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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC
Does anyone drive a stick shift any more?  When I was car shopping recently, people looked at me like I had three heads when I requested a manual transmission. Driving an automatic is so boring... and I never feel like I am totally in control of the situation. |
i learned on a stick shift and have never owned a car that is not a stick shift. i can't stand driving automatic. like you, i feel out of control. . .as if the car will just not stop, even if i'm violently breaking.
as far as type goes, i am a bitchy driver. i can't help it. one of my all time pet peeves is when people sit in the passing lane. for the love of all that is still good in this world, move over!!! you can go as slow as you want, just don't do it anywhere near me.
when there is a good stretch of road ahead, i enjoy driving, especially when i'm on my own. but to do that, i have to go upstate or out of state. driving around the city is not kind to my dispossition.
and not that i am in any way adverse to tourists (no really, come visit!), but my blood pressure rises inordinately when i am trying to get to work and all i see are out of state plates making stupid decisions because they don't know what the hell is going on. driving around new york is no picnic; traffic, construction, roads the width of my little finger. . .so if you don't know what you're doing, i beg of you to use public transport. PLEASE! my commute thanks you in advance.