A good reason to drive a stick ---
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dpkimmel2001
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Just another note to check off on my 'Prefer a Manual Transmission' column. 
One of the funniest things I ever saw happened years ago. A "really cool dude" was apparently trying to show off his
whizz-bang imported sports car to the locals. He was holding a drink in one left hand with a new fangled thing called a cell phone
cradled between his head and his left shoulder.
He managed to get moving when the light changed, but when he went to shift to 2nd, he realized he didn't have enough hands to
shift, steer, and hang on to his drink and phone. Stalled right in the middle of the intersection --- so badly, that he almost didn't
get the car started again.
whizz-bang imported sports car to the locals. He was holding a drink in one left hand with a new fangled thing called a cell phone
cradled between his head and his left shoulder.
He managed to get moving when the light changed, but when he went to shift to 2nd, he realized he didn't have enough hands to
shift, steer, and hang on to his drink and phone. Stalled right in the middle of the intersection --- so badly, that he almost didn't
get the car started again.
DanicaFreak
She's crazy.
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Unfrickin real. I want my family to know how to drive standard.
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Randy
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Ha ha ha ....dumbasses.
lisa
Kurt Busch fan
My daughter won't learn how. I've tried and tried to get her to. She says she doesn't want to.
If I can learn, anyone can.
If I can learn, anyone can.
C_Numb
I like my dogs better then most people.
I read a website named Jalopnik and they have a story like this or a foiled car theft quite often for the same reason … I love stupid criminals …
I can tell a story on me when I was learning to drive a stick. Was in my dad's VW beetle with my mom. We
went to a downtown parking garage to park --- the kind with the steep entry ramp. Didn't see the car at the very
top and had to stop on the ramp.
Panicked because I wasn't sure I could clutch and change gears and gas it all
at the same time. Put on the parking brake so my mom and I could change places --- she drove it on up the
ramp. I think the man in the car behind me about busted a gut he was laughing so hard.
went to a downtown parking garage to park --- the kind with the steep entry ramp. Didn't see the car at the very
top and had to stop on the ramp.
Panicked because I wasn't sure I could clutch and change gears and gas it all
at the same time. Put on the parking brake so my mom and I could change places --- she drove it on up the
ramp. I think the man in the car behind me about busted a gut he was laughing so hard.
be9ak7ts16
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funnie stuff.
dpkimmel2001
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My wife, son & daughter all know how to drive a manual transmission. Besides being a less expensive vehicle to purchase they are way more fun to drive.
Queue the responses of how they are harder to drive in city traffic BS.
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Randy
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I taught my wife to drive, then a little later, I taught her a stick. In my street racer. She picked it up pretty quick..l things considered
3-on-the-tree would've really stumped them.
They aren't harder to drive but in rush hour traffic they are a pain in the ass!
Other than that I love them.
dpkimmel2001
Team Owner
That took a lot longer than I thought but I stand by my original statement.
blue92
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My 1st SHO was an automatic after 3 trans rebuilds I bought a stick. Eight years ago someone pulled out in front of me (they ran the light) and I totaled my blue stick SHO, I then bought the white one. Car now has 184k on it and just two months ago changed the 1st clutch which cost me 1/3 of what an automatic trans would cost, so that's why I still drive a stick.
They are still a pain in the ass during rush hour no matter what you or dpk say
blue92
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You know what is a bigger pain in the as$? Being without your car for at lease 2 weeks because your car is in the tranny shop not to mention having to put the price of one third of the value of your whole car into it.They are still a pain in the ass during rush hour no matter what you or dpk say
I just rebuild my own transmissions
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Too bad they aren't like the transmission in my first car. I could, drop, tear down, repair, and reinstall it in about an hour, hour and a half by myself. 1950 ford flathead 255 CI and 110 HP. And I loved it.I just rebuild my own transmissions
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I know what you mean. Back when we were in racing, I learned to time, gap the points and plugs, work on lifters/rods, valve springs, etc. Today's engines require computer equipment and an engineering degree.Too bad they aren't like the transmission in my first car. I could, drop, tear down, repair, and reinstall in about an hour, hour and a half by myself. 1950 ford flathead 255 CI and 110 HP. And I loved it.
I feel lucky to find the dipstick to check the oil.
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YEP. I'm taking the new truck to the dealer today for an oil and filter change before our trip down south for Christmas. The only thing I do under the hood is put in washer fluid and I'm nervous about doing that. I don't recognize hardly anything in there.
Kiante
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It's not hard to drive stick, I personally love it and prefer it to an automatic. It's just something about it that makes me love driving and it just makes me smile and enjoy it.
It's the ultimate anti-theft device. Just an example of why I think more cars should have manuals more often. Keeps silly kids from stealing cars more often.
It's the ultimate anti-theft device. Just an example of why I think more cars should have manuals more often. Keeps silly kids from stealing cars more often.
Like this? ROTFLToo bad they aren't like the transmission in my first car. I could, drop, tear down, repair, and reinstall it in about an hour, hour and a half by myself. 1950 ford flathead 255 CI and 110 HP. And I loved it.