She's commuting at 10PM and 4AM? Because that's about the only time when 70 mph and wind in her hair is likely to happen.
ETA: But if it's a really cool sport car I saw do it anyway.
Angel: Just admit it: you think you're gonna ride in, save the day, and sweep Buffy off her--Spike: Like you're not thinking the same thing. Angel: I'm already seeing somebody. Spike: What, dog girl?
'The Girl in Question'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Pix - Jan 02, 2007 7:40:59 pm PST #2682 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Kristen - Jan 02, 2007 7:43:44 pm PST #2683 of 10001
Yeah, there would be a downside. It's a tradeoff.
And, actually, I'm doing a reverse commute right now. People going 70 are the norm.
ETA: Not that I'm planning to buy a new car any time in the foreseeable future. But I always sort of wanted to learn.
Pix - Jan 02, 2007 7:44:55 pm PST #2684 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
And, actually, I'm doing a reverse commute right now. People going 70 are the norm.
I have never been more jealous in my entire life.
Cass - Jan 02, 2007 7:57:53 pm PST #2685 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I wonder what size my toes are. I don't wear toe rings, and don't know.You just need a jewelry store and an understanding clerk. Alternately, be sneaky.
Learning stick isn't hard. Just takes some time. I miss stick shifts sometimes...
Laga - Jan 02, 2007 8:39:08 pm PST #2686 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
But yeah if you're ever stuck in stop-and-go traffic you could end up with a very sore left calf. (Says the girl who would never give up her stick no matter what)
Liese S. - Jan 02, 2007 8:51:04 pm PST #2687 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I've gotta learn.
I had a former co-worker who was a former driving instructor and he promised to teach me properly and then left the company. Harumph. As if the world isn't supposed to be arranged purely for my convenience.
Tamara - Jan 02, 2007 9:13:26 pm PST #2688 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
I learned how to drive on a stick. Dad wouldn't let us learn any other way. My first automatic I bought five years ago and I will love it forever. Manual transmissions may seem sporty and cool, but after driving them for almost 20 years I can tell you they are not worth it. Especially in Seattle. I was terrified driving and stopping on those hills with some idiot in an automatic on my ass.
Umm. Yeah. I guess I feel strongly about this.
P.M. Marc - Jan 02, 2007 9:22:47 pm PST #2689 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I learned how to drive on a stick. Dad wouldn't let us learn any other way. My first automatic I bought five years ago and I will love it forever. Manual transmissions may seem sporty and cool, but after driving them for almost 20 years I can tell you they are not worth it. Especially in Seattle. I was terrified driving and stopping on those hills with some idiot in an automatic on my ass.
Hey! I still drive in Seattle on a stick! Until we replace it. With a non-stick.
I only have occasional moments of rollback fear. Usually on Bell as you head up the hill.
(And did we have the same Dad? I also was made to learn on a stick. Of course, my folks went automatic a few years ago, as did my sister, so I'm the last holdout in the bunch.)
Laga - Jan 02, 2007 9:24:49 pm PST #2690 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I still get pissed when someone stops right on my ass on a hill. I want to yell out the window, "can't you see I'm driving a five speed?!!" even though at this point I don't have to roll back at all. When I was learning some guy got right behind me and my sister pulled on the emergency break, got out of the car and told him he better back the hell up up.
Kristen - Jan 02, 2007 9:40:21 pm PST #2691 of 10001
I learned how to drive on a stick. Dad wouldn't let us learn any other way.
Yeah, I learned how to drive in rush hour traffic on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Had they made us learn on a stick, I think it would've taken more than two tries to pass my road test.
ETA: So I can't drive a stick. But, you can bet your ass, I could drive a taxi.