I liked driving a Beetle in high school. I didn't have one, but one of my friends did and I drove it when he was drunk.
Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
'Lineage'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Jul 22, 2009 11:37:34 am PDT #327 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Nora Deirdre - Jul 22, 2009 11:38:43 am PDT #328 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I had issues with learning to drive a manual, when I was taught at the age of 16... then I needed to borrow someone's car for a college interview in Vermont, and the only one I could find was standard. When I don't have much of a choice, I tend to learn right quick.
Calli - Jul 22, 2009 11:38:52 am PDT #329 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I drive stick. I learned on my dad's 82 Ford pickup (manual everything), and every other car with manual transmission has been a breeze in comparison. My car in grad school had an automatic transmission, but the three after it were all stick. It's cheaper, usually lasts longer than a slush box, and is nice for mountain driving. You can downshift on the down slopes and keep some stress off the brakes.
tommyrot - Jul 22, 2009 11:38:53 am PDT #330 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I drove a friend's Beetle once. The seat had rusted to the floor, so I couldn't move it back. I had to move my knee sideways as I lifted the clutch or else my knee would hit the dash.
It was fun, but underpowered.
Trudy Booth - Jul 22, 2009 11:40:13 am PDT #331 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Where to find milk in glass bottles
That website mooed at me. Loudly. At work. Could you put a warning on the link, Msbelle?
tommyrot - Jul 22, 2009 11:40:41 am PDT #332 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
From the 1920s, a box that hangs out the window for you to put your baby in....
meara - Jul 22, 2009 11:43:33 am PDT #333 of 30001
Hah! Tommyrot, that totally reminds me, I've been reading all these medical records for my current job, about vaccinating babies, and they all have reminders for the new parents about "Don't shake the baby!" and I keep wanting to giggle every time I see it, because of htat thing that was linked here....
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 22, 2009 11:45:33 am PDT #334 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Manual transmission rentals are the norm in the UK, that's for sure.
Is true. Automatic transmission is considered unusual here. I drive an automatic (although I can drive a manual) - it irritates the hell out of The Girl, who likes to be in control. I just like not having to do handbrake starts on hills, which are evil.
megan walker - Jul 22, 2009 11:46:51 am PDT #335 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I don't remember what the deposit is, but I bring the empties back so it's moot at this point.
Oh, I would bring them back, but since I walk to the grocery store, often on the way home from work, empties aren't really workable (whereas I always have my tote when I go to the farmers' market).
It might actually be easier since the whole driving thing isn't new. Just learn someplace where there is plenty of space in front of you (behind you in reverse), especially in a car with a lot of power.
I'm thinking San Francisco is not the place to be learning how to drive stick.
DavidS - Jul 22, 2009 11:49:19 am PDT #336 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm thinking San Francisco is not the place to be learning how to drive stick.
Yeah, it can be a bitch to finesse the handbrake thing.
My first car (that I bought with my own money from my first job) was a VW Squareback. We had a big side yard so I could go first and reverse until I mastered them. Also, NSM with the hills in Florida.