I learned on stick -- my parents insisted.

Ditto. I kept whining at my mom, who just smiled and pointed at the car. "Get in and drive!"

I would never own an automatic now. I want that (illusion of) control.

Panko-crusted goat cheese rounds from Whole Foods are of the devil's hands.

And very, very nummy.

Screw illusion of control. I want that need to pay attention to the car's current state to keep me from distractifying off to la-la land.

Panko-crusted goat cheese rounds from Whole Foods are of the devil's hands.

And very, very nummy.

I don't know about those, but the same can be said of the tortilla chips made with chocolate. Will my willpower be enough to keep me from eating the entire bag today? Who knows?

When I learn to drive later this summer, I am going to learn on an automatic. It will be easier.

I want that need to pay attention to the car's current state to keep me from distractifying off to la-la land.

I'm pretty sure that's my mother's take on it, too. Although I think they have an automatic now.

I got my license driving the driver's-ed guy's automatic, but had to learn stick to actually drive a car that I had access to.

The manual transmission is helping me right now when my speedometer decides it doesn't want to work. I can judge my speed pretty well by gear and the sound of the engine (I don't have a tach, so I've got to go with sound).

Panko-crusted goat cheese rounds from Whole Foods are of the devil's hands.

ooooh ... sounds yummy

The manual transmission is helping me right now when my speedometer decides it doesn't want to work. I can judge my speed pretty well by gear and the sound of the engine (I don't have a tach, so I've got to go with sound).

Oh, Gud, here's a solution. Get a pigeon and tape it to the roof of your car. Then get a mirror so you can watch the bird. Your speed in mph will be roughly how many times the pigeon flaps its wings each minute, divided by 4.732837. (I use lots of decimals to give the illusion of accuracy.)

I drove stick for 15 years. When we got our new car, we went with an automatic, mainly because my slightly-wonky knee is my left, and I can't deal with driving a stick in heavy traffic these days.

I miss a manual transmission.

I get my milk from Golden Glen Creamery at the local farmer's market. Sometimes, I cheat and get it from Twin Brook Creamery at the Metropolitan Market. In either case, the bottles are glass and the milk cream line. (Neither is listed on the site linked to with the moo.)

I wonder if Subarus are extra popular in SF because of that nifty clutch system.

Mostly the 4WD ones are popular for going into the mountains for skiing.

I had one of those and used to get notes on the car fairly often, offering to buy it.