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[CampingJosh]

Now that this has switched to an oil change thread...

Fumoto® USA | Quick and Easy Engine Oil Drain Valves

Put one on everything. It's worth it. I can change the oil in the wife's Kia Soul while it sits on level ground. No jack and no tools required.

 

[Navyvet59]

I learned to drive with a manual. it was 3 on the tree now thats going back a bit. its funny to see the "young uns"so clueles on certain things like a rotary dial phone or a stick shift. LOL

 

[JettaKnight]

I learned to drive with a manual. it was 3 on the tree now thats going back a bit. its funny to see the "young uns"so clueles on certain things like a rotary dial phone or a stick shift. LOL

Just hand them a slide rule!

 

[femurphy77]

I learned to drive with a manual. it was 3 on the tree now thats going back a bit. its funny to see the "young uns"so clueles on certain things like a rotary dial phone or a stick shift. LOL

You want to have some fun with them? Take away their phone or turn off their texting ability!

 

[spencer rifle]

Never owned an automatic.
1966 VW Squareback
1973 Pinto SW
1982 Toyota pickup
1986 Nissan Stanza wagon
1992 Geo Metro
2005 VW Golf TDI
All manual.

 

[HoughMade]

I learned to drive with a manual. it was 3 on the tree now thats going back a bit. its funny to see the "young uns"so clueles on certain things like a rotary dial phone or a stick shift. LOL

I learned stick on a '72 Ford F-250 Camper Special with a 360 2 bbl and a 4 speed...well, 3 plus granny. Impossible to stall. Torque plus low gearing. You could take off in 4th gear if you wanted to, but then it was screaming like a banshee at 50 mph. Good truck to learn on.

 

[griggs]

I'm still at least 10 years away from my first kid driving, but my plan is to find a beater car with a manual transmission for them to learn to drive on.

It's a heck of a lot tougher to text and drive when you need your right hand free to shift gears.

genius. I appreciate that

 

[BeDome]

Just hand them a slide rule!

Hell, everyone knows slide rules. It means only one person on the slide at a time, right?


Kidding. I graduated in '74. I learned to design electronic circuits using a slide rule.
I learned to drive a huge grain truck at 10, which had four on the floor. I could not sit back in the seat and still reach the pedals.
My first car was a Dodge with a "push button" automatic. Remember those? That might throw one of these youngsters off as well.

 

[BugI02]

Just hand them a slide rule!

You are old !

I've still got at least one of mine (in some box somewheres)

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Hey! My first car was a pushbutton too!
'61 Chrysler Newport.
360 golden lion truck engine. Stock.
Pushbutton shifting, and the 2nd tallest fins of any American car ever produced.
What a boat!

 

[JettaKnight]

You are old !

I've still got at least one of mine (in some box somewheres)

Nah - I never used one, but my father-in-law still has his... or it might be his father-in-law's... either way, I don't really know how to use one.

 

[Route 45]

My first car was a Dodge with a "push button" automatic. Remember those? That might throw one of these youngsters off as well.

You might be surprised!

New Lincolns:

New Dodge/Chrysler:

 

[BugI02]

Nah - I never used one, but my father-in-law still has his... or it might be his father-in-law's... either way, I don't really know how to use one.

How are you going to design stuff after the EMP attack?

 

[russc2542]

Semi-related note, My wife never drove an auto with a column shifter until she met me. We went to pick my mom's car up when she went on a band trip with my brother, it was a 02 Buick (took my manual car over and no way she wanted to drive it back). I drove to the parking lot exit and waited for her... then drove back and explained how the shifter worked lol.

 

[Sylvain]

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/09/05/stick-shift-manual-transmission/1131578002/

 

[actaeon277]

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/09/05/stick-shift-manual-transmission/1131578002/

Being stuck on the highway in stop and go traffic for 5 miles doesn't help you want to keep it.

 

[Herr Vogel]

Being stuck on the highway in stop and go traffic for 5 miles doesn't help you want to keep it.

Been there, done that.
Put it in first, let out the clutch, take your feet off the pedals entirely, and creep forward at a constant speed, leaving enough of a gap to ensure that you don't have to hit the brakes, as well as allowing other motorists to merge. Which you should be doing anyway.

Please pardon the source; of the videos I could find illustrating or explaining the problem, this one is the least bad.
[video=youtube;MtwY9xKfaYo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtwY9xKfaYo[/video]

EDIT: Video didn't embed properly, let's try that again.

 

[actaeon277]

Been there, done that.
Put it in first, let out the clutch, take your feet off the pedals entirely, and creep forward at a constant speed, leaving enough of a gap to ensure that you don't have to hit the brakes, as well as allowing other motorists to merge. Which you should be doing anyway.

Please pardon the source; of the videos I could find illustrating or explaining the problem, this one is the least bad.
[video=youtube;MtwY9xKfaYo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtwY9xKfaYo[/video]

EDIT: Video didn't embed properly, let's try that again.

Leave a space, and you get cut off.
Then you're hitting the brake anyway.

 

[jkaetz]

Been there, done that.
Put it in first, let out the clutch, take your feet off the pedals entirely, and creep forward at a constant speed, leaving enough of a gap to ensure that you don't have to hit the brakes, as well as allowing other motorists to merge. Which you should be doing anyway.

Please pardon the source; of the videos I could find illustrating or explaining the problem, this one is the least bad.
[video=youtube;MtwY9xKfaYo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtwY9xKfaYo[/video]

EDIT: Video didn't embed properly, let's try that again.

This is actually why I prefer my manual in slow traffic. I usually use one of the first three gears and my right foot rather than having to switch between accel & brake

Leave a space, and you get cut off.
Then you're hitting the brake anyway.

Haven't found this to be an issue.

 

[actaeon277]

This is actually why I prefer my manual in slow traffic. I usually use one of the first three gears and my right foot rather than having to switch between accel & brake


Haven't found this to be an issue.

Stop in go on the highways in Chicago?