Stick shift
Nov 22, 2016 17:09:17 #
I have a manual 'stick shift' car and swear by it, having driven automatic transmission cars for the gov't for too many years.
My philosophy is: You can DRIVE a manual but only point an automatic.
Here it is getting more difficult to find a decent stick shift car.
My philosophy is: You can DRIVE a manual but only point an automatic.
Here it is getting more difficult to find a decent stick shift car.
Nov 22, 2016 18:21:58 #
alliebess
Loc: suburban Philadelphia
When I took my Toyota in for service recently at the dealer's, the first two people who move the cars into the service area couldn't move it - they had to call in a third person. I had a good laugh about that, especially because I'm a woman! My father wouldn't allow me to get a driver's license unless I could drive a stick shift and change a tire. My first car was a little Triumph - no automatic transmission there and I've driven manual ever since.
Nov 22, 2016 21:53:05 #
While on business trip to Ireland, many times at early morning, half asleep I sat in the left front seat and looking for a steering wheel.
Nov 23, 2016 00:04:45 #
I have often wondered what it would be like to drive on the left side of the road. Now I know. I'd be opening my window all the time. 
Nov 23, 2016 00:24:39 #
CathyAnn wrote:
I have often wondered what it would be like to drive on the left side of the road. Now I know. I'd be opening my window all the time.
And instead of blinkers you turn on the windshield wipers.
Nov 23, 2016 06:17:04 #
My first car was a 52 Ford 3 on the tree, with overdrive. My dad got a Hillman Minx convertible with 4 on the tree. My grandson just turned 18 and wanted something different to drive. He got a Toyota Supra with right hand steering, it is an automatic.
Nov 23, 2016 09:34:44 #
My first car not only had a stick shift but no synchromesh so I had to double declutch to change gear.It taught me how to manage an engine. Not many automatics now in the UK we like to be in control.
Nov 23, 2016 11:55:20 #
Steve_m wrote:
And instead of blinkers you turn on the windshield wipers.
There is absolutely NO doubt about that! Nov 23, 2016 14:32:14 #
CathyAnn wrote: There is absolutely NO doubt about that!
There is absolutely NO doubt about that! I used to say that I have to check the windshield wipers because it rains every day over there.
Nov 24, 2016 03:20:56 #
I taught myself to use a stick shift on the floor in a 1928 Model A Roadster. I would drive up and down the alley behind our house.
Ron
Ron
Nov 24, 2016 14:37:24 #
Beard43 wrote:
I taught myself to use a stick shift on the floor in a 1928 Model A Roadster. I would drive up and down the alley behind our house.
Ron
Ron
That must of been fun!
Nov 24, 2016 14:38:40 #
I once drove a VW Beetle, you had to shift it, but there was no clutch! Just let off the gas and move the shift lever. Automatic stickshift.
Nov 25, 2016 00:16:14 #
The first car I learned to drive on was an early '60s Chevy with a "three on the tree". I'm sure some remember, but for those who don't, it was a three speed transmission with the shift lever on the steering column. My father always got cars with standard transmission while his kids were growing up because he felt everybody should learn how to drive one. The next car he got which I drove sometimes was a '65 Chevy Impala. But that time, they had gone to "four on the floor" but it came with bucket seats. My mother didn't like them and wanted a bench seat, so my father special ordered one with a bench seat and floor shifter.
Nov 25, 2016 00:22:23 #
Steve_m wrote:
And instead of blinkers you turn on the windshield wipers.
I took my driving test in my Dad's '54 Chevy with the column shift. I remember the driver training course at my high school required everyone learn how to shift and use a clutch.
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