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Owner's manual.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
I chuckled when I read "Save Gas and Money with a Stick Shift" (October 2008). The article says that it can be more difficult to get moving when you're on a hill, but some cars "come with a helpful hill-holder feature." Last time I checked, all stick shifts have this feature: It's called a hand brake. My ...
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