Dixie -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/20/2011 9:37:20 PM)
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ORIGINAL: AW1Steve Off to have fun driving with the best "Anti-theft device" available in the USA! A six speed manual transmission! [:D] I just read a report that less than 10% of American citizens can drive one. While that seems a little low to me, I can't deny that the last time I lived in DC , a young local tried to "Jack a Porshe" from the young girl driving. Once he realized that he didn't know how to drive it, he abandoned it (to the young girl with more guts than me, she laughed at him!) The police caught him a couple of blocks later when he jumped on a bus. I truly find it amazing that so few of my countrymen are not interested in one of the few things that can make driving FUN! [:(][&:][X(] Really? I know that auto transmission is more common over there but still... It's not hard after all if teenagers(!) can work out how to do it then it must be easy [:D] We had an automatic pickup when I was on det in Al Udeid, I hated the damn thing. If I'm driving, I'm choosing when to change gear. [:@] Driver education in the early 1960's went exclusively to automatic transmissions. All us rental car companies do automatics, and unless your in a really big city , standards are much more difficult to purchase. Sports cars and jeeps are the exception. But even most pickup trucks are automatics. I find that I'm more "in tune" with my car if I'm driving a standard. You need to think ahead , and I find most drivers don't want to think at all , when it means you can't hold a cell phone, text, or screw around with CD's MP3's etc. I did have a little bit of difficulty driving a stick in the UK, but that was simply because I'm used to shifting with my right hand rather than my left. But with practice all things are possible. [:D] We've not heard from you for a while. I hope that all is well with you and yours. [:)] Busy times mate, but all good. Been back to visit the rest of the clan and then back home and into work again. Hopefully things will be better still in a week or two.
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