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Babe Ruth totin' motor oil:
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theholycow wrote:Why in the world would you even want to be as smooth as an automatic? Might as well just drive an automatic...
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An innocent search for bacon...
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Guess one cannot say they have mastered the clutch until they try a hill start on that hill.six wrote:
San Francisco hills.
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theholycow wrote:Why in the world would you even want to be as smooth as an automatic? Might as well just drive an automatic...
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I can start on that hill...rolling downward. It's easy.InlinePaul wrote:Guess one cannot say they have mastered the clutch until they try a hill start on that hill.six wrote:
San Francisco hills.
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Go to Duluth and you can have a steep street with the added fun of snow:
Also see http://attic.areavoices.com/2012/04/09/ ... in-duluth/
Also see http://attic.areavoices.com/2012/04/09/ ... in-duluth/
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theholycow wrote:Why in the world would you even want to be as smooth as an automatic? Might as well just drive an automatic...
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That's not too far from me, but no thanks.InlinePaul wrote:Go to Duluth and you can have a steep street with the added fun of snow:
Also see http://attic.areavoices.com/2012/04/09/ ... in-duluth/
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Here is what happens from road salt. Didn't help that the van wasn't washed for the past 13+ years.
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theholycow wrote:Why in the world would you even want to be as smooth as an automatic? Might as well just drive an automatic...
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I was random article clicking on Wikipedia and stumbled across a vehicle that I didn't know existed:
Granted, it went out of production in the year I was born, but still. The AMC Eagle.
Granted, it went out of production in the year I was born, but still. The AMC Eagle.
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I still miss her.
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Yep, and 4 wheel drive as I recall.Squint wrote:I was random article clicking on Wikipedia and stumbled across a vehicle that I didn't know existed...
Granted, it went out of production in the year I was born, but still. The AMC Eagle.
AHTOXA, that is some rugged driving on that rocky hill!
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ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
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yup, our scoutmaster had one and later his son had it for many years. character galore, and you could start it without the keySquint wrote:I was random article clicking on Wikipedia and stumbled across a vehicle that I didn't know existed:
Granted, it went out of production in the year I was born, but still. The AMC Eagle.
ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.