I just think that with something as potentially dangerous as driving (or as my dad calls it, piloting a 2 tonne bomb) I don't think it is wise to make it so people have less to do.
I don't have a problem with preferring a manual over an auto, but that statement is just total B.S. You may not think it's wise, but unless you can show some evidence that indicates manual transmission cars are safer than autos, you're just so much hot air.
Well, I am sorry that I did not present my case well enough. I just think that if we could get some people who think they can drive, and talk on phones at the same time, or other things like that in an automatic, to then go and do something else with the other hand and leg...we might have more people concentrating on the task at hand.
Anyway, like I said, sorry for not giving my opinion in a better way. Here's hoping that I don't fail my words again in the future.
The real problem, then, is that you don't like it when people think they can do non-driving related activities when behind the wheel. With that, I can heartily agree!
LOL I talk on the phone sometimes while i shift gears
Anyways... Here's what I think: driving is a PRIVILEGE, not a right. You have to earn it. Some people like (don't get me wrong here) handicaps, or normal people just drive like idiots, or 89 year olds that parasite our streets with their bad vision and 15 kph driving speeds, well, they should be using common transportation.
A car is no joke. You are driving a man killing weapon. If you aren't able to drive stick, your reflexes aren't good enough. You don't have good eye/hand coordination. You shouldn't drive at all.
m/t 05 gls didnt even think i was going to get it hte day i got it. i was going to go buy an accent. but got a killer deal. and i cant drive an atomactic when ever i try i always tend to slam on the brake cause i want to push in the non existant clutch.
Buy a car with an AT and you'll cure yourself of that pretty quickly. When I was driving a 5-spd Ford Aspire and my wife and an AT Escort, I did the clutch-foot-on-the-brake panic stop several times!
My wife insisted that I get an auto so she can talk on the phone and drive in traffic at the same time. I love my car but hate the auto! I've been trying to find a way to reprogram the TCM (I auto-x my car) to get some more control... I guess I'll end up trading to get my trans She never even drives it now!
i did the clutch foot on brake pedal as doohickie calls it once and my brother hit the dashboard lol it was great i couldnt' stop laughing... even before i had my car i would get into my mom's crappy ford contour and try to hit the clutch to start it... it was weird especially since i had only driven a stick a couple times
Craputomatic.....I wish I would have got the carbon blue one on the lot it had a manual. I will never own another automatic period. Unless I have a wooden left leg. Then again I could always fab my clutch pedal to be bigger so I can drive with my wooden leg.
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