Posted on 12/05/2022 10:04:10 PM PST by BenLurkin
All 35 cars, owned by Bandit Industries Inc. founder Mike Morey and his wife, Dianne, will be auctioned off next year to help fund scholarships at Northwood University.
"Dianne and I have been lucky enough to make a lot of money over the years owning our own business, and I thought that this would be the time to do something good for the college next door to us," he told FOX Business.
Northwood University, a private institution in Midland whose mission is to develop free-enterprise leaders, is roughly 27 miles from the Moreys' home.
The school, founded in 1959, typically offers more than 1,000 scholarships every year to ease the financial burden of college education. However, most of them are not full rides. The school has a total enrollment of 3,277.
The extra funds from the cars, which are slated to be auctioned off in January, will help fund more scholarships for new and returning students, according to Norwood University President Kent MacDonald.
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“..the best vehicle to really learn the art of a manual tranny.”
My wife learned to drive in VW bugs. She said they were all different (her dad traded cars every 6 mo. whether or not he needed to of not). Shortly after we married I needed her to drive my manual Mustang II wreck. She had no problem. I have seen her drive other manuals with out batting an eye.
I found them very pretty, too.
I learned on a Bug. Another friend of mine let me drive his Dodge Omni frequently.
I remember stalling repeatedly at a green light and getting frustrated. There was a couple behind me and I could see them in the mirror with large knowing smiles. The driver gave me a thumbs up, knowing what I was learning.
Fast forward 35 years. My son was learning in my car and stalled repeatedly at a green light. The people behind just honked their horn not knowing that a 16 year old kid knew a useful skill they didn’t.
As far as 3 on a tree, I only had one opportunity to drive one on an old pickup truck in high school.
Most of my cars have been manuals and I really want another one.
Try finding a manual shift truck for sale... nearly impossible
There’s nothing like driving a real truck. I used to do deliveries for my dad’s company, anything from heavy duty pickups to Class B trucks. I also drove buses and coaches for a youth camp and a municipal ski club. Never once went to creeper gear.
My son, who I mentioned earlier is now a OTR trucker. His current rig is an automatic which he doesn’t like but that’s what the company buys. He’s with a very good company so if that’s his only issue he can deal with it.
He had a Jeep with a 6 speed but sold it for a F-150 that would be more secure in a truck stop all week while he’s on the road.
That didn’t do him any good, a drunk driver hit his parked pickup at the truck stop two weeks ago and destroyed it.
Like many here, I also learned to drive on a manual trans, three on the tree.
Back in the 80s I had a lady friend who owned an old Bug that needed(?) leaded gas and had a man/auto trans.(I can’t remember what it was called). You had to throw the stick through the gears, but there was no clutch pedal. First time she had me drive it I was doing OK until I pulled a downshift...nearly put us both through the windshield. Muscle memory had taken over and just before I threw the stick my left foot slammed down on the *BRAKE* pedal. LOL
If I was Musk I’d be owning some cars.
I was NEVER a Corvette fan, but the C8 sure is pretty.
Shame to waste such resources on a pathetic university that doesn’t do anything but pump out brain-dead socialists.
Why not set up a trust fund that would fund an orphanage for thrown away children. Children made orphans by fentanyl sold by Chinese/Mexican cartels.
Fair enough. The new ‘Vette is a looker, but it’s an exception.
You sound like a grad from some such school.
You might want to look at the academic programs the school offers.
Forgive me I was judging this school by thousands of others.
Must be a good school. If there were more like this one.
Learned to drive my father’s 59 Ford with the old column shift. Clutch work got very good as well, starting on hills and all.
Imagine a millennial trying to get going from a stop going uphill.
I will guarantee you that mine was vandalism. The guy sprayed paint all over the body of the car, too. The guy whose garage space I rented from cleaned that part up for me. My old pony had wheel covers so I couldn’t have noticed anything else amiss. Scary morning for me when that wheel failed in rush hour traffic in Chicago. Decades ago. The tow truck that stopped towed me off to a parking lot and asked me if I had any big enemies. The tire had stayed sideways on the axel and the guy told me I had only one lug nut on that tire and it had come off.
It is not quite a socialist hell hole.
Not as well known as Hilldale but it is not as old either.
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