who can drive stick??
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i drove a stick for one day. on a 1998 Dodge Neon. Beginning of the day 6 am, drove it all over EVERYWHERE 2 tanks of gas, trying to kill it...by 6PM...it had no oil pressure had a blown head and coolant in the oil!!!! I MURDERED THE SOB!!!!! YEAH BABY!!! DIE YOU MOPAR PIECE OF ****!!!! lol jk...i just dont like neons...lol
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I actualy hate automatics; I keep trying to put my foot through the floor.
The most fun was a Chevy 5ton with 5 speed trany and two speed axle.
The most fun was a Chevy 5ton with 5 speed trany and two speed axle.
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Originally Posted by sandrock
I fisrt learned how to drive a stickshift by that video game that Atari had...no, not "Pole Position", but that other game...the one that actually used a clutch and gearshift.
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Originally Posted by BillBoost37
It'* experience that tell me... buy an automatic for daily driving.. buy the standard for fun.
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I wish my Bonnie had stick :( I can drive anything you put me in. Being able to drive a stick should be requirement to obtain a license in IMO. Just imagine if you had an emegency got stuck somewhere had a vehicle that was a stick and couldn't drive it Besides they get better gas mileage grip better in the snow/ice(because you decide when to shift) and whoever heard of powershifting an auto
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#59
Originally Posted by fuelforthesoul1999
Cross me off the list, I now can drive a stick as of today, even my daddy was impressed!
I've got to ask something, I don't know if you can really answer yet, since you're just starting to learn stick. Once I've had a stick car for a few days, I ususally learn to shift by ear, listening to the engine note. Being deaf, can you feel the engine vibration and go by that, or do you depend entirely on the tachometer?
I learned ho to drive stick before the age of fourteen, just taking the garbage out down a 1/4 mile driveway. My dad had a big bastard of an 87 F-250, with a 4spd, 1st-gear granny. The thing had a clutch like stepping on a rock, and a foot-and-a-half shifter throw.
My first car was a 89 Probe LX with a 5spd, very quick throw, but very sloppy.
Since then, I've worked at an auto auction, where I drove everything under the sun, and become a trucker, driving standard ten, Super10, 13spd, 18spd, and even a 20spd quadraplex(5spd transmission, 4spd transfer case, 2 shifters) for a couple miles.
:EDIT: I forgot that weirdo speed-band tranny truck we got at the auction once. Think automatic, without a valvebody. Instead it used multiple hand-clutch/gear-lever combos in addition to a single foot-clutch. Weirdest thing I've ever driven, might have been unique. Came out of a shipyard somewhere. They apparently used it to move ships in and out of dry-docks. Took me an hour to figure it out.
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Originally Posted by GonneVille
Originally Posted by fuelforthesoul1999
Cross me off the list, I now can drive a stick as of today, even my daddy was impressed!
I've got to ask something, I don't know if you can really answer yet, since you're just starting to learn stick. Once I've had a stick car for a few days, I ususally learn to shift by ear, listening to the engine note. Being deaf, can you feel the engine vibration and go by that, or do you depend entirely on the tachometer?