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Originally Posted by hiway61revisted
Your argument makes no sense because no one is saying "six speed" (singular as you use it) but rather pointing out that their camaro is a "6 speed manual" transmission. As for your quaint v-engine remarks,if you really know what your talking about, you call them by their correct definition, but perhaps its because of your incorrect sentence struture that I don't understand your point.
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No, the point the OP and this thread is debating is the situation where you ask someone which transmission they have on their 2010 Camaro, and they say "Oh, I ordered the six speed". The OP and I do not like this phrase, because it does not answer the question. The 2010 can only be ordered with 6 speed transmissions. The question was whether it was an automatic or manual, and saying "six speed" does not indicate either way.
The engine argument I worded as clearly as I can, but I did catch the "known" typo. BTW, you misspelled "structure". You also used "your" when you really meant "you're" and "its" when you meant "it's". There is a reason I don't go grammar Nazi on people, and it applies to you too. You fail at grammar knowledge and application.
Anyway, to rephrase my engine analogy, my point was distinguishing between 6 speed automatic and manual transmissions by saying "6 speed" is much like referring to an I4 as a V4. I often hear people refer to the inline four cylinder engine in their car as a V4 because they hear the terms "V6" and "V8" and don't realize the letter refers to the shape of the cylinder arrangement. That mistake annoys me in a way that is similar to the transmission terminology mistake. Both mistakes involve the application of incomplete knowledge. Does that make sense?