Another auto vs revolver thread

[nick425]

Why EVERYONE should know how to drive a standard. 25+ yr ago,camping/fishing with my soon to be wife. Incident with a jon boat, a snapping turtle on a trot line and a single action .22 mag put a big hole in the back of my leg. I'm bleeding profusely and going into shock and the wtb informs me she can't drive the 3 on the tree in my old Dodge p.u.. Managed to talk her into 1st gear and I shifted 2 & 3 before starting to lose conciousness. Made it the 30 mi to the hospital but later had to replace the clutch in the p.u.. She never took it out of 3rd after we started rolling.:thumbup:--KV

Damn dude.

 

[Scott Free]

Why EVERYONE should know how to drive a standard. 25+ yr ago,camping/fishing with my soon to be wife. Incident with a jon boat, a snapping turtle on a trot line and a single action .22 mag put a big hole in the back of my leg. I'm bleeding profusely and going into shock and the wtb informs me she can't drive the 3 on the tree in my old Dodge p.u.. Managed to talk her into 1st gear and I shifted 2 & 3 before starting to lose conciousness. Made it the 30 mi to the hospital but later had to replace the clutch in the p.u.. She never took it out of 3rd after we started rolling.:thumbup:--KV

This deserves it own thread in Wilderness & Survival. I'd love to here the whole story. (Please.)

Standards don't get stolen as often as autos. Apparently some car thieves can't drive standards.

 

[dannyp]

I originally learned to drive in an auto, but decided I wanted to learn to drive a standard in my mid-twenties. Now that I have I don't want to go back. Since I don't normally drive in gridlock traffic, that isn't a problem for me. Even though they seem to be less and less common there are some things such as sports cars and off road vehicles that should always have it as an option.

Driving an automatic on the highway is alright, but I find it pretty boring on surface streets without having to shift. I also find myself shifting into neutral when sitting at stoplights so I don't have to 'fight' the transmission with the brake pedal, especially when on level ground.

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

I like both it just depends.