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LEVER ACTION

AT FRIDAY lunch we tend to chat about less alarming trends than the existential threat EVs pose to our beloved classics – after all we meet at our fave Vietnamese for pleasure, not pain. One recurring topic is the growing scarcity of manualtrans cars in the showrooms of local dealers.

The writing was more than on the wall by July, 2021 – it was in the Melbourne daily The confronting (and sad, IMHO) article revealed

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