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Subject: Re: Renting a car with manual transmission in the US Posted on: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:35:35 -0500

"Barb" wrote:
> Just to add a note of sanity! ;-) I'm from the UK and I
> drove 3,000 miles in BC Canada last year, including central
> Vancouver and Victoria, and I'm intending a similar driving
> trip in the US next summer.
>
> I normally drive a manual transmission car (most of them are
> here in the UK), and I was only too glad - driving on the right
> hand side of the road, and the left hand side of the car - for
> having one less thing to think about!

I live in the U.S. and tried to rent a manual transmission here
to teach my wife how to drive one for our trip to Europe. No
such luck. Even truck rental places had only automatics. I had
to borrow a manual transmission vehicle from a friend. =R=