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Home Improvement
Car
Care
These Professionals Stick Shifts Not Always
What They Seem
Can Help Maintain
Your Home
Many auto enthusiasts
prefer stick shifts, or
manual transmissions, over
to those machines. Electricians can fix
automatic transmissions.
existing issues, but many also can design Such supporters of stick
and install new electrical components
shifts tend to feel as though
and systems. The dangers of working
a manual transmission
with electrical systems are many, so
engages drivers in ways that
electricians typically must be certified
an automatic one simply
and licensed before they can practice
cannot, making stick shifts
their trade. Such danger is one reason
more fun to drive than
why even those who are adept at fixing
the more staid, automatic
problems around the house might want
alternatives.
to hire an electrician should an electrical
While the fun factor
issue arise.
associated with manual
transmission vehicles may
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be difficult to dispute, there
whose area of expertise is in installing
are other commonly held
and maintaining systems for drinking
beliefs about stick shifts
water, drainage and sewage. Though not
that are far easier to contest.
all jurisdictions require a plumber be
The following are a few
licensed before he or she can practice,
things about today’s manual
many do, and it can take years of training transmission vehicles that
and experience to master the skill of
might surprise even the
plumbing. Many people call a plumber
most ardent automotive
when a toilet or sink backs up, but
enthusiasts.
plumbers must have far more extensive
* Manual transmission
skills as well. Plumbers must be skilled
vehicles are not necessarily
in a number of areas, including having an cheaper than automatic
ability to read and understand a home’s
Home repairs are inevitable. For the
transmission vehicles.
blueprints, detect faults in a plumbing
homeowner who also happens to be handy
Stick shifts are often less
system if the homeowner cannot install
with a hammer, the occasional home repair
expensive than automatics,
and repair fixtures and systems, and be
is nothing to fear and something that many
but that’s not always
aware of any legal requirements to ensure the case, and certain
even enjoy. But there many homeowners who
a home is safe.
aren’t so adept at home repairs, and such
manufacturers, including
men and women typically rely on trained
BMW, tend to charge
• Landscaper: Homeowners have
professionals when something goes awry
the same price for their
increasingly looked to professional
around the house. For those homeowners
vehicles regardless of
landscapers to maintain their home’s
who either don’t have the time or the ability
which type of transmission
exterior and subsequently ensure their
to fix issues that arise around the house, the
buyers choose. In the past,
property value remains high. A typical
following is a breakdown of three of the more
manual transmissions
landscaper offers his client an array of
commonly called on home service providers.
were almost always a less
services, from cutting the grass to raking expensive option than
leaves to more complicated tasks that
• Electrician: An electrician specializes
automatic transmissions
gravitate toward landscape architecture. because they were easier
in addressing a building’s or home’s
A home’s curb appeal has been shown
electrical wiring issues, stationary
for manufacturers to
to vastly improve a prospective buyer’s
machines and the equipment related
install, which enabled
impression of the house, and automakers to cut back
as a result many homeowners on labor costs, and those
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savings were passed along
care of their property. Many
to consumers. While that
landscapers an extensive
difference in sticker price
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might once have been
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* Stick shifts are not
readily available in all
models. As the popularity
of manual transmission
vehicles has waned, so,
too, has their availability.
According to Edmunds.
com, 67 percent of 2013
model-year vehicles were
offered only with automatic
transmissions. While it might
be possible for buyers to
still purchase such vehicles
with manual transmissions,
that opportunity is not
guaranteed. Even if it is
available, buyers will likely
have to pay a premium
price to order such custommade automobiles, and it
takes longer to deliver such
vehicles than it does when
buyers simply buy a car
already on the lot.
* Stick shifts may not
be expensive to maintain.
Some drivers of manual
transmission vehicles like
to bemoan the costs of
replacing the clutch on their
vehicles, and that raises
some concern among buyers
considering a stick shift. But
skilled stick shift drivers
need not be worried about
constantly replacing the
clutch, which tends to be
most in need of replacement
when novice drivers struggle
to get the hang of a manual
transmission. In addition,
manual transmissions are
often much less expensive
to replace than automatic
transmissions. Also, skilled
stick shift drivers who can
deftly downshift often note
the positive long-term effect
that such a practice has on
their brake pads and rotors,
which can last considerably
longer on vehicles with
manual transmissions than
those with automatic ones.
* Stick shifts may not
repel car thieves or cost less
to insure. Because vehicles
with manual transmissions
require more skill to drive
than automatics, some feel
as though this deters car
thieves, who may not know
how to drive stick shifts.
But there is no evidence to
support this theory, nor any
evidence to dispute it. And
while those who subscribe to
this theory feel that manual
transmissions are therefore
cheaper to insure because
they are at a decreased risk
of being stolen, that is also
untrue. While the standards
used to determine the price
of an insurance policy
vary between providers,
many insurance providers
view manual transmission
vehicles as more risky
because they take longer to
shift, stop and accelerate.
But manual transmissions
also are less expensive
to repair, and insurance
companies consider that
as well when determining
the cost of a policy. Such
factors may cancel each
other out, and drivers will be
left with an insurance policy
that’s roughly the same as
if the vehicle included an
automatic transmission.
The demand for manual
transmission vehicles
continues to shrink, and
there are things drivers
should know about such
automobiles before driving
one home.
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