Another one bites the dust.

[basstracker89]

my 69 GTO would leave rubber in all gears, cool to go back and look at the space in the black mark where you made the shift

Yea, I can't imagine what my 700hp Monte Carlo would be like with a stick. Lay great drags in first and second, but it ain't spinning in 3rd. It's an auto. I had a Mustang GT factory rep car. You didn't shift right from second to third, it'd get sideways in a hurry. It was a 5spd

 

[basstracker89]

Mrs Roundhouse hates driving automatics .

And that’s part of what attracted me to her

We met on a blind date and she was cute , smart (masters degree in mathematics, minor in education , piano and calculus )
From the same socioeconomic background and comparable religious and morals , no crazy , no drama , and she drive a manual trans by choice (she had a red Chevy Cavalier with the four cylinder and 5 speed )

Her current ride is a 2009 turbocharged Mini Cooper with the six speed .



There’s still quite a few of us who like to Drive our cars , not just steer them .


I learned how to drive in my
Moms 67 Beetle and my dads spare car ,
A 63 Mercury Meteor, with the 221 V-8 and three on the tree , Manual drum brakes on all four wheels , no power steering and no seatbelts .

Then all my 18 wheelers had a 9 or a 13 speed .
And my bronco had the three on the tree and now has a five speed manual .

It’s sad , but that’s what this world is coming to . Bunch a weenies who can’t drive a manual .
You can’t even get a corvette with a manual anymore

And you can’t get a manual in ANY pickup I don’t think .


And most of the 18 wheelers have automatics now.

If you aren’t co ordinated enoigh ti drive a manual, you got NO business driving a 18 wheeler .

And you can see the intelligence and quality of truck drivers now that they all have automatics .

Yea, big difference in a manual and auto in a Cooper.

 

[basstracker89]

I have driven in the dreaded Henry Co/ Clayton Co traffic in a five speed Soul and a five speed Fiesta. It SUUUUCKED!

I did back in the day, have no desire to now

 

[basstracker89]

I had an 87 VW Fox back in 97 that was SO basic it only had 4 forward gears. Back in 11 I scored an 88 Sentra two door four speed from the original owners for $550.00 . Again the base models from back then were really basic. The Sentra only had a door mirror on the driver's side. Import trucks used to list rear bumpers as an option.

Yep, I remember those days. Drove a few basic vehicles for a while

 

[Red Rex]

I used to hold a drink, smoke a cigarette and drive a stick all at the same time. Came around a curve one day doing just that. There was a garbage truck stopped in the middle of the road. I slid my car in sideways to a stop right behind him. Didn't spill a drop or an ash off my cigarette.......

Under cover brother!