What I meant is that DMCH would probably pay slightly more for a derelict automatic Delorean over a derelict 5-speed Delorean. Probably not important if the transmission is good or not, they can rebuild it or replace it. Point is it saves them the effort of converting the car from a 5-speed to an automatic. David Teitelbaum --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Farrar Hudkins <fhudkins@...> wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 9:44 PM, jtrealtywebspannet > <jtrealty@...>wrote: > > > I guess that means that a derilict automatic has slightly more value > > than a 5-speed. > > > > > David, > > I'm not sure what that means, so forgive me for asking: did you mean that a > non-functional automatic transmission is worth more than a non-functional > manual transmission, or that a non-functioning automatic transmission was > more valuable than a functional manual transmission? > > Thanks, > Farrar > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/