On Sat, 14 Jun 2014 18:35:59 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 14 Jun 2014 20:55:23 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On 6/12/2014 4:24 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>> On 6/12/2014 2:08 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> They'd ban stick shifts, too, if that was the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not nearly the same thing... once learned driving stick is like riding
>>>>> a bicycle or swimming, requires no more consious thought than
>>>>> breathing... takes more consious thought to urinate than drive stick.
>>>>> You obviously don't drive stick.
>>>>
>>>> SIGH.
>>>>
>>>> I can drive a stick better than an automatic. I never did
>>>> get used to an automatic, and it's no fun to drive.
>>>>
>>>I dislike automatic transmissions. When my car was in the shop a few
>>>years back after some old lady hit it in the Walgreen's parking lot, the
>>>rental car was an automatic. It took me a couple of days to get used to
>>>it. I was glad to get my car back.
>>
>> Automatics are for steerers, not drivers.
>>
>> Nobody apart from those with a disability should be able to get a
>> licence unless you pass the test in a car with a manual box.
>
> I did pass the test with a stick, and you also had to parallel park or you
>didn't pass. To this day, I'm a great parallel parker, but the stick shift
>is a nightmare in hilly places like San Francisco. I love automatics.

Autos have their place of course. If I lived in a city with heavy
traffic, I'd have one myself. The main reason for my opinion
learning/passing a test is that autos don't really teach you to feel
what's going on with the car like a manual gearbox does.

Learning in a manual or 'stick' (autos also have a 'stick' but
anyway...) will make you a better and safer driver, rather than merely
learning to point the car and press the pedal with an auto.