WAT IS A SHIFTING?

"scoob" (scoobsti)
10/10/2013 at 23:16 • Filed to: Polandball

DISCUSSION (24)

PRBot II > scoob
10/10/2013 at 23:20

It's funny because it's true :(

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > scoob
10/10/2013 at 23:21

Ha! I love Polandball

scoob > PRBot II
10/10/2013 at 23:22

Today I stared with my jaw dropped at a Cooper S which was a manual. I'm pretty sure everyone around me thought I was either an idiot or a thief.

PRBot II > scoob
10/10/2013 at 23:24

Nooooo! Learn the way!

Any way you can. It is so incredibly worth it.

MoparKetchup > scoob
10/10/2013 at 23:25

Kinja'd!!!

Awesome license plate.

scoob > PRBot II
10/10/2013 at 23:28

Trust me, I'd love to! I'm not entirely sure about a manual DD though. If I were to drive to school I'd have to shift every 3 seconds for like 2 hours a day.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > scoob
10/10/2013 at 23:29

you get used to it very quickly, eventually you shift without even thinking.

PRBot II > scoob
10/10/2013 at 23:31

Where do you live? I-95 in Stamford CT during rush hour?

Clown Shoe Pilot > scoob
10/10/2013 at 23:31

I've got absolutely no data to back this up, but I'd bet that MINI has the highest number of (manual cars)/(total cars) of any mfg selling cars in the US

Jayhawk Jake > scoob
10/10/2013 at 23:36

I've had a manual dd for 2 months now, I basically forget its a manual driving to work now. It becomes second nature quickly

feather-throttle-not-hair > Clown Shoe Pilot
10/10/2013 at 23:42

They still charge several thousand dollars for an automatic transmission across pretty much their entire model range.

I know its done purely out of greed, charging more for something that the vast majority of their customers want, but i still can't help but respect it.

feather-throttle-not-hair > scoob
10/10/2013 at 23:48

Its fine. Honestly, i've been DDing a M/T 350Z for 7 plus years through downtown seattle (which is almost entirely stop and go traffic on steep hills.)

It's not something I notice or think about. The only time I notice my transmission is when I want to have fun in my car. And then i notice how cool it is to not drive an automatic.

Clown Shoe Pilot > feather-throttle-not-hair
10/10/2013 at 23:57

I don't know that it's true that the vast majority of their customers want slushboxes.

The vast majority of car buyers as a whole want them, but I think MINI's customers skew from average by a std deviation or 2

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > scoob
10/11/2013 at 00:26

Kinja'd!!!

Is that an old Mazda badge?

Happy Panda > scoob
10/11/2013 at 04:30

How hard is it to learn to drive stick in the States anyway? Over here you need to do mandatory classes, and even though we have an automatic I still take classes in a manual, since you get a 'downgraded' auto-only license otherwise.

Firewrx234 > Happy Panda
10/11/2013 at 07:58

Not hard, it's just that there aren't that many Manuals around. I for one would have loved to have learned before now, but none of my friends or family had one when I was driving age. My family had a couple when I was younger but those cars died off before I got the chance. SO now, I'm stuck in an awkward place as a 25 yr old who is a dealership salesman who can't drive a manual.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > Happy Panda
10/11/2013 at 10:06

Not particularly hard, but very few of the driving schools tend to have cars with a stick. You just have to know someone that has one who is willing to teach you. My first car was a stick but I wasn't yet confident enough to drive it, so I had my dad drive it about halfway home and he gave me an impromptu lesson and then handed it over and that was that. I've taught several of my friends over the years, which is typically how its done in the States (that or a family member).

scoob > PRBot II
10/11/2013 at 17:02

NYC. :(

scoob > Clown Shoe Pilot
10/11/2013 at 17:03

I have heard that multiple times, and it does actually seem feasible.

scoob > Jayhawk Jake
10/11/2013 at 17:04

I hope I feel the same. I just have to learn how to do it first haha.

scoob > Happy Panda
10/11/2013 at 17:06

The other 2 replies are coming from people much older than I am. I'm 17. No one I know that is of or near my age knows what a manual is. They all just say driving is "turning the wheel and pressing the pedals".

PRBot II > scoob
10/11/2013 at 17:22

Oh man, of all the places.

Jayhawk Jake > scoob
10/11/2013 at 18:18

Yeah...learning is hard. Well, not the driving part, but finding someone who not only owns a manual but is also willing to teach you can be impossible.

scoob > Jayhawk Jake
10/11/2013 at 18:29

Luckily I've got two uncles that know how; hopefully they can teach me one day. If not, I'll have to stick to simulators and/or risk breaking my own car by learning.