<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lisa62:<BR><B>Apologies -- I meant to "welcome" you, rather than stomp on the dream of having a stick-shift S60. As a past stick-shift driver, I can totally and completely understand why somebody'd want one!<P>There's nothing, and I mean NOTHING, like rowing through those gears when you really feel like "driving" (as opposed to "steering" around in an automatic). <IMG SRC="http://www.swedespeed.com/ubb/smile.gif"> You really feel one with your car, in tune with it. <P>So in case there was any room for doubt or misinterpretation, just wanted to say welcome, and didn't mean to be negative, flippant, or rude... Was just makin' chit-chat. Happy motoring...and welcome. (Honest.) <IMG SRC="http://www.swedespeed.com/ubb/smile.gif"></B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><BR>Yeah, you better apologize lady! <IMG SRC="http://www.plauder-smilies.de/tales/electric-lou.gif"> ...Hehehe! Traffic would never stop me from driving stick shift...No way, Jose! I have drivn more than 190,000 miles (since) 1989 in the worst Philadelphia and NYC traffic jams and would never give up my beloved, er...stick, for anything! <IMG SRC="http://www.swedespeed.com/ubb/smile.gif"> But it could also be a cultural thing, having grown up in Europe where automatics are almost non-existent.<P>Yannis<BR><P>