This thread is interesting because I had read it before and was somewhat taken aback by the comments about the gent and wife being told they don't know how to drive a stick. You know that's just bull.
It also reminded me of my latest and most troublesome woes to date. My car had been feeling like it was going over a rumble strip when I wasn't. Generally this occured when I'd been driving above 35 and trying to bring it down to 25, as per the speed limit. It got progressively worse so I called the dealer that I used to use for such things. He asked if I'd bought the car there, I told him no. He then told me that he was quite busy and that he'd call me when he had some time. I waited a month or so and after the Newport cruise, it finally almost crapped out on me. I brought it to a new dealer that treated me well and with the respect I desired. They got me a rental and in 3 days time I picked the car up, it was fine. They had to install a new transmision control module. It did the trick. About 2 weeks later, I was doing an accelerated run up to 90 when a clunk as was mentioned by another party, disturbed my ride. My son was with me and commented on it and we both felt it lurch. I got to my exit OK and stopped at a red light, the car stalled. I started it back up and went along to my destination without an issue. While my son was inside, I decided to call the dealer, the check engine light was on. I relayed the entire story to him, it was about 3:30 pm and the service manager would be there until 5:30. Needless to say, I went back and dropped my son off, stalling a few times with no throttle response, I limped back to the dealer in plenty of time for them to run a computer check of the codes. It was the mass air flow sensor that had given out. They ordered the part from Boston and it would be in RI the next morning. I called and it was indeed in so I went in and waited while they fixed it. They told me that they had never seen one of these go before. Now, my car runs and drives as it did before, although shift points have to be relearned by the computer. Needless to say, I'm wondering if my transmission problem was associated to the TSB that is being discussed. The only issue that was shown to me was a notice on transmisions on early built cars and discussed the problems such as I was having. I guess mine went too far and broke down completely.
Rick