May 23, 20242 yr 6 minutes ago, toolg said: Nobody knows how to drive a manual transmission anymore. In about 20 years...
May 23, 20242 yr 30 minutes ago, toolg said: Nobody knows how to drive a manual transmission anymore. Well because
May 23, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, 20dawk4life said: Well because I'm guilty of this. Growing up the only manual car we had was a 64 Stingray and my dad wouldn't teach me that. "I don't know why anyone needs to learn a stick anymore" I was told in the early 90s. So despite schmoopies best efforts I never learned. Now I have an EV that mimics engine noise if you want
May 23, 20242 yr 17 minutes ago, paco said: I'm guilty of this. Growing up the only manual car we had was a 64 Stingray and my dad wouldn't teach me that. "I don't know why anyone needs to learn a stick anymore" I was told in the early 90s. So despite schmoopies best efforts I never learned. Now I have an EV that mimics engine noise if you want My parents didn’t have any manual cars when I started driving either but all of my older friends did so I’d get them to let me drive their cars. But I grew up riding atvs and dirt bikes so I knew the mechanics of shifting and clutch and everything, I just need to train my feet to coordinate instead of my hands. The first manual transmission car I ever drove was my buddy’s firebird. I pulled out of my drive and got to the stop sign at the end of my road like a 1/2 mile away taking it nice and easy. As I pulled out onto more of a major back road he says "every once in a while the throttle sticks so if starts to rev up when you push the clutch in, just give the pedal a quick kick and it’ll kick down”. So in addition to coordinating my feet I was also having to give the accelerator pedal random kicks to get it to not rev out of control. While also learning and getting comfortable driving as I was still on my permit. Good times.
May 23, 20242 yr My dad only bought manual transmission cars. But when my siblings and I learned how to drive, we all got automatic transmissions since it was easier to pass the driving test (and we weren't messing with around with his car learning how to drive. ). So I learned to drive manual after mine broke down. And I had some experience from 4-wheeler/ATV/snowmobiles. My first new car purchase was a manual, dating myself, over 20 years ago.
May 23, 20242 yr 42 minutes ago, mr_hunt said: I'm still trying to figure out the match and putting it in his mouth
May 23, 20242 yr 3 hours ago, toolg said: Why else do you have a jeep? It's that, and the ducks. Don’t forget waiving to each other so it feels like you have friends because you made a common purchase.
May 23, 20242 yr 4 hours ago, mr_hunt said: Correct answer: "Yes, actually. That is what I wanted you to do. Be right back."
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