Jeff McAdams on 4 Oct 2007 11:29:52 -0000 |
JP Vossen wrote: > I drive a stick. I hate automatics. I convinced my wife to drive a > stick, and she did for 10 years. Until... No one makes a mini-van with > a stick... I learned to drive a manual by driving a 1991 Ford Escort off the lot brand new (my parents bought it for me when I was still in high school...thanks mom and dad!). Drove that until a bit over 3 years ago when my parents went to Europe for a year and dad gave me his 1993 Ford Ranger (thanks mom and dad again!). Drove that until this past Saturday when I just bought an '08 Jeep Wrangler 6-speed (its been warm enough down here in Louisville, KY that I've been driving it with the top down...man its a lot of fun to drive!). First time I've ever bought a car for myself at all, which is cool; but also the first time I've ever had a car payment, which is not so much. I have no desire or intent to ever drive a manual transmission for my daily driver. When you drive an automatic for this long, shifting, even in stop and go traffic, becomes so subconcious that you don't even think about it. And when you want to really make the car do what you want, you still can. -- Jeff McAdams "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin Attachment:
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