It means that the distance the stick or gear shifter, that is the mechanisim that determines what gear your in, moves through the different positions in it's pattern, is short. Many feel that a shorter throw between gears feels sportier and ehances the feel and ability to control the mechanicals. It certainly can simply make it easier. Just consider the difference between say a truck driver changing gears using a long stick and typically having to move it several inches, even moving his body to do so for some positions, whereas a sports driver may only require wrist movements. Zoom, zoom, zoom!
you could either have a bad syncranizer or the throw out bearing is up
If you mean, do they make the Chevy Colorado with a manual transmission, the answer is yes; the standard transmission in a base Colorado is a 5-speed manual.
needs grease in transmission
I would assume it means a "short block" engine, as opposed to a "long block" engine used with manual transmissions.
Manual transmission is when you use the shift stick to shift to different gears in a car instead of driving without shifting gears,which is auto transmission.
Automatic or manual transmission.
It could be the drivers manual, the book that is kept in the glove compartment or it could mean that the transmission is a manual standard shift or it could also mean the steering is not power steering but manual steering.
Assuming you mean automatic transmission, yes.The 5-speed manual transmission that was offered in previous years is no longer available.
it means its only a short distance away
It's short for "transmission"
A stone's throw is a short distance that can be easily covered by throwing a stone. The phrase is often used figuratively to mean a very short distance.
If you mean Stickshift, or Manual, then yes. You can buy the Nissan 350z in either manual or automatic transmission