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> no education do it all around the world every day I taught myself to drive stick on a rental car. It was probably extremely obvious to other cars that I had
by ryanianian 4y ago
> no education do it all around the world every day
I taught myself to drive stick on a rental car. It was probably extremely obvious to other cars that I had no idea what I was doing. Grinding gears, over-revving the engine especially in reverse, and stalling at every full stop. That would catch any cop's eyes. But to your point, after 3-4 hours I got the hang of it and was no longer attracting attention.
But to parent's point: A thief who doesn't drive stick is almost certainly going to prefer stealing an automatic.
- millzlane 4y agoDid you teach yourself to drive it without ever seeing one driven?
- ryanianian 4y agoI had ridden in manuals as a passenger. I watched some youtubes and understood the general principle, but it was sink-or-swim learning. Pretty unsafe to be honest, but this was in a pretty remote area, and the car was a very forgiving Japanese micro-SUV.
- chrisseaton 4y agoEver seen someone shift a gear in a movie?
- kube-system 4y agoI'm not sure hollywood has the best instructional material: https://youtu.be/NFQgO4LScWA?t=25 https://youtu.be/NFQgO4LScWA?t=25
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