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PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,746 posts)
33. Durability and reliability.
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 08:12 PM
Jun 2022

That's huge.

Oh, and the very first time I tried driving an automatic, I was HORRIFIED that as soon as I took my foot off the brake it started moving. It moved by default. I didn't have to do anything to make it move. That's insane.

My older son, when he finally was willing to learn to drive, simply could not learn on the stick. He's high-functioning autistic, Asperger's, and there were simply too many things to pay attention to for him to get it. So I helped him acquire a perfectly nice automatic transmission car, and since he now only had to pay attention to one thing at a time, he learned to drive. Although to be honest, he wasn't a very good driver. Several months after he was driving he came to me and asked if he could try driving my car again. Of course I said yes, and he nailed it immediately. Because now that he'd learned the other basics, he could concentrate on the shifting thing. For the next two years he drove my car any time I'd let him. Then he asked me if I'd help him purchase a standard transmission car. So I did. I'd already noticed that he was a vastly better driving in the standard than in the automatic. Nice.

So again, I understand there are many reasons for a person to prefer, or perhaps require, an automatic. But I'll personally stick with my little stick shift car.

Japan has low horsepower cars called K cars Tetrachloride Jun 2022 #1
I'm also trying to find a way for Biden to be effective SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #3
And they would never meet the requirements to be sold here. thatdemguy Jun 2022 #8
Why not require all drivers wear crash helmets? MichMan Jun 2022 #17
Affordable to me means less than 20k. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #2
I rent cars for long trips Effete Snob Jun 2022 #6
Alas rental cars in this country are all automatic transmissions. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #7
Why would a rental company have manual transmission cars that few could drive? MichMan Jun 2022 #18
In Europe the vast majority of rental cars PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #32
Nice to meet a fellow driver who wants to drive a manual. Zeitghost Jun 2022 #30
Durability and reliability. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #33
if you can afford the gas, no problem. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #9
I can afford the gas. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #13
your charging times are out of date Celerity Jun 2022 #12
Is that the charging time per those units of miles? PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #14
Level one chargers are fast MissB Jun 2022 #16
My income is so low I pay almost no federal taxes. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #25
200 miles is not the max charge for the Lucid Air, it has up to a 520 mile range Celerity Jun 2022 #21
$45k is around twice as much as I've ever paid for a car. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #26
For the EV6 hardluck Jun 2022 #31
So on my road trips to Kansas City PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #36
You sound like you are making the rational decision hardluck Jun 2022 #39
Exactly. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #40
I just got the KIA EV6 last week hardluck Jun 2022 #29
Microchips are already on short supply DetroitLegalBeagle Jun 2022 #4
what if we got a plant or two making microchips? SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #10
2 plants are being built in Ohio DetroitLegalBeagle Jun 2022 #24
$20 billion is a small fraction of Musk's worth. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #38
Quick answer? Igel Jun 2022 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Jun 2022 #5
There are countless prototypes out there. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #11
They should make EV cars selling for under $15k that meet all safety standards with union labor MichMan Jun 2022 #15
Seems like a no brainer. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #20
Boy, wouldn't that be nice. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #37
Daily reminder that centrally planned economies lead to poverty nt mathematic Jun 2022 #19
VMT is the problem. That stands for "Vehicle Miles Traveled." Ron Green Jun 2022 #22
You could take the batteries from one all-electric car and make 10 plug-in hybrids. hunter Jun 2022 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author BusterMove Jun 2022 #27
Absolutely. it's having government act for the benefit of people when the wealthy do nothing but hur SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #28
Unless you run a GULag. Igel Jun 2022 #35
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