[ SECRET POST #2267 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2267 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

01. http://i46.tinypic.com/rkwu4y.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

Personally, I think learning to drive stick should be mandatory.

[(Anonymous)]

Why?

[insanenoodlyguy]

Lets just eliminate stick. Computers do it better.

[asecretchord]

No!! It's more fun to laugh at the would-be car thieves stymied by a clutch. ;)

[(Anonymous)]

I think it's a good skill to learn, but I don't think it should be mandatory. Stick is becoming less and less common, and while having the skill expands your possibilities in getting a car, it's not really necessary in order to learn how to drive.

I say this having been taught on stick, my first car being stick, and preferring stick over automatic. I love them and I think they're great, but it shouldn't be mandatory to learn how to drive a dying breed.

[(Anonymous)]

It's defacto mandatory where I live, because you can't drive a manual if you learned in an automatic. Now because most cars on the road are manual, most people will learn to drive in a manual so they're not limiting their choices, and then since you learned to drive in a manual you'll buy a manual because that's what you're used to, so most cars on the road are manual.

[(Anonymous)]

Douchey position. It's one thing if it's highly recommended but mandatory is an imposition and a removal of personal choice. Even vaccines aren't forced on people and they're more directly lifesaving than driving stick.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, good for you, OP. It's something that it's nice to be able to do. Whatever your reasons are for learning it.

[insanenoodlyguy]

I hope you find what really happened to your brother op.

[(Anonymous)]

LMAO It can't possibly be Racer X, can it?

Oh, don't mind me...

[elephantinegrace]

I'm just here holding an ice pack to my knee because I forgot I can't dance, even if I read a Speed Racer secret (even if it's not the good Speed Racer).

-insert "arrow to the knee" joke here-

[maverickz3r0]

You are my soul brother/sister. Now I want to learn to drive stick.

I mean. I'd have to anyway because that's my only option, but I haven't learned because I live in a large city with an (ostensibly) good transit system. But given how the Skytrain makes me nauseous, I'm probably going to have to learn eventually. Wanting to be like Speed Racer is a very good motivator.

That being said don't listen to 'Go Speed Racer Go' while you're driving. Trust me on this one.

[blueonblue]

I love driving stick - Speed Racer! Steve McQueen! Driving on the pacific coast highway always felt like a movie.

[(Anonymous)]

Is manual transmission that rare in the US? In Europe most cars are stick shifts, and I have only driven an automatic once in my life.

[(Anonymous)]

It's not rare, but neither are automatics. It's about 50/50.

[(Anonymous)]

MTE. Been driving 22+ years in the UK and it's been gearsticks all the way, bb. Automatics freak me out, never have driven and never would drive one; I want control.

[(Anonymous)]

LIVE THE DREAM, OP

Stick shift drivers unite!

[(Anonymous)]

I get so much respect from mechanics and car dealers, and men in general think it's impressive to meet a woman who drives stick. No one ever asks to borrow my car, but they rely on me as one of the few people they know who can drive the shitty old pickup/slick sports car/moving van/etc. Once you learn, it becomes very easy and, well, automatic do it.

[(Anonymous)]

Congrats OP!! I hope you learn how to drive stick shift better than me. I was in high school and my cousin would let me and my friends practice with his car during lunch, and I ALWAYS killed the car when I stopped it. Since then I haven't really tried learning again, though I want to.

A friend of mine got a stick shift as her first car so she taught herself how to drive stick shift. She has an automatic now, and she says she definitely prefers manual.

[tabaqui]

Heee! That's cool. I learned on an automatic, then learned how to drive a stick, and have an automatic now. I like both, but it's much more fun to pretend to be bad-ass with a stick.

[(Anonymous)]

i have nothing to say except EEE speed racer! i love that movie so hard. :)

[riddian]

As somebody who drives stick for a living, this secret makes me extremely happy. Manual transmissions are awesome! I bet you will be amazing at it. Rock on. :D

Also, that movie was adorable, and so are you. <3

[(Anonymous)]

I've never watched Speed Racer, but this smile made me smile. GO OP!!! You're gaining a great life skill. I wish I knew how to drive a stick.

[(Anonymous)]

This thread is a bit like when I found out hardly anyone in the US has an electric kettle. I had no idea anyone learned to drive in an automatic. Don't think I've ever even been in one!