Geesh ... I suppose someone's got to do it.
Posted on 03/03/2020 2:56:38 AM PST by sodpoodle
Around 1987 i bought my first stick as a 19 yr old.
It was a Beautiful looking gold 1980 Z-28 with T-Tops and a 4 speed manual.
bought it off a former teacher of mine, i had never driven a stick before but i new the basics.
When it was time to drive it home i found that it was very difficult to get it moving in 1st without stalling.
I was getting pretty frustrated but eventually got it moving.
a few miles down the street i pulled over to get some gas, the attendant came up to me and said “do you know that there is smoke pouring out of your back wheel wells?”
I got out of the car and i was like wtf?
Then i realized the the whole time i had the emergency brake on..
DUH!!!
My previous two Camaro’s were automatic transmissions and i rarely if ever used the emergency brake.
Really loved all 3 of those cars they were very Nice especially the silver 78 Z.
Then i went to a Supra Turbo 5-speed and never looked back..
It also fed a bunch of people in Detroit, like my buddy who worked on the design team for the last five years.
That was a great and truthful response. I’m afraid what I would have come up with off the cuff would have been more along the lines of the futility of what he was implying. That even if I took that money and fed a few thousand for a day, or a few hundred for a couple of weeks.... The next day or the next week they’d be hungry again. Him. In a similar situation I guess I could use my comeback as a lead in to his. That I instead helped thousands keep the job that was putting food on their tables.
The commercials say that you can get $10/HP off with new Mopars - that’s $7,970 off the 797 HP model...I’m afraid to even look at the MSRP on them...
Great story. I hope you taught your kids to drive one.
Did you say Challenger, dp?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YUwExIn4nY
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People who lease pay the majority of the depreciation of the car. You pay the true value and you usually have at least 2 more years of warranty if it's "certified pre-owner".
Best way to buy and there's a maintenance trail on the car too so you'll know if its been a lemon.
No kids.....i’m kinda regretting that now.
Got a 14 yr old nephew that’s dying to get a car.
He will learn to love a standard.
Oh, so they CAN be choosers.
You shouldn’t regret having kids. We all make the choices that are best.
Yes my latest is a fully loaded 2014 Camry i got for less than half the sticker price came with brand new tires, brakes, battery and looked and smelled like it just came from the factory.
It’s also one of the last normal looking Camry’s which is a plus.
Cosmic Grey
Before that a fully loaded 3 yr old 2010 Mazda 6....half price.
Same deal...low miles mint condition.
only a fool or somebody that has $$$ to blow or reallllly needs the latest thing buys new these days.
This is the only Corvette that I’ve been really interested in since the early 1970’s. For what it is, it’s a bargain.
WHile I love the old-school feel of a manual transmission, the double clutch lightening fast paddle shifting is superior.
Every car I’ve owned was a standard except the current one.
Geesh ... I suppose someone's got to do it.
“The commercials say that you can get $10/HP off with new Mopars - that’s $7,970 off the 797 HP model...I’m afraid to even look at the MSRP on them...”
The latest issue of Car and Driver magazine has a three car comparison article. Base price for the high end Camaro is $72K ($76K with options), Challenger is $79K ($93K with options) and the Shelby Mustang is $74K ($94K with options).
Ford
About 6 as I recall.
:)
I don’t think thats the new mid-engine corvette
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