My Mom's reasoning here is literally amazing!

"Alex B" (alexb420)
06/19/2015 at 12:10 • Filed to: VOlvo

We were driving and a brown XC90 caught her eye. She said, “We should get a Volvo for our next car because my parents *had* one when I was growing up.”

DISCUSSION (18)

Party-vi > Alex B
06/19/2015 at 12:11

HER PARENTS ONE WHAT!?!? ONE WHAT!?!?!

Alex B > Party-vi
06/19/2015 at 12:12

THANK YOU. THEY HAD ONE VOLVO WAGON.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Alex B
06/19/2015 at 12:13

My mom wanted me to get an automatic for sure on my first car because “they’re better in snow”. Also, I can’t get a volvo because “You won’t like them”. #MomLogic

Party-vi > Alex B
06/19/2015 at 12:13

AH I SEE. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

Alex B > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
06/19/2015 at 12:16

Haha, I’m surprised she wouldn’t want you in a Volvo. All parents know they are among the safest cars out there!

About the no manual for your first car: Driving a manual makes it harder to drive distracted. It’s like a built in safety feature.

Alex B > Party-vi
06/19/2015 at 12:16

YOU ARE WELCOME.

Textured Soy Protein > Alex B
06/19/2015 at 12:23

I don’t buy the “driving stick makes you less distracted” reasoning.

Driving stick is a distraction in and of itself.

HammerheadFistpunch > Alex B
06/19/2015 at 12:23

I think you are underestimating the resourcefulness of #kidsthesedays

spanfucker retire bitch > Alex B
06/19/2015 at 12:28

There’s literally nothing true about that. The most prolific texting friend that I have has always had a manual car and that never stopped him from texting.

The idea that it somehow makes you an inherently safer driver is objectively bullshit.

HammerheadFistpunch > Textured Soy Protein
06/19/2015 at 12:29

I buy into it. learning stick is a mental choir and it leaves little room for brain wander. Once you’ve got past the learning phase its a tool for keeping hands busy. Its much harder to grab your phone for a quick text when you’ve got a shift coming up. That being said, A kid whos just determined to suck at driving will still find ways to do it.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Party-vi
06/19/2015 at 12:30

MY NAME IS ELMO AND I LIKE CRAYONS AND BABIES

BeaterGT > Textured Soy Protein
06/19/2015 at 12:31

I’ve seen people with auto cars that drive phone in hand the ENTIRE time.

Textured Soy Protein > BeaterGT
06/19/2015 at 12:38

Yes, driving an automatic transmission gives more opportunity to do other, distracting stuff with your free right hand. But that doesn’t mean everyone who drives an automatic transmission drives with distracting stuff in their right hand all the time.

What I’m saying is, if you take two drivers who are both not fucking around with their cell phones, manual shifting requires more of their attention.

If I had a kid who was learning to drive, I’d rather they start out on an automatic transmission along with a firm understanding that if they ever fuck with their phone while driving they will lose their keys so fast and for such a long time they won’t be driving again until they’re 45.

Textured Soy Protein > HammerheadFistpunch
06/19/2015 at 12:42

Here’s a link instead of me copy-pasting the whole post again.

Hoccy > Alex B
06/19/2015 at 13:03

Not the worst reason I’ve heard. Volvo’s philosophy has pretty much been the same the last 60 years.

Coty > Textured Soy Protein
06/19/2015 at 13:12

wut

Sam > Alex B
06/19/2015 at 13:16

That’s the entire reason Volvo still exists. They don’t really compete with anyone, people who buy them stick with the company for generations. Most of the people that were looking at the new XC90 were driving early 2000’s Volvos. And people who came to look at the used early 2000’s Volvos were driving 240s and 90’s Volvos.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Alex B
06/19/2015 at 23:40

can’t argue with logic.