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.
You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.
Xander ,'Help'
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.
Tamara - Jan 02, 2007 10:43:05 pm PST #2699 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Kat - Jan 02, 2007 10:44:57 pm PST #2700 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
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.
Laga - Jan 02, 2007 10:48:27 pm PST #2701 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
yeah no matter how sore my calf gets I would find automatic too boring. Plus I like being able to downshift in an emergancy.
Cass - Jan 02, 2007 10:50:20 pm PST #2702 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 don't find sticks in traffic annoying so much as I can kind of zone some of the annoyance away when I am in consistently slow traffic in an automatic. Which, okay, written out makes me look kinda crazy.
Kristen - Jan 02, 2007 11:04:34 pm PST #2703 of 10001
Kat, that'd be awesome! Thanks for the offer!
Kat - Jan 02, 2007 11:07:01 pm PST #2704 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
No problem. Plus my car, in it's tinyness, has a short throw in the gear shift, so it's pretty easy to learn on.
Jon B. - Jan 03, 2007 2:14:34 am PST #2705 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Yeah, I learned how to drive in rush hour traffic on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
Was this in High School, Kristin? Where did you go? I'm curious because I went to Hunter but for Driver's Ed we went to one of the local prep schools (Dalton, maybe?).
Kevin - Jan 03, 2007 2:39:18 am PST #2706 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Now I feel left out. I don't drive. I don't think I trust myself with a lumpy chunk of speeding metal.
Jesse - Jan 03, 2007 4:45:48 am PST #2707 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wait, Kristen, was that a real-life question for real? I totally assumed it was for Professional Research. You know, for TV's hit Drive.
sarameg - Jan 03, 2007 4:58:06 am PST #2708 of 10001
Hah!
Kristen, the only thing about Kat is she turns the car off crazee.