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When I became driving age, my dad insisted that I learn a manual transmission and clutch, oh gawd I grinded the gears.

Oh well in Europe the rental cars are 95% manual transmissions.

Driving a stick is like riding a bike, once you learn you never forget.

1 posted on 05/11/2024 2:27:14 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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No description of the perp.

Odd.


2 posted on 05/11/2024 2:30:46 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: DallasBiff

Do we look?


3 posted on 05/11/2024 2:33:01 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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My dad wouldn’t let us drive an automatic until we learned on a stick. He made sure all 5 of his kids could drive a standard and to this day, I prefer it, except maybe in bumper to bumper traffic


4 posted on 05/11/2024 2:40:15 PM PDT by This_Dude
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I was taught to drive on stick shift.

NOW have 1976 1 ton Chevy truck with 4 speed.

NOT letting it go.


6 posted on 05/11/2024 2:43:57 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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millennial theft deterrent


7 posted on 05/11/2024 2:45:27 PM PDT by changeitback440
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This is totally incredible - like the story is not believable. Where can you buy a truck that has a stick shift, unless this one is so old that it has a stick shift in which case it is not worth stealing unless you are one of those guys like me who will hold onto their manual transission until it is pried out of my cold daed hands. But it is hard to see why someone who couldn’t drive a truck with a stick shift would want to steal one.


8 posted on 05/11/2024 2:50:10 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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That’s because she was shiftless 🤣🤣🤣🤣


10 posted on 05/11/2024 2:52:55 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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hmmmf, men outside of colorado just need to value women for more than their brains.

(ducking)


14 posted on 05/11/2024 2:58:18 PM PDT by SteveH
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I’m here for the jokes.


18 posted on 05/11/2024 3:13:13 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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RE: leaving the truck to roll forward and strike a fire hydrant, police said. </i>

That’s the part that’s always in the comedy movies.

Real life.

Another reason why statistics show American women are marrying much later and putting off having a family:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnFJuxV_K8U

Not safe driver award candidate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iwOZpAXdrI

If you ever think I have too harshly low of an opinion of people:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z8hHrolamY


20 posted on 05/11/2024 3:20:37 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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I learned on an automatic, but being cheap, when I bought my first car, I wanted a stick shift, so a friend (female) taught me on hers God bless her, and I drove those until we got a Astro and we had kids. At that point, it was just easier on me to use the automatic. I can still drive a standard any time, and do get a chance to when driving mr. mm’s car or my son’s pick up truck.


22 posted on 05/11/2024 3:27:48 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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Here is the original Boulder Police entry on X (formerly Twitter).

It was a five speed. No picture of the suspect.

23 posted on 05/11/2024 3:29:49 PM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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I learned to drive a stick at 13 yrs old on a 1941 Willys 4 cyl flat head jeep. Had a top speed of about 45mph but would climb seriously steep hills towing a small trailer loaded with stones and never even strained. Torque was amazing. And then of course a dirt bike kind of prepared me for driving standard transmission cars. With Atlanta traffic, I’m glad I drive an automatic now.


25 posted on 05/11/2024 3:39:04 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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I passed my first drivers test at 16 in a manual shift 5 speed.


26 posted on 05/11/2024 3:40:58 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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Oh well in Europe the rental cars are 95% manual transmissions.

One of my coworkers was planning a trip to Spain and found that renting a car with an automatic would cost about $500 more than a manual. I taught her to drive a 5-speed Nissan Sentra well enough to get by in about an hour.

30 posted on 05/11/2024 4:12:23 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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They throw the word “woman” around like they know what it means. They also neglect to use any name or description.


33 posted on 05/11/2024 4:40:40 PM PDT by webheart
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I drive a indestructible 20 year old Nissan Xterra- 5 speed stick. I love it. I learned to drive on a “3 on the tree” shift. Prehistoric. I’ve had several stick vehicles- feel safer in them.


36 posted on 05/11/2024 5:44:34 PM PDT by SE Mom (ScreamingEagleMom)
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I own 4wd stick shifts because of snow and ice driving.
you cannot control an automatic on ice, like you can a stick.


37 posted on 05/11/2024 6:17:30 PM PDT by rellic
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I learned to drive a manual in a 1972 Pinto. I haven’t owned an automatic since 1979. My current vehicles are a 2005 Mustang and a 2008 Ranger, both manual. I’m keeping them.


42 posted on 05/11/2024 7:19:35 PM PDT by aomagrat (Brains have been washed. Wheels have been greased. Fear has been mongered.)
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44 posted on 05/11/2024 9:33:01 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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