Hard to have sex in front seat, but not impossible.
8
Side benefit to a manual transmission is the younger crowd most likely to steal your car, can’t drive a manual.
32
Another way to look at it…morons with cell phones KILL.
Also – I noticed that there is a massive uptick of people driving like they are playing MARIO KART. I observed that many look like they may have recently “immigrated” to this country… Are they giving them drivers licenses without requiring a drivers test TOO?
19
A friend of mine walks along a main thoroughfare, his observations are if they’re not on their phone, they’re hitting a crack pipe. He sees several pipes every week on the side of the street.
13
Dumb Shifts that only know how to drive a stick up their buddy’s a**!
3
Downshifting?
3
Didn’t read the full article, I refuse to give the New York Times a click and damn sure won’t subscribe.
With that said, Drivers with a stick shift are concentrating on driving, can’t shift and do other tasks like using their phone & drugs. The majority of today’s drivers don’t know how to use a stick shift.
14
I assumed it was because they don’t get stolen by the idiots that cause so many crashes because the idiots can’t drive stick. Silly me, whether its my automatic or my stick shift vehicle, I don’t use my phone while driving.
7
People who drive sticks are better drivers. Automatics put me to sleep. I’m not a better driver when I’m asleep! 🚗 🤣
8
When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, and not screaming like the other three guys in his car.
15
I still have one stick shift, I’ve had since 1970 with a Muncie and a hurst shifter, and two of the last 6 cars I’ve owned have been manual. On the other hand, few things are more annoying than driving in heavy traffic and/or steep hills with a manual. I was born with a handicap: I only have 2 feet.
6
“Drivers with a stick shift are concentrating on driving, can’t shift and do other tasks like using their phone & drugs.”
Back in the day I’d drive a stick with a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other and steer with a knee. Hey, pass that joint!
5
Trying to double clutch on a steep hill in the old 1950 Dodge Stock truck with a cow in the back, and busting the front u joint with an emergency brake on the drive shaft, which now doesn’t work,so I had to back down the hill, hitch a ride back to the house, go get a new u joint, replace the broken one, and then finish the job. Way back in 1973.
7
I saw a passenger in a manual transmission car take a shifter someone had thoughtlessly removed the knob from in his eye and clear to the back of his brain, so there’s that.
So don’t take the knob off, and maybe don’t be in a car that hits giant cinderblock signs at 80 mph to avoid that particular down side, and you’ll be fine…
8
Love driving manuals. They’re more fun and generally get better mileage, among other thing. Automatics are boring.
If you drive a stickshift in the states, you are more likely to enjoy driving which, in many cases, would make you a better driver.
6
Sticks are great, bit in traffic — ugh
4
Not only do they save lives, they save cars.
Manuals are theft deterrent devices to the current generation of thieves for one, and for two an automatic transmission typically fails way before a manual one does.
Reminds me of when I used to spend a lot of time on the road for work and had my coworker along. We’d typically be in a rush to get to our next destination and needed to eat. Hit up the fast food joint on the way. He couldn’t eat while I was driving and eating. He was scared to death that I had a burger in one hand, stick shift in the other, off the wheel completely to shift, and navigate with my knee.
6
I learned to drive in a 1953 Ford F150, took my driver’s test in a 1966 Chevy Suburban. Both with 3 on the tree column shifters.
My first vehicle (long gone but fondly remembered) was a ’56 Chevy Panel w/ a 4 speed granny gear manual.
Next was a ’66 K10 Sub, also w/ granny gear 4 speed.
Had an ’86 k10 Silverado w/ the shitty OD automatic for a while. It was a POS.
Currently (since 2011) driving my ’86 Vanagon AWD Syncro- 4 speed manual + growler gear.
And a ’69 VW Bug, 4 speed of course.
2
Cato:[palus delenda est]
you’re right, every time I go to Walmart for new or rotate Jeep Wrangler tires, a young kid instructs me to go into the store and he will drive the Jeep in the shop! Then I see him leaving the Jeep to go and find someone who can drive a stick shift! I always get a chuckle, and wonder how they would manage if they had drive up the hill and stop halfway! Funny
5
Have a 1960 Metropolitain. 3 on the tree. No chance that is getting stolen.
The walmart fuckheads struggled with my 73 Super Beetle for about 5 minutes before I lost my patience and had some words with them.
When I brought it in the engine was still warm, so that wasn’t a problem… but 2 hours later the engine was cold, they couldn’t find the choke, or reverse gear.
1
By the way, I didn’t EXPECT any of them to know how the car worked, and I explained everything to the shoptard who was obviously too shaken up by the fact my VIN didn’t have enough characters.
They do a very good mount and balance, though… but always check your tire pressures after the fact. They had my tires at 36 psi which is WAY overinflated for a Beetle and causes horrible braking and cornering problems.
Anyway, I did this addendum because I wasn’t being an asswipe and throwing them to the wolves. I don’t want them fucking up my car and told them exactly how to operate it. They didn’t listen.
Hard to have sex in front seat, but not impossible.
Side benefit to a manual transmission is the younger crowd most likely to steal your car, can’t drive a manual.
Another way to look at it…morons with cell phones KILL.
Also – I noticed that there is a massive uptick of people driving like they are playing MARIO KART. I observed that many look like they may have recently “immigrated” to this country… Are they giving them drivers licenses without requiring a drivers test TOO?
A friend of mine walks along a main thoroughfare, his observations are if they’re not on their phone, they’re hitting a crack pipe. He sees several pipes every week on the side of the street.
Dumb Shifts that only know how to drive a stick up their buddy’s a**!
Downshifting?
Didn’t read the full article, I refuse to give the New York Times a click and damn sure won’t subscribe.
With that said, Drivers with a stick shift are concentrating on driving, can’t shift and do other tasks like using their phone & drugs. The majority of today’s drivers don’t know how to use a stick shift.
I assumed it was because they don’t get stolen by the idiots that cause so many crashes because the idiots can’t drive stick. Silly me, whether its my automatic or my stick shift vehicle, I don’t use my phone while driving.
People who drive sticks are better drivers. Automatics put me to sleep. I’m not a better driver when I’m asleep! 🚗 🤣
When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, and not screaming like the other three guys in his car.
I still have one stick shift, I’ve had since 1970 with a Muncie and a hurst shifter, and two of the last 6 cars I’ve owned have been manual. On the other hand, few things are more annoying than driving in heavy traffic and/or steep hills with a manual. I was born with a handicap: I only have 2 feet.
“Drivers with a stick shift are concentrating on driving, can’t shift and do other tasks like using their phone & drugs.”
Back in the day I’d drive a stick with a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other and steer with a knee. Hey, pass that joint!
Trying to double clutch on a steep hill in the old 1950 Dodge Stock truck with a cow in the back, and busting the front u joint with an emergency brake on the drive shaft, which now doesn’t work,so I had to back down the hill, hitch a ride back to the house, go get a new u joint, replace the broken one, and then finish the job. Way back in 1973.
I saw a passenger in a manual transmission car take a shifter someone had thoughtlessly removed the knob from in his eye and clear to the back of his brain, so there’s that.
So don’t take the knob off, and maybe don’t be in a car that hits giant cinderblock signs at 80 mph to avoid that particular down side, and you’ll be fine…
Love driving manuals. They’re more fun and generally get better mileage, among other thing. Automatics are boring.
If you drive a stickshift in the states, you are more likely to enjoy driving which, in many cases, would make you a better driver.
Sticks are great, bit in traffic — ugh
Not only do they save lives, they save cars.
Manuals are theft deterrent devices to the current generation of thieves for one, and for two an automatic transmission typically fails way before a manual one does.
Reminds me of when I used to spend a lot of time on the road for work and had my coworker along. We’d typically be in a rush to get to our next destination and needed to eat. Hit up the fast food joint on the way. He couldn’t eat while I was driving and eating. He was scared to death that I had a burger in one hand, stick shift in the other, off the wheel completely to shift, and navigate with my knee.
I learned to drive in a 1953 Ford F150, took my driver’s test in a 1966 Chevy Suburban. Both with 3 on the tree column shifters.
My first vehicle (long gone but fondly remembered) was a ’56 Chevy Panel w/ a 4 speed granny gear manual.
Next was a ’66 K10 Sub, also w/ granny gear 4 speed.
Had an ’86 k10 Silverado w/ the shitty OD automatic for a while. It was a POS.
Currently (since 2011) driving my ’86 Vanagon AWD Syncro- 4 speed manual + growler gear.
And a ’69 VW Bug, 4 speed of course.
Cato:[palus delenda est]
you’re right, every time I go to Walmart for new or rotate Jeep Wrangler tires, a young kid instructs me to go into the store and he will drive the Jeep in the shop! Then I see him leaving the Jeep to go and find someone who can drive a stick shift! I always get a chuckle, and wonder how they would manage if they had drive up the hill and stop halfway! Funny
Have a 1960 Metropolitain. 3 on the tree. No chance that is getting stolen.
Tom D
There was no F150 in 1953. At that time they were F100.
https://www.motor1.com/news/450573/ford-f-series-f-150-evolution/
The walmart fuckheads struggled with my 73 Super Beetle for about 5 minutes before I lost my patience and had some words with them.
When I brought it in the engine was still warm, so that wasn’t a problem… but 2 hours later the engine was cold, they couldn’t find the choke, or reverse gear.
By the way, I didn’t EXPECT any of them to know how the car worked, and I explained everything to the shoptard who was obviously too shaken up by the fact my VIN didn’t have enough characters.
They do a very good mount and balance, though… but always check your tire pressures after the fact. They had my tires at 36 psi which is WAY overinflated for a Beetle and causes horrible braking and cornering problems.
Anyway, I did this addendum because I wasn’t being an asswipe and throwing them to the wolves. I don’t want them fucking up my car and told them exactly how to operate it. They didn’t listen.