LOL! Im 32,so not really young or old? Not sure where that leaves me. It is the lack of engine braking that puts me off although Im not (yet)planning on off roading an 80 very aggressively. I will spend a lot of time towing though, at/around/over MGW and Im not keen on coming downhill holding it all back on the brakes?
Ive been brought up on old school boxes and TBH know very little about Auto's other than they're complicated and cannot easily be fixed by a bloke with a fistful of spanners.
I also dont like to think Im 'wasting' engine power,although its probably negilable.
We will see what happens in the next week or so,although this car does tick nearly all the boxes
Sorry to hijack the thread by the way with a discussion over auto/manual boxes,I know its been done to death as Ive read most of the threads on here!