9 Nines Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 22 hours ago, Little Earl said: I have always driven a manual (although my wife now has an automatic). I purposely bought my last car with a manual so I could teach my kids how to use a stick when they are old enough. Unfortunately it may not be a useful skill to have in the future. Learning to drive manually transmission probably makes for better drivers. You are more aware of how to drive a car when you learn to use a manual transmission. So it will probably make your kids better drivers to teach them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Posted December 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 1 hour ago, 9 Nines said: Learning to drive manually transmission probably makes for better drivers. You are more aware of how to drive a car when you learn to use a manual transmission. So it will probably make your kids better drivers to teach them. I taught my son to drive. No problem. I tried to teach my step daughter. She was getting the hang of it, but then got nervous and killed the engine twice in the Publix parking lot. That was it. She never tried again. Then when I told her I was interested in getting a Jeep she asked if I was going to get an automatic. "No" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Posted December 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 You can get a Hyundai Tucson with awd and manual in Europe, but not here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opus74 Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 1 hour ago, MikeTn said: I totally agree with this sentiment. This is the total reason a guy my age tools around in a 75hp 4-spd/w OD convertible that leaks water with it rains and without the added rear axle compensator (not OE) would literally throw you in a ditch on a hard turn. I just love my little Spit. It is amazing how many miata nuts want to race a gray haired man in a conifer metallic green rag top. Too true. My post-retirement part-time job is driving rental cars around. I had to go to a nearby town recently to pick up one of our exotics & bring it back to the airport. Every kid in a ratty-ass civic absolutely has to pass a bright yellow Corvette convertible even if it kills him. Btw, that plain base 'Vette is one bad sumbitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 LOL http://wkrn.com/2016/12/28/police-bellevue-carjacking-attempt-hindered-suspects-inability-to-drive-stick-shift/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No1TitansFan Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 I drove a Fiat 850 Sport Spyder, an 850 cc rear engine convertible that was smaller than a MG, my senior year. It had a 4 speed manual but the problem was the clutch plate was literally only about 6 inches in diameter and it was easy to burn up. There were 2 guys in the Amazing Race last year who just gave up because when they got to Europe they were supposed to drive a car with a stick for one of the legs and neither one had a clue and couldn't begin to figure how to drive it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Posted January 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 35 minutes ago, No1TitansFan said: I drove a Fiat 850 Sport Spyder, an 850 cc rear engine convertible that was smaller than a MG, my senior year. It had a 4 speed manual but the problem was the clutch plate was literally only about 6 inches in diameter and it was easy to burn up. There were 2 guys in the Amazing Race last year who just gave up because when they got to Europe they were supposed to drive a car with a stick for one of the legs and neither one had a clue and couldn't begin to figure how to drive it. In my high school someone had a similar Fiat. One day, fate presented itself and the car beside it was gone. A group of us decided to see if we could pick up the car enough to rotate 90 degrees in the parking space. It wasn't quiet as easy as picking it up and rotating it, but we did manage to get it pointing sideways in its parking spot, assuring he would have no way out unless someone else moved in front of him. Just a memory of things that happened long ago.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamlngEnvy Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 Ain't nothing worse than a "I'm so cool cuz I drive stick shift" guy and I drove stick before. It's aite. Auto>>>stick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opus74 Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 23 hours ago, No1TitansFan said: I drove a Fiat 850 Sport Spyder, an 850 cc rear engine convertible that was smaller than a MG, my senior year. It had a 4 speed manual but the problem was the clutch plate was literally only about 6 inches in diameter and it was easy to burn up. There were 2 guys in the Amazing Race last year who just gave up because when they got to Europe they were supposed to drive a car with a stick for one of the legs and neither one had a clue and couldn't begin to figure how to drive it. Congratulations on surviving it. 850s could have diabolical lift-throttle oversteer, as I'm sure you noticed. The only thing that saved a lot of people was that they were so slow that you rarely needed to get off the throttle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex in a Can Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 I drive a standard pickup. No one will be able to steal it unless they are driving a tow truck.The guys at the Toyota dealership ask me to drive it in and out of the garage for them, sometimes after stalling it a couple of times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanedUpSince'70 Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Hadn't read in this section in a good while, so skimmed through it and saw this thread. I have 1 automatic (Jeep) and 2 manual shift vehicles ('83-'85 Mazda RX-7. Depends on how lazy I feel like driving, as to which one I take out. As far as being on a hill in a stick shift, if it's a really steep hill, I always just pull up on the emergency brake until it grabs, so I can't roll backwards and then hold it until I let off on the clutch and can feel myself trying to go forward, then let off the emergency brake and onward I go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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