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ProfessorGAC

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92. My Wife Is 70, Also

Reply to hauckeye (Reply #30)

Fri Jul 5, 2024, 12:32 PM

Jul 2024

She knows how to drive a stick, but she wouldn't do it if her life depended on it!

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Baby, Can You Drive My Car? Not If It's a Stick Shift [View all] Zorro Jul 2024 OP

My first car was a stick. I figured out how to drive it on my own Ocelot II Jul 2024 #1

I had several standard shifts... LuckyCharms Jul 2024 #3

I drove nothing but until my latest car. paleotn Jul 2024 #12

I'm with you. All my cars up until around 2010 were manuals. Now it's almost impossible to find a manual car beaglelover Jul 2024 #48

Took me about ten minutes to figure out a stick shift. Spencer Martin Jul 2024 #87

I learned to drive one and chose not to. brooklynite Jul 2024 #2

It was stop-and-go traffic that I hated most with a stick Silent3 Jul 2024 #70

It was driving on Polish roads with cows... brooklynite Jul 2024 #71

I rented a stick shift once when I owned that first new car, not wanting to fall back into old habits Silent3 Jul 2024 #73

It's the best anti theft device out there. Warpy Jul 2024 #4

some of them find out the hard way barbtries Jul 2024 #7

I learned to drive in my dad's red VW when I was in high school Deuxcents Jul 2024 #18

Then you must remember when the first Mustangs came out Walleye Jul 2024 #24

I was a junior in high school in '64. I'm old! Deuxcents Jul 2024 #26

Ha! I was a sophomore then. We had a nerdy chemistry teacher who bought one new, wow less than $3000 I think Walleye Jul 2024 #29

I remember the guys who bought them were in midlife crisis Warpy Jul 2024 #33

Did it have that reverse that was weird? JanMichael Jul 2024 #65

Yes. As I remember, the reverse was in the 2nd position but you had to maneuver it Deuxcents Jul 2024 #72

Yes I've heard that. With regular family type cars it's hard to find a car with stick. captain queeg Jul 2024 #78

When I was 17, barbtries Jul 2024 #5

I learned how to drive and took my first drivers test in my dad's VW bus. hunter Jul 2024 #46

I loved standard shifts. Raven123 Jul 2024 #6

68 Ford Falcon Ishoutandscream2 Jul 2024 #8

I drove across country in one of those wryter2000 Jul 2024 #25

I'm sure you built up your muscles! Ishoutandscream2 Jul 2024 #43

I learned on a three on the tree 63 Chevy Biscayne and 60 Ford Falcon. CanonRay Jul 2024 #9

I used to love my stick shifts. They were fun to drive most of the time. Biophilic Jul 2024 #10

Of the five cars I've owned in my life, Dale in Laurel MD Jul 2024 #11

What's the difference intrepidity Jul 2024 #13

It's the location of the gear shifter leftieNanner Jul 2024 #19

For real confusion, my first Saab Model 96 had dobleremolque Jul 2024 #21

I had one of those too! John Farmer Jul 2024 #64

Ah, thanks. nt intrepidity Jul 2024 #22

Ha! I had to drive that on an old van TexasBushwhacker Jul 2024 #83

They are still common in Europe Ghost of Tom Joad Jul 2024 #14

I bought my Hyundai Accent in 2012 manual transmission six speeds on the also think it is an anti-theft device Walleye Jul 2024 #27

I learned to drive in my dad's old manual Toyota... paleotn Jul 2024 #15

I've had dealership service departments unable to find anyone to drive one in onto the lift... hlthe2b Jul 2024 #16

That happened to my husband last oil change. Lars39 Jul 2024 #20

I had to quit the stick because of leg issues and traffic MagickMuffin Jul 2024 #17

They will have to take my stick shift out of my cold, dead hands wryter2000 Jul 2024 #23

Funny Related Story ProfessorGAC Jul 2024 #28

I'm 70 and never learned to drive a stick hauckeye Jul 2024 #30

My Wife Is 70, Also ProfessorGAC Jul 2024 #92

My kids car in high school was a ford explorer with a manual tranny getagrip_already Jul 2024 #31

The real moral of the story is: Cigarette smoking can be hazardous to your health! GreenWave Jul 2024 #32

54 Chevy Rowdyag Jul 2024 #34

Pishaw to the wimps who choose not to drive a stick. I knew how to drive one before moving to the... brush Jul 2024 #35

I drove one in Seattle for many years. Same problem but still fun. nolabear Jul 2024 #37

Same here. Seattle has the same West Coast feel/hills as SF. I visited my brother there a couple of times. brush Jul 2024 #39

The manual shifts these days are a whole lot better when it comes to rollback. GoCubsGo Jul 2024 #40

How do the new manuals work with no roll back? The transmissions have some kind of engineered improvement? brush Jul 2024 #41

It's engineered better. GoCubsGo Jul 2024 #45

Electronic parking brake integrated with accelerator pedal. MichMan Jul 2024 #62

Thanks. So the driver doesn't have to do it. brush Jul 2024 #68

Only by turning on hill hold MichMan Jul 2024 #74

I always felt like I needed a 3rd leg... 3catwoman3 Jul 2024 #47

One did build up leg muscles back then drving a stick shift. brush Jul 2024 #50

Everyone in my family can drive a stick. nolabear Jul 2024 #36

I have never owned a car with automatic transmission. GoCubsGo Jul 2024 #38

No EV's or hybrids come with stick shifts NickB79 Jul 2024 #42

I learned to drive with a hand clutch Kaleva Jul 2024 #44

Now that took some talent, and dexterity. brush Jul 2024 #56

I learned on a stick which made learning to ride a motorcycle easy: know where the gears are, give it some gas, elocs Jul 2024 #49

Learned to drive a stick back in the '60s, madamesilverspurs Jul 2024 #51

get this...I was 14 years old in 1962.. agingdem Jul 2024 #52

Had a Peugeot while in England with my Air MOMFUDSKI Jul 2024 #53

I heard those Peugeots could ride and stay upright on three whells. brush Jul 2024 #57

I never learned to operate a cotton gin TlalocW Jul 2024 #54

can't drive a stick shift... can't check their oil level... can't switch a firealarm battery... WarGamer Jul 2024 #55

My Friend Who Lives In DC Deep State Witch Jul 2024 #58

I drove stick from 1982 to 2002 MurrayDelph Jul 2024 #59

I had one when hubby and I were dating. He borrowed it once. I warned him to put the parking brake on. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #60

Have to curb the front wheels too. In SF curb your wheels signs are everywhere. brush Jul 2024 #79

When I took driver's ed at school in 1982 Xavier Breath Jul 2024 #61

I learned to drive on a stick. Straw Man Jul 2024 #63

Broke my right ankle a few years ago. JanMichael Jul 2024 #66

I've driven a 3 speed, a 4..... A HERETIC I AM Jul 2024 #67

All three vehicles in our family are stick Zeitghost Jul 2024 #69

I inherited my family's old second hand Volkswagen Thing, stick shift, and that was what I drove betsuni Jul 2024 #75

HA! I drove a three-on-the-tree with minimal training Skittles Jul 2024 #76

I never owned anything but sticks dflprincess Jul 2024 #77

I love my 1999 F250 ornotna Jul 2024 #80

I spent at least a year looking for the last car I bought The Wandering Harper Jul 2024 #81

my mom learned how to drive using grandads buldozer . i remember seeing it on the propertyy AllaN01Bear Jul 2024 #82

I bought a hybrid in 2020. It was my first automatic. nt Gore1FL Jul 2024 #84

My daughter learned to drive on a stick shift car. patphil Jul 2024 #85

I learned to drive a stick on an old '51 Ford 8N tractor Bayard Jul 2024 #86

My wife and I both drive manual transmission cars Martin Eden Jul 2024 #88

I agree that manual transmissions make you a better driver Buckeyeblue Jul 2024 #89

I came close to buying a Mazda 3 instead of my Golf Martin Eden Jul 2024 #91

I prefer manuals. They're cheaper to repair too. Bucky Jul 2024 #90