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Ability: Not being able to drive stick
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:22 pm
by H-GM_Archive
CRAP
Now I feel inadequate. Fuck you very much, PRF.
EvilTwin or Bad Comrade, the ball is in your court.
Ability: Not being able to drive stick
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:29 pm
by EvilTwin_Archive
I'll still extend the offer to teach you on his car, it is a Boobaru after all... worth a hell of a lot more than my car, in theory anyways =) Just going to wait for the backlash now....
Ability: Not being able to drive stick
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:31 pm
by sparky_Archive
Getting the bite is the tricky bit. Once you have the bite, the shift is simple.
Ability: Not being able to drive stick
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:18 pm
by chopjob_Archive
I dunno, do you know how to ride a horse?
Ability: Not being able to drive stick
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:12 pm
by that damned fly_Archive
crap. i understand the principle, but have never practiced the execution.
Ability: Not being able to drive stick
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:47 pm
by madmanmunt_Archive
Ty Webb wrote:I learned on a manual back when I was 15 and I've driven everything from a 5-speed to a 3-on-the-tree to a huge 1958 panel-side truck with the shortest first gear in automotive history. But I haven't driven a manual in almost 20 years and today I doubt I could get one out of a parking space, never mind stop and start on a hill.
This still picks at me sometimes too. I'd like very much to own a decent little sports car one day and there's just no way I could live with myself if I got one with an automatic. What the hell do I do on the test drive? Let the salesman drive it and put my hand on his knee?
But I live in New York and any driving I do is, by definition, hellish city driving. I wouldn't drive a manual in this city if you paid me. So I own an automatic and will only own automatics as long as long I live here.
It's a shameful conundrum.
Why do you have a car if you live in NY? Serious question.
Ability: Not being able to drive stick
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:00 pm
by Ty Webb_Archive
madmanmunt wrote:Why do you have a car if you live in NY? Serious question.
Three reasons:
A. If you want to buy anything bigger than a watermelon and get it home, you better own a car.
B. I'm obsessed with golf and the only way I can get to the course without going through the trials of Hercules is in a car.
C. Sometimes you have to get outside this fucking pain in the ass of a city and see some trees that aren't covered in plastic bags. This is exceedingly difficult to do without a car.
It's strictly a convenience. You don't have to own a car in NYC, but if you live outside Manhattan and want to run any sort of errand or get out of the city for a weekend, it can be very handy. I probably drive less than 1500 miles per year.
Ability: Not being able to drive stick
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:58 pm
by Johnny C_Archive
I can't drive stick and I think it's crappy not to be able to drive stick.
Personally I've tried and I just can't get the hang of it for some reason. Still sucks though. It's a useful skill.