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    papergirl thinks it's a magical day.

    first, 5 days ago

    I need to find somebody who has a stick shift. lol



    Cats&Scales Insomnia?? What is this new devilry?!

    Seems like a useful skill... 1 week ago

    ...especially since my boyfriend drives (and loves) a stick shift. =P It’d be nice to be able to drive his car around (even more so considering it’ll be our car someday… =D). He wants to teach me, I’ve just been reluctant because I don’t exactly want to spend my free afternoons learning to drive all over again. =P But, it’s gotta happen sooner rather than later.



    Robadjuster is Yeah,

    Untitled 1 week ago

    Driving a stick shift is not nearly as hard as it sounds. Learning how to drive a stick will open up a whole new world of vehicles that you can drive, and jobs that you can do!!
    I highly recommend it!!!



    christinaj02 is hard at work

    drive... 1 month ago

    There have been a few times I’ve tried to drive a stick, none of them have turned out to well.

    Last night, my boyfriend took me to a parking lot and let me drive his car. I circled for about a half hour. Once I’m actually going, chaging gears is a breeze…just the starting and stopping without stalling, that’s the problem.



    corndogkate is a college student at the U of Iowa

    Untitled 1 month ago

    i’ve been taught in the past but never really got the hang of it. that was awhile ago though and i really want to learn how for real.



    larakere is working for the man now so i can make a difference in the future.

    drive a stick 4 months ago

    i want to learn to drive stick-shift…without killing it every five minutes. haha



    HOMETOWN GLORY Scream loud. Louder.

    Sweet deal 5 months ago

    I took the car out today. I didn’t stall once while driving around the neighborhood. HOWEVER, I couldn’t park the car in the garage cause I kept stalling on the driveway. But whatever, I’m just happy I didn’t stall on the road. Still need to practice but getting a lot better.



    TRod888 is going to be a MOM!

    Oh my! 5 months ago

    Well, after all this time of complaining that I have no opportunity to learn I am silenced. I felt I would never have the opportunity to learn since everyone that owns a manual does not want the wear and tear on their clutch. Understandable, but how is a person supposed to learn? I guess by buying their own manual transmission like I did. My car finally broke down again (for it’s last time). I’ve been long over due for a new car so off to the dealership we went just to look. Majority of the cars on the lot were manuals. This would not have been an issue except I actually like 2 of the cars enough to ask my husband to test drive them. When he and the dealer both looked at me and said “But you cannot drive a manual…” my only reply was “and what better way to learn?” My husbands car is a standard also, so there is no giving up on this one. I went out to day to a parking lot for about 20 minutes just working on 1st gear. Shifting is not an issue…stalling is. I hope this takes less than a month. It’s nerve racking to own a car and having to sit in the passenger seat while someone else drives you around all the time!



    HOMETOWN GLORY Scream loud. Louder.

    Slow steps 5 months ago

    I’ve been out twice in the last two days with my dad to practice. I’m getting a lot better. I’m still not confident enough to be on actual busy roads, but at least I know if I HAD to drive a standard in a emergency I could.



    Untitled 5 months ago

    Vroom vroom



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