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- From: mshar@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Mike Mshar)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Stick VS Auto.
- Keywords: HOW STUPID CAN A MAN BE
- Message-ID: <BxvsMK.MGv@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 22:18:19 GMT
- Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
- Lines: 27
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- > mjarvi@vipunen.hut.fi (Mikko I J{rvi) writes:
-
- > If a completely normal human doesnt learn how to drive whit stick in
- > 15 min. he/she is an IDIOT. So what is the problem in US of A ??
- >
- > P.S Am I the only one who is annoyed from the lack of engine brakeing while
- > driveing automatic?
-
- Well, did you ever try using the D2 and D1 positions on an automatic?? It
- appears not. If you shift into low gear at 40 mph or so, believe me, you
- will get all the engine braking you need.
-
- As to learning stick, yes it is simple. I learned in a 1982 Chevy half ton
- with a COLUMN shift and mechanical clutch. Even with these incredibly
- unmanagable items, it still only took me about a day to learn how to drive
- the thing well. That is why it sometimes annoys me when people brag about
- how they are such good drivers because they can drive a manual. Especially
- if that manual has a nice, easy to shift five speed and a feather-touch
- hydraulic clutch. When they can manipulate a column shift three speed in
- heavy traffic, then they can brag. :-)
-
- Mike
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