I drive stick now (speaking literally and not, sadly, figuratively). I'm 44. I'm not circumcised, but as I'm female that's just as well.
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Calli - Aug 28, 2012 10:29:28 am PDT #19853 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
le nubian - Aug 28, 2012 10:37:08 am PDT #19854 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I do not know how to drive stick. What puzzles me is how many cars I have rented over the years try to provide a limited "stick driving" experience in automatics. I do not know why someone who drives an automatic would want to fiddle with the faux stick driving. WTF is the point?
Zenkitty - Aug 28, 2012 10:45:27 am PDT #19855 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I bet you did, although possibly not as the state's song. It's the Tennessee Waltz.
I did not know that! Aw, I feel all nostalgic now.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 28, 2012 10:45:56 am PDT #19856 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I drive stick, but I learned many years after I learned how to drive. I had to learn for a summer job where I had use of a company car; I re-learned because the first car I bought was standard, as is my current car, but both were used cars I bought from friends/acquaintances so it wasn't by my choice; I would have bought the cars if they were automatics.
As to the other, let's just say being born in a hospital in the 60s doesn't guarantee one way or the other.
tommyrot - Aug 28, 2012 10:47:35 am PDT #19857 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.
What puzzles me is how many cars I have rented over the years try to provide a limited "stick driving" experience in automatics. I do not know why someone who drives an automatic would want to fiddle with the faux stick driving. WTF is the point?
Fun. And maybe go faster.
I have that on my Focus. Haven't tried it yet.
Jesse - Aug 28, 2012 10:51:23 am PDT #19858 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What puzzles me is how many cars I have rented over the years try to provide a limited "stick driving" experience in automatics. I do not know why someone who drives an automatic would want to fiddle with the faux stick driving. WTF is the point?
I remember my mother saying that automatics didn't give her enough to do, so she got distracted, which is (obviously) A Bad Thing. But I think she drives an automatic now.
I took driver's ed (and got my license) on an automatic, but both of my parents' cars were standards at that time.
...Huh. Is automatic "standard" now?
Steph L. - Aug 28, 2012 10:54:11 am PDT #19859 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm 41 and I technically was taught once -- as in, literally one time of me being behind the wheel -- how to drive a stick, back when I was 19 or so. I *definitely* don't count that as knowing how to drive stick. (Although I suppose in an emergency I could work it out, and in a real emergency I wouldn't really care if I popped the clutch.)
#demographics,man
Ginger - Aug 28, 2012 10:55:28 am PDT #19860 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I've had a manual transmission for the last 30 years. Automatics irritate me, because they shift when I wouldn't. I'm trying to resign myself to the fact that, with my knees, my next vehicle should probably be automatic.
tommyrot - Aug 28, 2012 11:01:49 am PDT #19861 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.
Automatics irritate me, because they shift when I wouldn't. I'm trying to resign myself to the fact that, with my knees, my next vehicle should probably be automatic.
Perhaps a car with a CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission). Essentially an "infinite-speed" transmission. (Although some people find them annoying too.)
Also, many hybrids have CVTs.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 28, 2012 11:03:19 am PDT #19862 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
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