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All my life since I was a wee lad I dreamed of owning a car and driving. Now that I drive a 589 HP supercharged V8 with a manual transmission, there's no way I'

All my life since I was a wee lad I dreamed of owning a car and driving. Now that I drive a 589 HP supercharged V8 with a manual transmission, there's no way I'd move to anywhere where I couldn't drive to work! Every day is celebration day now.

adrianN 7y ago
Time to become a public transport advocate then, so that the roads are empty enough for you to drive your car. 600HP in a traffic jam are just as fun as 60HP.
- Annatar 7y ago
  For the record, I spent the first 19 years of my life using public transportation and walking for kilometers on end. While I still don't mind walking and do so for half an hour every day (15 minutes to the parking lot and back), I have traumas from using public transportation, being squeezed like a sardine, having my personal space invaded by smelling, sweaty people and almost getting a heat stroke in the Summer in 40 C trams and buses while being elbowed in the ribs. But you are right, I'll gladly help advocate public transportation to everyone so I can drive in peace on the roads.
  - _pmf_ 7y ago
    Same. The thought of having to use public transport again (even for a short term when my car is in the workshop) gives me flashes of anxiety.
    - Annatar 7y ago
      I own multiple cars, in part for exactly such a situation (N + 1 redundancy, just like I design computer systems). Luckily, taking my car to the shop is rare, as I have the requisite knowledge and wrench on my cars myself.
pintxo 7y ago
With 600 hp and a manual clutch your left knee will soon be significantly stronger than the right one, if there is any traffic on your commute. (Recall time in the 7-gear manual 911)
- Annatar 7y ago
  I've been driving manual transmission cars for several decades now, a lot in traffic jams (almost every time I'm on the road) and have had no issues with the clutches or my left knee or my left leg in general. I would rather drop dead than own an automatic transmission car again. That written, the TR-6060 transmission in the V8 is absolutely phenomenal, the clutch is heavy duty and grabs just right at half way point, it's the best clutch and manual transmission I ever drove, and I drove a lot of them. In spite of being system engineered for the race track, the V8 is a great daily driver; my colleagues knocked that one out of the park. In the interest of being fair, my other car has almost 206,000 km and both the transmission and the clutch are still original from the factory, and I'm the first and only owner of that vehicle.

adrianN 7y ago

Time to become a public transport advocate then, so that the roads are empty enough for you to drive your car. 600HP in a traffic jam are just as fun as 60HP.

Annatar 7y ago
For the record, I spent the first 19 years of my life using public transportation and walking for kilometers on end. While I still don't mind walking and do so for half an hour every day (15 minutes to the parking lot and back), I have traumas from using public transportation, being squeezed like a sardine, having my personal space invaded by smelling, sweaty people and almost getting a heat stroke in the Summer in 40 C trams and buses while being elbowed in the ribs. But you are right, I'll gladly help advocate public transportation to everyone so I can drive in peace on the roads.
- _pmf_ 7y ago
  Same. The thought of having to use public transport again (even for a short term when my car is in the workshop) gives me flashes of anxiety.
  - Annatar 7y ago
    I own multiple cars, in part for exactly such a situation (N + 1 redundancy, just like I design computer systems). Luckily, taking my car to the shop is rare, as I have the requisite knowledge and wrench on my cars myself.

pintxo 7y ago

With 600 hp and a manual clutch your left knee will soon be significantly stronger than the right one, if there is any traffic on your commute. (Recall time in the 7-gear manual 911)

Annatar 7y ago
I've been driving manual transmission cars for several decades now, a lot in traffic jams (almost every time I'm on the road) and have had no issues with the clutches or my left knee or my left leg in general. I would rather drop dead than own an automatic transmission car again. That written, the TR-6060 transmission in the V8 is absolutely phenomenal, the clutch is heavy duty and grabs just right at half way point, it's the best clutch and manual transmission I ever drove, and I drove a lot of them. In spite of being system engineered for the race track, the V8 is a great daily driver; my colleagues knocked that one out of the park. In the interest of being fair, my other car has almost 206,000 km and both the transmission and the clutch are still original from the factory, and I'm the first and only owner of that vehicle.