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.
Wash: You want a slinky dress? I can buy you a slinky dress. Captain, can I have money for a slinky dress? Jayne: I'll chip in. Zoe: I can hurt you.
'Shindig'
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.
DavidS - Jul 22, 2009 12:31:32 pm PDT #357 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
§ ita § - Jul 22, 2009 12:34:09 pm PDT #358 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Just got another recruiter that asked me to lie on my resume. Why do they bother? All I will do is give them a bad name.
Ginger - Jul 22, 2009 12:34:44 pm PDT #359 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm so used to manuals that sometimes automatics get on my nerves, "Hey car, I didn't want to shift gears right now."
I am Gud. I haven't owned an automatic for a couple of decades. Atlanta traffic is not an ideal place for them, and I do have to replace the clutch more often.
My father tried to teach me to drive a stick shift, but there was yelling. There was usually yelling, but in this case I was stuck in a VW Bug with him. My ex taught me and was remarkably patient with the terrible noises I made with his baby, a 240Z. Then my car died and we inherited a car with a manual transmission, so it was either master shifting or stop going to work. For the first couple of weeks, I screamed obscenities at anyone and anything that made me shift.
megan walker - Jul 22, 2009 12:39:30 pm PDT #360 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Never having owned a car, I've never felt the need for learning stick, although somehow I always felt I should.
beth b - Jul 22, 2009 12:43:09 pm PDT #361 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
In a zombie attack , it might be useful to be able to pop the clutch to start the car.
tommyrot - Jul 22, 2009 12:48:44 pm PDT #362 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.
OTOH, with an automatic vehicle, you can fill it full of explosives, put it in gear, put a brick on the gas pedal and send it into a crowd of zombies.
Cashmere - Jul 22, 2009 12:51:32 pm PDT #363 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I learned to drive stick in a blue yugo with a missing gas cap.
megan walker - Jul 22, 2009 12:52:04 pm PDT #364 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I learned to drive stick in a blue yugo with a missing gas cap.
Was it stolen by zombies?
tommyrot - Jul 22, 2009 12:53:34 pm PDT #365 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.
Was it stolen by zombies?
No, but the Yugo factory employed zombies, so....
Cashmere - Jul 22, 2009 12:53:53 pm PDT #366 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Was it stolen by zombies?
Not sure. The car itself was moved a number of times in order to steal my parking spot.
As in, college guys picked it up and removed it from my spot so they could have a parking spot. I got two tickets that way.