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PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,216 posts)
3. It's all I have ever driven,
Tue Oct 8, 2024, 02:35 PM
Oct 2024

other than when I drive a car and am forced into an automatic.

A stick is not hard to learn, not really. Like any new skill, it just takes time.

I also remember the time I politely asked a co-worker if I could drive his car from work to the bar we went to. Excuse me! I took my foot off the brake and the car immediately started moving. I don't think that's very safe.

Perhaps the best reason to drive a stick is that I sincerely doubt my car will ever be stolen from me. Or that the thieves would get even half a block. Recently someone asked me why I didn't lock the outside door to my garage, expressing a fear of car theft) and I just laughed.

I will say that some years ago I drove my son and a couple of his friends to a school event, and the friends were very impressed that I could drive a stick.

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Damn driving anxiety kicking in [View all] XanaDUer2 Oct 2024 OP
I don't have your driving anxiety, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2024 #1
I hope you can do that XanaDUer2 Oct 2024 #2
It's all I have ever driven, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2024 #3
my tactic is to... ret5hd Oct 2024 #4
Made it there and back XanaDUer2 Oct 2024 #5
YES! I've always had driving anxiety! crosinski Oct 2024 #6
Boy, am I glad to know murielm99 Oct 2024 #7
Youre not XanaDUer2 Oct 2024 #8
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