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- Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:13 pm
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: Letting other people drive your car...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2138
Letting other people drive your car...
Do you let others drive your car? All of my friends have been BEGGING me to, but I reaaally don't want them to do anything weird to it... however, I really want to drive some of their cars, so, this is tricky. If you think they can't do much damage, what rules do you set for a manual driver? and for...
- Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:06 am
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: reasons to learn to drive a manual?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 7566
- Sat May 13, 2006 10:36 am
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Manual to Auto
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4709
Ohhh myyy goshhh... I seriously have major, major problems with automatics. So one time, my car was getting an oil change, but I really needed to go somewhere, so I took my dad's car. So off I went, and it was really awkward because the brakes were super-sensitive so i just must have looked really r...
- Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:24 am
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: auto or stick?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2767
- Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:31 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Is your First or Reverse gear grinding? *Solution*
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3218
Yeah, this used to happen to me a lot... the grinding... it turned out my car was built to only engage reverse after being in neutral for 3 seconds, which actually ended up being more like three MINUTES, which was REALLY annoying. otherwise i would get a grinding sound Then I discovered if you doubl...
- Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:40 pm
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: music volume interference
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2017
- Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:35 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Why doesn't drivers ed teach standard?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4087
My driving school was full of racing enthusiasts, so they advocated manuals, but ironically didn't teach it. They said it would be too much liability for them because it's so easy to mess up when you're learning, ie if you stall in the middle of a highway drive?? They weren't up for it. The school g...
- Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:38 am
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: Speedhumps & Round abouts
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4547
Ohh man, the speedbumps at my school are HORRENDOUS. It's a new school building, and well, first, the speedbumps were like 10 inches on an incline of at least 55 degrees. What we ended up with was half of the cars having huuuuge scratches on the bottom. There were many complaints resulting in a huge...
- Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:29 pm
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: What things *REALLY* annoy you about some drivers?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9813
3 - people who drive 45 in a 55mph zone and then keep going 45 right through my 25mph neigborhood AHh! YES!! I hate that!! There is this two-lane highway near my house, where the speed limit is 55. It's a nice relaxing break from driving slow all the time. Unfortunately, there is ALWAYS someone at ...
- Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:36 am
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Manual Transmission Mini-Vans
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9146
- Sun Nov 13, 2005 7:48 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Driver's Licences???
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6196
In Washington state: At 15, you can get a permit (meaning you can drive if someone who has had their license for over 5 years is in the passenger seat) if you are enrolled in a driver's education class. At 15 1/2, you can get a permit without being in a class, if you pass a written test, which you n...
- Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:59 pm
- Forum: Manuals in the News
- Topic: article blasts manual transmission: difficult and dangerous
- Replies: 82
- Views: 32926
- Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:42 pm
- Forum: Manuals in the News
- Topic: article blasts manual transmission: difficult and dangerous
- Replies: 82
- Views: 32926
- Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:59 pm
- Forum: U.S. West
- Topic: San Diego weather
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4350
- Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:30 pm
- Forum: Manuals in the News
- Topic: Woman in stick-y situation for European vacation!!!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6445