Never having owned a car, I've never felt the need for learning stick, although somehow I always felt I should.
Angel: How're you feeling? Faith: Like I did mushrooms and got eaten by a bear.
'A Hole in the World'
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.
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
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.
StuntHusband - Jul 22, 2009 1:01:02 pm PDT #367 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
As in, college guys picked it up and removed it from my spot so they could have a parking spot.
My mom told a story about the guys in metalshop disassembling the football coach's VW bug and reassembling it inside the school gym; apparently this took just a few hours after school one night, so everyone came back to class in the morning, and there was a car...inside a room it had no way to get into because the doors were too narrow.
Much hilarity (and detention) apparently ensued. This SOUNDS like a Snopes-ish internet myth, but mom swears she saw the car in the gym...
Toddson - Jul 22, 2009 1:21:20 pm PDT #368 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
On my bus route home there's one spot where the bus has to make a fairly sharp turn into a narrow lane. Remarkably often, there will be a car parked - illeglly - right at the corner. One day there was a group of large young men on the bus and the car blocking the turn was small. Yup - they piled off, picked up the car and moved it, got back on the bus (to applause), and the bus continued on its way.
dcp - Jul 22, 2009 1:27:04 pm PDT #369 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
IIRC, the engine in a VW bug is only attached by four nuts, a pin in the throttle linkage, and the battery connection. If you pull the engine, the wheels, and the seats, it should easily be light enough for some football players to lift and turn up on its side. I just can't remember how wide the door would need to be for the body to fit through.