This thread makes me glad i retired.
Now, my goal is to have only one decision - which club to use. Almost there.
Now, my goal is to have only one decision - which club to use. Almost there.
Yes, riding with a great driver is a treat. I once took my Cobra to a "race day" at the Texas World Speedway. I drove it for several hours and managed to spin it out twice. I also managed to get it to 135mph and scare the sh*t out of my self. So finally, I ask one of the professional drivers sponsoring the day to take me on a lap. The car I had fought all the way around the course, suddenly became this amazing machine. He slid it through curves and remarked how well it was set up. The car and driver were like a great cowboy and his long time horse. it did anything he asked. I was really humbled. Don't ever try to tell me race car driver's are not skilled athletes. I will never forget the ride.
OTOH, you won’t be carjacked if you have a manual.
I drove a 911 for years. A real air-cooled one. Great fun on roads like in Big Thompson Canyon. Best car I ever had.
I mean, I get it. I generally try to keep my car over 2800, since that's where the turbo is active. But people don't literally watch the tach in such a way that they're not watching the road. Not anymore than glancing at the speedometer.
He truly isn’t very smart. He posts the way a stupid old nerd would think an intelligent cool kid would post. Three of my first four cars were manuals. Mastering driving a manual makes a person a better driver. Also no one that is experienced at driving a manual looks at the tach other than an occasional glance. There’s no need.
Incidentally, modern cars go 0-60 faster with an automatic transmission rather than a manual and that wasn’t the case for my early cars - it was the opposite. The automatic transmission technology is that advanced.
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Actually, it’s ”lower than whale dung,” but that’s just splitting turds.
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I learned to drive on a manual. 1984 Ford Escort. I was such a baller.
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Says the seaman.
1971 Plymouth Barracuda was my first car, but it only had a six cylinder in it. Looked cool on the outside, but wasn’t all that cool to drive. I installed a very cool sound system though. Well, it was loud . . .
I miss seeing whales at sea. Dolphins playing in the bow wake were my favorite.
Also, when I met my wife she owned a 1984 Ford Escort. I was driving a Chrysler Laser. It was a more enjoyable ride than the Escort.
Late 50s Fiat, 4 on the tree. Yes, 4. I was probably 12 or so.
Of course, tractors came long before that but it's not like you ran them through the gears.
Yes, I also learned to drive on tractors and trucks on my grandfather’s farm. Probably starting at 11 or 12. Those were the days.
My neighbor buddy had you one better. Ford escort wagon. You could do amazing parking brake slides in it. Like a top
Spyder? We had an mg and a spitfire when I was in high school for a bit. Both junk. Never ran. No power steering. Brutal to drive
Little boxy sedan. It was what my dad drove to the office. Mom had the station wagon. Then we moved out into the middle of nowhere. That is when I started to learn how to do stuff.
Kids today have no idea what no power steering was like. Miserable. My grandfather went from a carmengia to a Chevy chevette. Can't think of two more miserable cars to drive
And had to turn the steering wheel like it was a top. You had to drive the old cars... they wandered if you didn't.
My first car was a Triumph Spitfire.... love driving it but I wondered if it had any springs or shocks.
Even Google had no idea of what he was trying to spell.
But I did and that is all that matters to me.Hilarious. Ours had the wooden dash with fake shit from races by the glove box and a wooden stick shift knob. That was one cool little car. Blue with spitfire in white by the front light. Absolutely never ran. Was always in the shopAnd had to turn the steering wheel like it was a top. You had to drive the old cars... they wandered if you didn't.
My first car was a Triumph Spitfire.... love driving it but I wondered if it had any springs or shocks.
1st Car:
66 Ford Falcon Futura 2 door sport coupe
Split front bench seat
No power anything
AM radio
Vent- heat- defrost
170 cubic inch in-line 6 cylinder
Vent windows for smoking
$2 dollars of gas got us around Friday AND Saturday night if we didn’t go out of town.
Great memories.
66 Ford Falcon Futura 2 door sport coupe
Split front bench seat
No power anything
AM radio
Vent- heat- defrost
170 cubic inch in-line 6 cylinder
Vent windows for smoking
$2 dollars of gas got us around Friday AND Saturday night if we didn’t go out of town.
Great memories.
Farmall model H at 8, Oliver 77 diesel by 10, @12 I was pushing a 1977 4 speed with granny F150 down Union Valley Road, left on Lostmans lane to Maple grove, down and back up Acuff road, cross 37 to Kinser pike leading wide farm equipment to the field. 16.5 I was awarded a 1975 El Camino, 350 small block, cam'd up and 4 barrel high rise with a junk ass Holly carb. Never could keep right rear tires on that thing for some odd reason.
It was my first "truck'ish".
It was my first "truck'ish".
My dad's first ride, only it had the 289. They still won't admit it, but I think I was conceived in that car.1st Car:
66 Ford Falcon Futura 2 door sport coupe
Split front bench seat
No power anything
AM radio
Vent- heat- defrost
170 cubic inch in-line 6 cylinder
Vent windows for smoking
$2 dollars of gas got us around Friday AND Saturday night if we didn’t go out of town.
Great memories.
What's a split front bench seat?1st Car:
66 Ford Falcon Futura 2 door sport coupe
Split front bench seat
No power anything
AM radio
Vent- heat- defrost
170 cubic inch in-line 6 cylinder
Vent windows for smoking
$2 dollars of gas got us around Friday AND Saturday night if we didn’t go out of town.
Great memories.
Did you have one of those knobs with a picture of a half-naked woman on your steering wheel so you could crank it around the corners?And had to turn the steering wheel like it was a top. You had to drive the old cars... they wandered if you didn't.
My first car was a Triumph Spitfire.... love driving it but I wondered if it had any springs or shocks.
It was the "Zone control" for leg length instead of temperature. It also added more floor space for the cooler of beer behind the passenger seat, while the longer legged driver was allowed comfort, on those important friday nights.
Drivers who regularly drive a manual transmission usually can learn quickly to shift gears and operate the clutch with no problem even in a different car. However, I get the idea that few younger drivers even know where to begin with a manual transmission, because they never encounter them.
I reread the original post. It seems to say the shop's 19 year old technician started the car with his left foot on the floor outside the car and his right foot on the clutch pedal. When the engine started he "removed his foot from the clutch, still standing outside the vehicle." The vehicle went forward and killed a coworker.
Sounds like the idiot may have left it in gear.
Which is exactly what happened, and was not because he didn't understand the mechanics of what a clutch peddle does, it was because he had a total brain fart moment. I can name 4 people, 30+ stick drivers who have done the same. He cut corners and it killed his buddy, plain and simple. He'll never ever forget what he did that day, EVER.
And I can guarantee you, the Tach had nothing to do with the price of cheese in China.
