matt1215 0 #1 July 23, 2006 I haven't owned an automatic for about 8 years now. I just feel more in control of the car, but it sadly seems like sticks are going out of style and they're getting harder to find . My parents drove 2 sticks for years, but went automatic in the 90's Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #2 July 23, 2006 I learned to drive a stick when I was 21 and my father decided I needed to be able to drive my friends' cars. He knew how much we liked to go to bars and such....so he taught me on his Alfa. I cannot believe he let me kill that car so many times. I then owned a stick for many years. I do not anymore, but I miss it sometimes. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #3 July 23, 2006 Plenty of sticks out there,,,quit whining !smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpchikk 0 #4 July 23, 2006 Yes, I can drive and own a manual transmission automobile. My first car was a manual and my Jeep was a manual. I've only had one automatic. I hated that car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivermom 0 #5 July 23, 2006 We've always had at least one automobile that is a stick, and a few times both of them were. I abasolutely love driving a stick. I remember learning to drive our first one. We lived in the hill country Talk about great practice.Mrs. WaltAppel All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #6 July 23, 2006 If you rent a car in America, you pretty much ONLY get an automatic. I'm a city boy, so I've always driven automatics. I may need to get testicular implants or something. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagicGuy 0 #7 July 23, 2006 I also own and drive a stick. I have an automatic and I never drive it. Stick is the way to go. Plus you have a better chance of winning a race while driving a stick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #8 July 23, 2006 My parents have always owned sticks, my first two cars were sticks and I usually drive one about once a year to make sure I remember how. I was driving my parents '78 Ford Truck - a 3-speed on the column (shift from the steering wheel) - which was tough (probably more the bad release point of the clutch which I'm sure needed replacing). My dad would not let me take the DMV test until I passed HIS test. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #9 July 23, 2006 also you have a better chance of winning a race if you have one of those steering wheels with the buttons that can release oil onto the road or fire rockets or turn the car into a submarine & shit. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodyflight.Net 0 #10 July 23, 2006 I currently own & drive a manual shift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aprilcat 0 #11 July 23, 2006 Quotealso you have a better chance of winning a race if you have one of those steering wheels with the buttons that can release oil onto the road or fire rockets or turn the car into a submarine & shit. ...good idea..but I'm taking your Shiraz-soaked keys from you... but in good fun, let me say this: Go, SpeeedRacer, Go.... (keys, please)~~~April Camelot II, the Electric Boogaloo! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MF42 0 #12 July 23, 2006 Quotealso you have a better chance of winning a race if you have one of those steering wheels with the buttons that can release oil onto the road or fire rockets or turn the car into a submarine & shit. I had one of those for a while. You wouldn't believe how badly the insurance company raped me every month. Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #13 July 23, 2006 12 posts and "can you drive a stick" hasn't turned into a sex thread yet? Come on people, get with it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #14 July 23, 2006 I prefer driving a stick shift.. as long as I'm not in stop and go traffic! And since Seattle traffic sucks and I'm in it 5 days a week... I'm jonesin' for an automatic. I was telling someone the other day that I got a car that was a stick shift in highschool just to impress the boys. Ya know.. Hey baby.. watch me work this stick shift. Raarrrr! Silliness. -Karen "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivermom 0 #15 July 23, 2006 Mike....SSSHHHH!Mrs. WaltAppel All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #16 July 23, 2006 Quote12 posts and "can you drive a stick" hasn't turned into a sex thread yet? Come on people, get with it! I can drive a stick... and I can drive a stick. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antifnsocial 0 #17 July 23, 2006 QuoteQuote12 posts and "can you drive a stick" hasn't turned into a sex thread yet? Come on people, get with it! I can drive a stick... and I can drive a stick. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Hey, I was going to do the job but went to sleep before I saw the post. Now I get up to go to work and I see Krisanne arose to the occasion. Glad to see someone is doing their job around here.Please feel free to reply to my posts and pm's, but only if you're smart enough to understand what they really mean. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countzero 7 #18 July 23, 2006 never learned to drive a manual. driving in houston makes me gald i drive an auto. now, the e-gear paddle shift of a lamborghini gallardo, that would be awesome.diamonds are a dawgs best friend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #19 July 23, 2006 QuoteI also own and drive a stick. I have an automatic and I never drive it. Stick is the way to go. Plus you have a better chance of winning a race while driving a stick Actually no a human being cannot shift as fast as an automatci transmission....A good Automatic. True Dragsters have no Manual only 2 speeds powerlides basically. formula one?...auto FBW shifting on the wheel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #20 July 23, 2006 I only drive manual cars. Autos make me sick, I like to drive, if I wanted a ride I'd get th bus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #21 July 23, 2006 QuoteI only drive manual cars. Autos make me sick, I like to drive, if I wanted a ride I'd get th bus You wouldn't want one in chicago traffic thats for sure. I like manual transmissions they are great for bad weather etc. and Auto bikes are for organ donors and pussies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #22 July 23, 2006 Autos just take away so much of the control from the driver, I hate it! If I wanna cruise down a steep hill, I put it in a lower gear and ride it down using the engines drag. If I wanna scream into a bend and left foot brake I can. If I wanna heel & toe down the box I can! Of course if I want to poodle along I can just put in top as well. Its really not much more effort to drive a manual in my opinion, takes more co-ordination, but not more effort Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #23 July 23, 2006 I was in a mustang coming down from the top of Mauna Loa and the idiot driver from the innerc ity of chicago chose an auto to drive because he did not know how to drive a stiick. On the way down I made him puul off and let me out to walk or catch a ride as he would noty shift down into first or second fro the decent. The smell of burning brakes can really help you to decide. I wonder how long it took him to pay that rental off after he crashed it when the brakes failed and he used the back of a tour bus for an out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt1215 0 #24 July 23, 2006 Good stuff, glad to hear so many ppl like to drive sticks. Definitely understand automatics being better in big cities. I seem to attract women who can't drive a stick and have a very limited desire to learn . My ex-so got so annoyed with me when I drove her car, shifting the automatic and running the low gears. Between this and her really scary driving , we just started taking my car everywhere. You ladies are welcome to drive my stick anytime . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #25 July 23, 2006 Who do women isnist on the Man always driving? Don't get me wrong as this can facilitate receiving road head. Just wondering why? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
