[MikeQBF]

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.

(Don't mind me, Scott. The following rant is aimed generally for this recurring discussion.)

When are folks going to realize that car salespeople are talking out of their @$$es when they say stuff like this? THESE SALES WEENIES HAVE NO CLUE, and, despite the airs they put on, HAVE NO SPECIAL CONNECTION to Honda with "the inside scoop". On anything.

That floor salesman is looking at a stock sheet, usually knows little beyond what's on that sheet (maybe an upcoming order list), and his or her #1 job is to convince you to buy something that's in his/her dealer's inventory right now, and buy it today. Period. If they don't have it or won't have it shortly, they'll do everything in their power including bald-faced lies to convince you that you are wasting your time because you will never find what you're looking for, and, oh, by the way, here's a shiny new one just like the one you're looking for, sign right here.

The sad thing is that, in general, people are pushovers for a glib sales pitch, so this crap moves cars, and because it moves cars, Honda and the rest of 'em use sales numbers (and not buyer preferences!) to further propagate the concept that M/T cars don't sell.

 

[MikeQBF]

The dealer said that they were being discontinued...

Dealership sales folks are notoriously unreliable about this kind of info. Like I said above, they say whatever they have been programmed to say in order to "seed" the concept that you are not going to get what you want, but the nice shiny Belchfire right here is exactly the car for you, sign this. :|

Super job on getting the MT, by the way. Thank you for sticking to your guns.