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- Path: sparky!uunet!acd4!HDFS1!jbii
- From: jbii@HDFS1.acd.com ( John O. Bell II )
- Subject: Re: Stick VS Auto.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.192314.5807@acd4.acd.com>
- Keywords: HOW STUPID CAN A MAN BE
- Sender: news@acd4.acd.com (USENET News System)
- Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN
- References: <BxvsMK.MGv@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:23:14 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- In article <BxvsMK.MGv@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> mshar@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Mike Mshar) writes:
- >> 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?
- >
- >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
-
- Hear, hear. I agree; I learned to drive stick on a 1953 Chevy 2 ton truck
- that my grandparents *still* use to haul grain to the elevators... three
- speed manual with dual-speed axle _whew_ (it took me all of 1 hour).
-