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Hi Everyone...I'm completely sold on the Element as the ideal utility vehicle for me and plan to buy one.
I've been a stick-shift driver all my life (I'm 46) and do NOT want an automatic unless I have no choice. Alas, I seem to be having a great deal of trouble determining—ONCE AND FOR ALL—whether or not Honda is still making 5-speed manuals in '09 (or the upcoming '10) models?
I've literally had 3 different dealer representatives tell me 3 different things:
1. They stopped making manuals in '07.
2. They stopped making manuals in '08.
3. There were no manuals in '09.
But I've seen 5-speed manuals in '07, '08, and '09 year models! (So clearly these dealers were wrong.) I also noted that the 2009 Element brochure clearly states that the AWD EX model is available in 5-speed manual transmission. (But local dealers still told me otherwise.)
I realize very well that manual transmissions are rare and almost nobody wants them...and it appears for that reason, most dealers are simply clueless about the actual status of 5-speed manuals and Honda.
So if someone who is 100% certain they have actual, positive information directly from Honda could clear this up for me, I'd be grateful!
Thanks,
Scott
I've been a stick-shift driver all my life (I'm 46) and do NOT want an automatic unless I have no choice. Alas, I seem to be having a great deal of trouble determining—ONCE AND FOR ALL—whether or not Honda is still making 5-speed manuals in '09 (or the upcoming '10) models?
I've literally had 3 different dealer representatives tell me 3 different things:
1. They stopped making manuals in '07.
2. They stopped making manuals in '08.
3. There were no manuals in '09.
But I've seen 5-speed manuals in '07, '08, and '09 year models! (So clearly these dealers were wrong.) I also noted that the 2009 Element brochure clearly states that the AWD EX model is available in 5-speed manual transmission. (But local dealers still told me otherwise.)
I realize very well that manual transmissions are rare and almost nobody wants them...and it appears for that reason, most dealers are simply clueless about the actual status of 5-speed manuals and Honda.
So if someone who is 100% certain they have actual, positive information directly from Honda could clear this up for me, I'd be grateful!
Thanks,
Scott