"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:05:00 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> In a recent thread about driving, I was adamant that there was little
>> reason to have to learn stick shift to get your license.
>
> OMHO, it depends where one lives; in this neck of the woods, 'stick shift'
> vehicles are the 'norm'. I have also owned a couple of vehicles that had
> an automatic transmission and will say this:
>
> Automatics are good in heavy traffic (saves having to keep one's foot on
> clutch pedal) - but in any other circumstances, I prefer 'stick shift'
> vehicles; I can pull off in 1st, 2nd and have even done it in 3rd gear
> occasionally <laugh>. And I also know when to change gears - don't need a
> rev counter to do it - I still have pretty good hearing...

I drove stick change for so many years it becomes automatic .... iyswim I
don't need to think about it.

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