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Can you even do it in this economy? I got a valet job a few months back. They ended up sticking me at some hospital in the ghetto. So much for "big $$$ for working nights on the weekend", I wasn't even allowed to ask for tips. Valets and ex-valets of the forum, how did you get started? Did...

I've worked for tips and know what its like. So, when I receive at least decent or good service I'm a good tipper, usually 20-25%. However, that doesn't mean I'll be sympathetic to the point that I'll let certain things slide. Some things are just unforgivable, like "basic, just do your job&quo...

Driving the Sonic today, I just realized that it has about the same 4th gear as 4th in my old 86 Fiero, and 5th in my old MR2

And it has 2 more gears beyond that, too

Its common knowledge that fools with too much money don't like amish transmissions :roll:, they want an expensive refined piece of technology to shift for them, like a SMG. Manuals are actually gaining popularity, especially with economy cars and hot hatches. Its one reason I bought my Sonic....orig...

Diagonal for every shift except for 4-5 and 5-4. For those shifts I'll actually follow the H-pattern to keep from mis-shifting. It works, I've never shifted 5-2 by accident. I consider it a vestige of learning on a 4-speed manual, I consider 5th gear as a final gear so I never have to shift very qui...

Peer pressure. Friends of mine said automatics were slow and a waste (of gas), and driving slush doesn't really impress girls :roll:. I had sports cars that were automatic and I wanted a manual, it was as simple as that. Two years before that, I wasn't a car guy at all, so I didn't really have a lon...

If every state and municipal government enforced this as well as speed limits like 1/2 of traffic would be resolved

I don't have any angry ex's or anything....so no reason to have a locking cap . Car's also in the garage a lot of the time anyway.

10-13 mpg in my MR2 Turbo. While hooning it got worse mpg than my Camaro Z28 ever did. The Camaro, even with a 5.7L V8, got around 15-16 at worst (track days). The MR2 would bottom out around 13 mpg if you went WOT just a few times per tank. It didn't help that it had turbo lag out the ass (had to r...

In other words, this measures how boring your life is. And of course, for me, it says I'll live to be 67 :mrgreen:. I don't want to be old anyways. Seriously, who WANTS to be 90? Edit: just so you know, if you answer every question "right" to max out the results, the most you get (as a dud...

IMO the only times that an automatic is better is in a luxury car or SUV. Economy car, sports car, p/u, etc, are all better in stick. I haven't owned an automatic in several years, and its been almost 2 years since I've driven one. When I DO drive one I can't get over how boring and sluggish it alwa...

I've never had problems with my clutch leg/foot, but I've had something just as bad.

Try blowing out the muscles in your lower back, and trying to drive stick. Its not fun. Every shift is excruciating.

Let me put it this way, maybe its easier to understand. Consider SS forum to be like a pub/bar. Now back in the day when it first got started, it was a fun atmosphere and everyone was welcome. Now there's 1 group who's always there and dominates the pub, and to be there you have to associate with t...

Let me put it this way, maybe its easier to understand. Consider SS forum to be like a pub/bar. Now back in the day when it first got started, it was a fun atmosphere and everyone was welcome. Now there's 1 group who's always there and dominates the pub, and to be there you have to associate with th...

SS really isn't as active as it used to be back in '09 or so. I think more people have left over the years than joined. It also seems that most come in to ask a few questions in regards to driving a stick but won't stick around. I wonder if any more of the SS meets will happen. We had a consecutive...