🤔 😂

@LadyIDO

I could drive it like the wind. Navigated Rocky Mountains with my 5 speed Nissan pick up truck.

@LnzyHou @LadyIDO I learned to drive in stick shift vehicles, and I'm a Millennial....

@danialexis @LadyIDO

It’s a miracle. You are the ONLY millennial I know who drives stick.

@LnzyHou @danialexis I am gen x. Drove stick shift for decades. Happily driving automatic now.

@LadyIDO @LnzyHou @danialexis

Are any cars but "sporty" ones made with stick, these days?

More than a few have "clutchless shift" which I have had to settle for...🙄 😎

@InUnfunky @LadyIDO @LnzyHou @danialexis There are 31 models with sticks this year, and several are utilitarian, rather than sporty.

@danalan @InUnfunky @LadyIDO @LnzyHou @danialexis I grew up in a river valley area with steeply inclined streets with stop lights placed in areas that made newly minted stick drivers very nervous. You learned quickly how to shift into and out of gear from a dead stop on a steep incline early in your driving career.

@cjcrew @danalan @InUnfunky @LadyIDO @danialexis

Not unlike driving in the Rocky Mountains with 5-speed Nissan pick up

@LnzyHou @cjcrew @danalan @LadyIDO @danialexis

Heh — as a Tampa boy (everything is flat flat FLAT!) who moved first to coastal CT (Long Island Sound hills) and then to SE VT…I learned QUITE QUICKLY how to go from stop to motion — driving a stick — on an incline. 😱😂

@InUnfunky @cjcrew @danalan @LadyIDO @danialexis

I still look for a clutch (fruitlessly) when waiting on a hill in my van. I knew how to feather that thing to not roll backwards.

@LnzyHou @InUnfunky @cjcrew @LadyIDO @danialexis My wife didn't learn to dive an automatic until she was 25. She learned on a stick, and we only owned sticks even after she learned.

The learning curve was brutal for her - she'd try to shift, and slam the brake. Took a long time to stop trying to use the left foot.

@danalan @InUnfunky @cjcrew @LadyIDO @danialexis

I was in my 40’s. Loved it from day one.

@LnzyHou @danalan @InUnfunky @LadyIDO @danialexis I miss driving a stick. Can you find manual transmissions these days? Besides trucks.

@cjcrew @danalan @InUnfunky @LadyIDO @danialexis

Don’t know. Google standard transmission cars for sale.

@LnzyHou @cjcrew @danalan @LadyIDO @danialexis

Dan put up a link last week, probs still in this revived thread. 🤓

@InUnfunky @LnzyHou @cjcrew @danalan @danialexis I am watching Ice Road Truckers now.

@LadyIDO @InUnfunky @LnzyHou @cjcrew @danialexis

I have a Class A CDL, and drove semis OTR for about 18 months. I've never had a more isolating job. There were more than one days that I drove 8-10 hours on packed snow & ice.

@danalan @LadyIDO @InUnfunky @LnzyHou @danialexis I used to think I’d like driving a truck but I hate driving now so it’s probably a good thing I never went there.

@cjcrew @danalan @LadyIDO @InUnfunky @danialexis

I was frightened when I bought my high top ProMaster van with extended wheel base. At almost 20’ long, I couldn’t imagine how I could control the beast. A friend took me to Lowe’s parking lot & had me drive, back up, park repeatedly.

Now I wheel Big Girl Pearl around like we are one. I trust her. She trusts me.

@LnzyHou @cjcrew @LadyIDO @InUnfunky @danialexis
Always be aware of clearance, and don't blindly trust posted clearances. They often aren't updated when pavement is repaired.

@danalan @LnzyHou @LadyIDO @InUnfunky @danialexis Brings to mind a railroad bridge by the zoo in Lansing. Can’t tell you how many trucks got caught by that bridge. But it’s marked correctly, so they’re just risk takers. Or not that bright.