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[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.
So I can't drive a stick. But you can bet your ass I could drive a taxi.So, under Special Skillz on your resume?
I learned on a stick too. But there weren't really a lot of other cars to hit where I learned. Fire hydrants, yes. I think I got bonus points (and my license suspended before I actually had a license) for that one.
Maybe "taxi driver" should be my backup plan. In a non Travis Bickle way.
Kristen, I can also show you how to drive stick.
I learned when my BATT taught me which was miserable. It was an explanation + 1 30 minute session of driving. I never drove stick again but I used to dream about how to do it. Then one day, due to street cleaning, I had to move a car that was stick and voila! I could do it after years of dreaming it.
Then I went to Ohio, picked up the miata, which is a standard transmission, and drove it back.
I love driving standards. More control. I don't mind the traffic or the rest of it. It's just that driving stick puts you closer to the machine. And I drove a standard transmission all through my time in the Bay Area (Divis. with a stick is feat of confidence) and I wouldn't have changed it there.
Even on the hill outside of your place, it's not a problem. In fact, the hillier it is, the better to have a standard transmission because it will last longer.
I only have occasional moments of rollback fear. Usually on Bell as you head up the hill.
This gives me a panic attack. Seriously.
But, you can bet your ass, I could drive a taxi.
HEE!
In fact, the hillier it is, the better to have a standard transmission because it will last longer.
This is true. The same can't be said for your sanity.
Well, yeah. Sanity, not so much. I love manual transmissions is all I'm saying. So much more fun to drive. More power curve. Just... fun.
And there's the whole phallic thing.
And there's the whole phallic thing.Well it's fun to drive stick no matter how you feel about ... driving stick.
It's just control and power and having that immediate sense of the car and the road. I don't love manual in traffic but I love it otherwise.
Give me an open flat curvy road in my 1971 Karmann Ghia (my first love, er, I mean car)and I am right there with you all. In LA, I'll take my boring Mitsubishi Lancer automatic.
It's weird because I don't find the manual any more irritating even in LA traffic. And I've spent my fair share of time on the 405.
The problem is not driving stick in traffic. For me, the problem is just the traffic and the gross stupidity of others. That bothers me when I drive automatic too.
yeah no matter how sore my calf gets I would find automatic too boring. Plus I like being able to downshift in an emergancy.