The few, the proud,...
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@Axtremus said in The few, the proud,...:
I will not apologize for trying to better arts and letters for the benefit of humanity.
You should probably apologize for your approach.
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I learned on a stick shift car. Kind of a dying skill. I wonder if 25 years from now, any cars will have stick shift?
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I learned on a stick shift and drove one for over 20 years but I had to use my left hand so I get a bit confused over here. Thankfully the colonies don't reverse the break and throttle placement which would be really bad.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The few, the proud,...:
I learned on a stick shift and drove one for over 20 years but I had to use my left hand so I get a bit confused over here. Thankfully the colonies don't reverse the break and throttle placement which would be really bad.
But I have noticed that some right hand drive cars reverse the turn signal stick and the window wiper stick. So, every time you want to make a turn, you turn on your window wiper!!
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This is not exactly a "young" forum. I wouldn't be surprised if all of us (active participants of TNCR) learnt to drive using a manual transmission. The only exceptions I can think of are probably @89th and @Aqua-Letifer. It's just a function of age.
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Like riding a bicycle. Once it’s in muscle memory, u can do it immediately
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@Axtremus said in The few, the proud,...:
This is not exactly a "young" forum. I wouldn't be surprised if all of us (active participants of TNCR) learnt to drive using a manual transmission. The only exceptions I can think of are probably @89th and @Aqua-Letifer. It's just a function of age.
What's funny is IIRC both @Aqua-Letifer and I worked (before we met in college) on golf courses doing maintenance using a Cushman. That's 3-speed (left stick) manual transmission utility cart/vehicle. That's how I learned to drive stick, but admittedly every car I've owned/driven has been automatic and I've never had a desire to drive manual. In fact, I remember telling my parents when I was younger "I'd imagine before automatic transmissions were available, people driving stick shift probably thought 'I sure wish changing gears was automatic.'"
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British rental cars still generally have the stick - at least, they did when I rented one last year.
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@89th said in The few, the proud,...:
@Axtremus said in The few, the proud,...:
This is not exactly a "young" forum. I wouldn't be surprised if all of us (active participants of TNCR) learnt to drive using a manual transmission. The only exceptions I can think of are probably @89th and @Aqua-Letifer. It's just a function of age.
What's funny is IIRC both @Aqua-Letifer and I worked (before we met in college) on golf courses doing maintenance using a Cushman. That's 3-speed (left stick) manual transmission utility cart/vehicle. That's how I learned to drive stick, but admittedly every car I've owned/driven has been automatic and I've never had a desire to drive manual. In fact, I remember telling my parents when I was younger "I'd imagine before automatic transmissions were available, people driving stick shift probably thought 'I sure wish changing gears was automatic.'"
Keep it in neutral going down the 16th fairway, and your experiential speed is roughly 95 mph.