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What do you drive?
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C&D
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epcotisbest
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Nice. Is that the RT?
MadMoneyMike
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Yes it is
StarWarsGirl
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That will be my next car. Oldsmobile Bravada (ours is a 2004, don't know what year that one is, but it looks exactly like ours. Ours is silver too). It's currently my mom's car, but I'm going to have to retire my Aurora by the end of this year. My dad will get a new car, my mom will get the 2012 Buick Enclave my dad currently drives, and I will get the Bravada. It's a nice vehicle. It handles well. Ironically, I can park it better than I can park my Aurora. I started out learning on the Aurora, but then switched to the Bravada because my mom taught me how to drive and the Bravada is hers. I also took my driver's test in it. Also got into my first accident in it when a guy ran a stop sign, hit me, and left the scene.Okay, up until now I wasn't jealous; but now I am. Here's mine:
MinnieM123
Premium Member
I know practically nothing about cars; but, I think it's impressive that some people are skilled enough to figure out how to use a manual transmission. If my little car wasn't an automatic, I know I wouldn't be driving!
Goofyernmost
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To keep what little bit of sanity that I have left, I have to believe that one is never to old to drive. At 66 I still drive buses part-time. I just had my DOT physical required to keep my Commercial Drivers License. It's good for two more years which means that my next one is when I'm 68. I'm starting to think that I will give up the CDL at that point because, I'm getting tired of driving a bus. My car, however, is a different story.
I know practically nothing about cars; but, I think it's impressive that some people are skilled enough to figure out how to use a manual transmission. If my little car wasn't an automatic, I know I wouldn't be driving!
I was still driving a car with a manual transmission up until my first automatic - in 1993. It was then passed down to my daughter in 1998, and she drove it until 2000 (but by that time only when she was home from college) and she replaced it with another manual transmission.
She said it really impressed guys.
I can still drive a manual, but not as smoothly.
Goofyernmost
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I cut my adult teeth on trucks with 15 speed Road Ranger Transmissions or Two Stick Macks. That later required you to weave your left arm through the steering wheel putting your left hand on the "gear" stick and your right hand on the "range" stick. (High or low range) It was a challenge sometimes especially in heavy traffic.
When I started driving buses and found that they were automatic transmissions, it was hard to stay awake. There was nothing to do but steer and use the brake and accelerator pedal. Here's something that few people know (or care about) but on buses the signal lights are on foot pedals. One pedal for left and one for right. It gives your left foot something useful to do. I wish they had that feature on cars.
When I started driving buses and found that they were automatic transmissions, it was hard to stay awake. There was nothing to do but steer and use the brake and accelerator pedal. Here's something that few people know (or care about) but on buses the signal lights are on foot pedals. One pedal for left and one for right. It gives your left foot something useful to do. I wish they had that feature on cars.
You could always choose one with the so-called 'automated manual' transmissions. My Avalanche has two modes for the 6-speed; automatic or 'shiftable' automatic. (Same goes for my wife's Tahe and Smart and lots of other vehicles.) Basically, you get to tell it when to shift, but it does the actual clutch work (quicker and smoother than a human could).
Goofyernmost
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You can do that with almost every automatic transmission, but, really one is just playing make-believe driving. I still remember the good old double clutching fool days. Now that's a feeling of being a skilled part of the process.
No, shifting these transmissions is not very similar to a regular auto transmission. It is much more like a shifting a manual, just without the need to clutch.You can do that with almost every automatic transmission, but, really one is just playing make-believe driving. I still remember the good old double clutching fool days. Now that's a feeling of being a skilled part of the process.
Knothead
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I miss my Miata dearly. They are great cars. I had to get rid of it after an afternoon spent in the garage trying to find a way to get two child seats in it. I will own another one eventually.