Posted on 01/02/2014 9:54:08 PM PST by Impala64ssa
Pure BS. Ford has not offered its F150 largest engined P/U with a m/t for DECADES.
Any number of kids have grabbed the keys to mom's vehicle and taken off while she is sleeping. You can look it up.
Besides A/T's let too many peeps drive who should be taking public transportation.
I only have a 5 speed and it can still text, fiddle with the satellite radio, eat nacho's, and sip on an iced tea..or something...and cruse at 75
The trick is learning to drive with your knee :)
Turbo-Diesel engines help as there is even less need for shifting. Just hit the loud pedal and wait (a short time).
I hope they had some pickups or other vehicles with “ three on the tree” shifters too
It was a trip.
Agreed. The myriad soccer moms yammering on cell phones could not drive if they had to pay attention to something else.
Never had an auto as a daily driver for about fifty years of driving. Did have a Chevy van with an auto, but that was only an occasional hauler.
My little 5spd WRX wagon does go in for a 81k mile clutch replacement Monday. Turbos are clutch killers I have found if you mess up with too much throttle/boost and not enough clutch disengagement.
Manuals suck in a traffic jam and through crowded city streets, that is why I gave them up for auto.
Wasn't that what we all learned on back when?
My clutch work was so miserable, especially learning to get started from a stop on a hill. Pretty good now, but when 16, geez, what an ego killer.
Go back to the Model T with 3 pedals plus a hand throtle and advance lever to keep both hands busy.
Vehicular deaths would fall precipitously if automatics were banned.
I had driven over 2 million miles bedore i had an automatic but traffic finally got so bad i put a 700R4 in my pickup and I did put a 400 in my 1936 Chevy 3 window coupe.
It was more about getting it started in January in the 70's little ice age and learning how the loose shifter mechanism need to be finessed to avoid locking it up while shifting.
It’s great to teach them to drive a manual transmission but I’d like to teach them more!
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Not even O and the idiot congress critters would try that..Obamacare would be a faint memory if folks were forced to actually drive..
Idea being that modern cars are far too easy for incompetent fools to get behind the wheel.
Demonstrating a minimal level of dexterity, awareness/reaction time, and decision making skill would probably cut driving accidents drastically.
Of course, it would also eliminate the majority of democrats from driving..............
Digital Computer Engine Control is a boon.
A/T shift busyness, not so much.
Not sure what you mean. My '99 F150 short WB step side has a 5-speed manual tranny.
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