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Originally Posted by Valistener

...from an enthusiast standpoint manual windows are not all bad. They reduce the price ...the weight of the vehicle by some amount (10-15lbs maybe). ...cars are so heavy anymore is beacuse people want all the gadgets and gimos ...With all that extra weight you accelerate slower, brake longer and turn more poorly...
Most people on this site are not avid racing enthusiasts and would not be willing to forgo these goodies but I bet many Camaro, Mustang and Vette drivers would go without PL, PW, AC, etc to save a couple hundred pounds and pick up a couple extra tenths in the quarter mile. Not to mention save some money to buy some longtubes.

If I push the button for my window to go down and it doesn’t go down I drive to the dealer and he fixes it. Not terrible in a convertible. If I go to start my car and it doesn't start, I take the other car or I call the tow truck and they drag it to Saturn where they fix it. We compete the car often. I am not willing to sacrifice P/S for a .1 or 2. The concept of a daily used car sans A/C in SC is unacceptable after the age of 17. I could live without P/L in a car that I can reach the passenger button. How do you have a working alarm without power door locks? Our roommate has a car that doesn’t have a key fob. That is one step away from getting out and cranking the starter. If this was my AX only car I could see a radio delete, rerouting to bypass the A/C compressor, maybe even taking it out. But, how do you live like that daily? As far as Nav; I can read a map, I just don’t see the need for it. Had the monsoon not come in this car we would have never ordered it. Oh! And yeah, exhaust HAS to exit out the back; I never want to hear the exhaust. The ‘Vette owners we run into on the street are all middle aged men with teeny weenies who barely exceed the speed limit and are the last ones off a light. I can’t remember the last time I saw a ‘Vette on the street getting treaded like she deserved to be treated. YMMV -J