomOfSweden View Post
This discussion again. It's bound to be heated so I'm going to make some popcorn and lean back.

I knew in my heart you would bow out of the automatic v. stick-shift argument. No heart Tom?




Osme: Please tell me, are cars designed to kill, or do they have another purpose?
Actually... laffin... the original purpose and design of wheeled vehicles is to deliver a warrior and arms to the fight (or hunt) and to provide an advantage in speed and power. Mobility.

Much later, a secondary purpose and design was introduced to carry goods to and from market.

Personal transportation was a far distant third... primarily reserved for the gentry and upper classes (who also were often the only ones permitted to own weapons.)