It's a wonder we never ripped it right out of the car in the "after school speed trials".
Right, after your “state of the art” two speed auto and my three on the steering column we went on to better things.
Later, I had a ’68 GTO convertible with four on the floor. Even later, I bonded with a young and large thoroughbred gelding. The first time I had the guts to let him run as fast as he wanted he seemed to change gaits several times and I had vivid flash backs to the GTO. He seemed as quick as the GTO, and with an English seat that definitely got smaller as he accelerated it was one of the times I realized how quickly it could all end.
Happy New Year!