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To: rickmichaels

Gimmie an old stick shift and I’ll be fine.


7 posted on 02/08/2016 5:26:46 PM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: cripplecreek

They say a stick shift is the #1 theft deterrent available.

I know back in the early 80s the US Army decided to go exclusively with automatics because so few recruits knew how to drive manuals and it took too long to train them.


15 posted on 02/08/2016 5:31:29 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: cripplecreek
"Gimmie an old stick shift and I’ll be fine."

Yep. Driving a 15 year old Ford pickup with a stick now. Next vehicle will most likely be a stick as well. Learned on the backroads of a Marine base when I was a third grader and my Dad was patient. Taught my son when he was 14 here on the mountain where I live in Montana. Nobody ever borrows his car now as they can't drive a stick!

67 posted on 02/08/2016 6:14:31 PM PST by Comment Not Approved (When bureaucrats outlaw hunting, outlaws will hunt bureaucrats.)
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To: cripplecreek

Some of us would be fine with three on the column or four on the floor. I understand that today’s car thief is often unsuccessful because they never learned to drive a car with a clutch and standard gear shift.

I can just see lots of people driving around everywhere in first gear not knowing what to do next.


108 posted on 02/08/2016 8:00:52 PM PST by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: cripplecreek
Gimmie an old stick shift and I’ll be fine.

Yep, even a truck with a hi/lo rear and I'll be okay.

116 posted on 02/08/2016 10:22:28 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: cripplecreek

Me too, that’s what I’ve always driven.


145 posted on 02/09/2016 8:52:15 AM PST by Rusty0604 (1q)
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