Things You'll Never Do If You Drive a Stick:

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InlinePaul wrote:
AHTOXA wrote:
InlinePaul wrote:Drive with your leaf arm dangling out the window--a sign of automatic transmission boredom enabled by the lack of need for two hands to drive.


Arguable. I have a habit to hang my left arm out the window once I get into top gear and likely to stay in top gear for at least a few minutes. Although more often I'll just rest the elbow on the window sill.


I won't hang my arm out the window and maybe it had to do with when I was a little kid my grandmother told me about a guy who did that and lost his arm because his car got sideswiped. :)

Guy that used to work at a gas station in town, he had his left arm hanging out his car on the freeway. Wound up in the middle of a huge accident, rolled and it crushed his arm. Dude left that job some time ago, but I remember how little of his arm was left.
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comingbackdown wrote:Guy that used to work at a gas station in town, he had his left arm hanging out his car on the freeway. Wound up in the middle of a huge accident, rolled and it crushed his arm. Dude left that job some time ago, but I remember how little of his arm was left.
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Rope-Pusher wrote:
comingbackdown wrote:Guy that used to work at a gas station in town, he had his left arm hanging out his car on the freeway. Wound up in the middle of a huge accident, rolled and it crushed his arm. Dude left that job some time ago, but I remember how little of his arm was left.
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theholycow wrote:
Rope-Pusher wrote:
comingbackdown wrote:Guy that used to work at a gas station in town, he had his left arm hanging out his car on the freeway. Wound up in the middle of a huge accident, rolled and it crushed his arm. Dude left that job some time ago, but I remember how little of his arm was left.
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As a young lad, I was watching a guy at the local shopping mall set up display tables and load them with merchandise for that evening's "Midnight Madness" sale. He was working briskly, but appeared to be way too casual, what with one hand tucked into the pocket of his jeans the whole time. It took me a few moments to realize that there was no arm in that shirtsleeve. BTW, it was his right arm, so he must have been driving in Britain, right?
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InlinePaul wrote:These are not absolutes but come on and post up your thoughts two. I'll start it off with these three:

3. Let a valet park your car.

That's a given. I was on vacation and took a road trip, and at each of the three hotels we stopped for I had to drive the car into the valet lot with the valet officer. Even when they mutter "you don't trust me, I drive mercedes and bentleys!" lol....
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Years ago I was working at a gas station next to a fancy, expensive restaurant that had valet. I watched as one of the valets jumped out of a car for some reason leaving the door open (assuming to come right back) but he left it in neutral and it rolled backward, the open door caught a utility pole and folded forward against the front fender. Ouch!
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OK, I can understand that she can't shave her right armpit, but there is NO EXCUSE for not shaving her left armpit, right?
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I think that's my brother's ex-female. :lol:
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As a matter of fact I HAVE seen with my own eyes a car with a parking brake that affected the front wheels. It was a late 80s/early 90s FWD subaru (same layout and everything as the AWD but with a plug in the rear driveshaft hole) parking brake cables went to the FRONT wheels. talk about a WTF moment, I showed everyone in the shop.

I drive with my left hand out the window all the time too. good alignment helps.

I wish I could cross my legs on the highway...I'm happy enough if my legs fit under the dash usually.
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The drummer photo is already pretty disgusting, but do we have to have it so HUGE! Ugh! :lol:
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kamesama980 wrote: I wish I could cross my legs on the highway...I'm happy enough if my legs fit under the dash usually.
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kamesama980 wrote: I wish I could cross my legs on the highway...I'm happy enough if my legs fit under the dash usually.
Never has that desire, but I did once drive my '77 F150 while standing up with my head and much of my upper body sticking out the aftermarket sunroof (a friend stood up in the passenger seat too). Only went about 25 mph though and only for a mile or two on a back country road.
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kamesama980 wrote:As a matter of fact I HAVE seen with my own eyes a car with a parking brake that affected the front wheels. It was a late 80s/early 90s FWD subaru (same layout and everything as the AWD but with a plug in the rear driveshaft hole) parking brake cables went to the FRONT wheels. talk about a WTF moment, I showed everyone in the shop.
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I saw some Frog car at work w/front wheel parking brakes. Citroen mebbe.
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Yeah, that's the ticket. Citroen w/I.B. Brakes.
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kamesama980 wrote:As a matter of fact I HAVE seen with my own eyes a car with a parking brake that affected the front wheels...
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