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ha burn. old people are funny.OK grampsI think it's a good idea for everyone to know how to drive a stick, regardless of the reason why.
ha burn. old people are funny.OK grampsI think it's a good idea for everyone to know how to drive a stick, regardless of the reason why.
Ditto in Ireland back in November. The lady was shocked that I didn't want to pay the upgrade to auto. I think I would've considered it if the pedals were reversed too (i.e. Gas with left foot, brake with right). Got a Diesel Ford Fiesta - awesome car. I would buy one in a second if they sold a diesel manual Fiesta here.Yep. Went to London last fall and they asked me about three different times if I wanted the automatic w/ GPS. I insisted that I wanted to drive a stick (wrong side of the road as well!) without the GPS through the streets of London. Had a blast and didn't kill anybody.
My dad spent 35 years as a paramedic. He saw a ton of people who were riding as a passenger in a car that had to drive that vehicle after something happened to the driver. A ton of them had to pass because they couldn't drive a manual. Men too. Oof.In my 35 years, I've never been put in a position to have to drive one.Because you never know when you may be in a situation where you need to drive one in an emergency.Also, it's just more fun to drive a stick.why?I think it's a good idea for everyone to know how to drive a stick, regardless of the reason why.
oh well, guess i need to avoid all manual carsMy dad spent 35 years as a paramedic. He saw a ton of people who were riding as a passenger in a car that had to drive that vehicle after something happened to the driver. A ton of them had to pass because they couldn't drive a manual. Men too. Oof.In my 35 years, I've never been put in a position to have to drive one.Because you never know when you may be in a situation where you need to drive one in an emergency.Also, it's just more fun to drive a stick.why?I think it's a good idea for everyone to know how to drive a stick, regardless of the reason why.
i would have agreed wholeheartedly with this 10 years ago.... now i'd say it's really getting close to being obsolete and unnecessary.I think it's a good idea for everyone to know how to drive a stick, regardless of the reason why.
If you go to Spain and rent a car, you better be able to drive a stick.why?I think it's a good idea for everyone to know how to drive a stick, regardless of the reason why.
Did a similar thing a long time ago (early 90s). Had a couple 'lessons' on a friends car. Flew to Brussels, and had to drive to Luxemburg for a wedding that nite. The airport in Brussels is in the center of the city so I had that do deal with and I don't read French. Had a guy who spoke French navigate and I figured out how to drive in traffic and we made it. Then we drove all around France for 2 weeks, tons of fun. Great way to learn stick is on someone else's car!I had never driven a stick before and was going to Italy. I drove my friends car for about 20 minutes and deemed myself ready.
Drove from Venice to Florence to Rome. Without GPS.
That was fun.![]()
I was told this, but didn't have any problem renting an automatic car in Australia.If you ever rent a car abroad, you'll need to know.In my 35 years, I've never been put in a position to have to drive one.Because you never know when you may be in a situation where you need to drive one in an emergency.why?I think it's a good idea for everyone to know how to drive a stick, regardless of the reason why.
Also, it's just more fun to drive a stick.
Living in Europe I am not sure I buy that estimation, unless it counts electrical cars (without any transmission) as automaticsThe manual is dead - even Ferrari is no longer making them. By 2020 it's estimated that more than a third of cars in Europe will be either traditional automatics or dual clutch.
It helps to catch them drunk.I was told this, but didn't have any problem renting an automatic car in Australia.the ones that used to didn't really want to let someone practice on it.If you ever rent a car abroad, you'll need to know.In my 35 years, I've never been put in a position to have to drive one.Because you never know when you may be in a situation where you need to drive one in an emergency.Also, it's just more fun to drive a stick.why?I think it's a good idea for everyone to know how to drive a stick, regardless of the reason why.
I've only owned sticks for 32 years. Sometimes if I'm really tired and driving my wife's auto, I depress the non existent clutch pedal which turns out to be the wide/fat brake pedal. That quick brake jab always "wakes" me up.My work car is a manual, my personal vehicle an automatic. 2 things:
1) I dont text any less while driving the manual. It doesn't make it harder.
2) I hate how after driving my work car, I'm always trying to push in the non existant clutch in my personal vehicle when driving around town.