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re: Should't everyone be able to drive a manual transmission?
Posted on 5/9/14 at 9:59 pm to Rebnbama
Posted on 5/9/14 at 9:59 pm to Rebnbama
I learned to drive a manual on a school bus as a YMCA summer camp counselor when I was in college.
Every vehicle I've owned since then has been a stick. I don't have a son, but if I did, he would definitely learn to drive one.
Every vehicle I've owned since then has been a stick. I don't have a son, but if I did, he would definitely learn to drive one.
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Posted on 5/9/14 at 10:05 pm to MaroonWhite
I learned on a 1967 Chevy with a 3 on the tree. It also had the gas tank behind the front seat.
Posted on 5/9/14 at 10:24 pm to bulldog95
[quote]I learned on a 1967 Chevy with a 3 on the tree. It also had the gas tank behind the front seat. /quote]
I learned on an old Ford F-100 with three on the tree.
Hell, even the military has been going to all automatics the last 10-15 years, none of these kids nowadays know how to shift.
It's no wonder 18-wheelers are going the same direction.
LC
I learned on an old Ford F-100 with three on the tree.
Hell, even the military has been going to all automatics the last 10-15 years, none of these kids nowadays know how to shift.
It's no wonder 18-wheelers are going the same direction.
LC
Posted on 5/9/14 at 10:35 pm to Clames
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Automatics are tougher
Yeah until you have to replace one of them.
None of them are inexpensive. I saved $700 on my Mazda by not getting the slushbox and I'll never face a $3000 bill to replace the transmission like my parents did with their Grand Caravan.
Posted on 5/9/14 at 11:02 pm to Rebnbama
Yes or u don't get your man card...
Posted on 5/9/14 at 11:18 pm to just1dawg
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Yeah until you have to replace one of them.
I don't have to replace. I can bench rebuild the little M5OD in my Ranger and the 4R70W in my F150. These things aren't complicated, they are based on designs that go back decades.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 6:56 am to LongueCarabine
Nothing like stalling out in the middle of an interaction trying to make that left hand turn at the only stop light in your hometown....ah memeories
Posted on 5/10/14 at 7:01 am to Rebnbama
My first two trucks were 5-speed manual transmission, and the 3rd was a 6-speed 2005 Toyota Tacoma 4WD--thing was a beast! I absolutely loved driving them, except in BR traffic of course.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 7:03 am to RougeTiger
I like a manual. Doesn't matter much either way to me.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 7:22 am to Nodust
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but manuals are getting harder to find.
I'm moving to the mountains soon and have been looking for a manual for pulling a horse trailer. They are harder to find than a Sasquatch or a black panther.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 7:27 am to Rebnbama
The wife and I both drive manuals. Both 6 speeds but the clutch release points couldn't be more different. Going from my Tacoma to her 5 series is a mind frick. It's like two different languages.
Driving automatics is strange to me, I can't believe they don't stay still when you let the brakes off. Seems like theyd have figured out some sort of disengagement feature under say 900 rpms.
Driving automatics is strange to me, I can't believe they don't stay still when you let the brakes off. Seems like theyd have figured out some sort of disengagement feature under say 900 rpms.
This post was edited on 5/10/14 at 7:32 am
Posted on 5/10/14 at 7:27 am to TIGERFANZZ
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Why? What are the advantages of driving a stick shift unless you own one. I haven't ridden in a vehicle with a Manuel transmission since high school (25 years) & that was only because it was someone old beater hand me down.
I like the fact that I can get in anything and drive it, from a porche to a tractor or old farm truck. It amazes me how many people don't know how to. I will make sure my kids learn at early age.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 7:39 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Tractors, motorcycles, various other pieces of equipment, badass vehicles, etc
this, everyone should learn. it carries over to other things. My dad has a great worker at his business... but when they get short handed and need him to deliver, their truck is manual transmission and he cant do it. Everyone should learn. Also anyone who is a jeep lover has to have a manual
Posted on 5/10/14 at 7:43 am to Triggerr
Agreed. My next car will be a manual. Wife will be made to learn in cortana parking lot.
This post was edited on 5/10/14 at 7:45 am
Posted on 5/10/14 at 8:03 am to Motorboat
Women never truly learn...they can drive them, but don't expect them to do it right. My wife doesn't understand the term 'dropped the clutch'. I say it's not supposed to sound that way, but she doesn't pay attention enough to hear the difference. Oh well.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 8:03 am to oleyeller
quote:have to disagree here. Unless it's a trailer queen, 90% of the time your on pavement. When the other 10% arises, and you put it in 4low you can still shift manually if need be in the automatics. Ain't nothing like stalling and trying to start when you're trying to crawl up and over big obstacles. All my jeeps prior to the one I have now were standard and I'd never go back.
Also anyone who is a jeep lover has to have a manual
Posted on 5/10/14 at 8:14 am to Rebnbama
I hired a level 3 technician (highest level with Chrysler) and was loving the work he was doing for me. After 3-4 days I gave him a job and just happened to be walking through the shop when I heard him tell one of our lube techs "pull this in for me, it's a stick." I stopped and asked him what the issue was. He told me he couldn't drive a stick, like it wasn't a big deal. I asked him how he test drove to find problems or verify repairs? Again, he replied in a nonchalant manner that he gets people to help him. I took him that night to a closed strip mall parking lot and started lessons. It took 4 1 hr. lessons.
If I knew his daddy I'd slap him for not doing his job.
If I knew his daddy I'd slap him for not doing his job.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 8:15 am to Rebnbama
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I'm sure I know most of the OB can, but am I the only one who has let his son down?
I didn't have a clear opportunity to teach him, but we talked about all the principles and the necessity of, particularly a man, to have that skill.
I got a great text message from him while he was at training for the Air Force.
"Dad, I learned to drive a manual today!"
He's had a manual transmission ever since.
This post was edited on 5/10/14 at 8:16 am
Posted on 5/10/14 at 8:16 am to Rebnbama
I learned on the farm when my legs were able to touch floor.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 8:25 am to 7flat
I remember visiting my cousin in the mountains and driving her little 4wheel drive Tacoma all over. When I came to a stop sign at the top of a very steep road, I was fricked. Took me about 20 minutes of trying to go, rolling back, pondering rolling backwards all the way back down, until I finally figure out to use the parking brake. Good times
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