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tricker · 10-28-2009, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by omegajim

it's going to be everywhere, eventually.

Remember, nearly 50 years ago, most vehicles were stick. Now, only 25% can drive stick, and even fewer do it well.

If i had found a vehicle with it.. i'd bought one. But didn't happen that way for me. Learned how to drive manual by driving around a manual 4-wheeler

omegajim · 10-28-2009, 09:38 PM

okay, now we have to dig up some memories................

it was the early 80's and I wanted to drive anything (didn't have a license yet) and my mother and I hopped into grandpas old dodge pickem up truck.

It was 3 on the tree, I shat you not.

My mother explained how it worked, I went through the motions (to get familiar with the pattern involved) and off we went, even though it was a couple of miles, and I learned something.

a) three on the tree is definitely something
b) a 318 under the hood of truck (1/2 ton) can get you moving and most importantly
c) when you are dealing with a vehicle with a sticky throttle, try not to hit the gas at the wrong time.

that was a cool truck.

but I had a lot of experience driving tractors (that were older than dirt) before I drove the truck and you learn all kinds of things; like how to anticipate the unantipateable - just trust me on that one.

stp1971 · 10-29-2009, 09:31 PM

I have one of those 1983 (ugh,, classic truck now) Ford F-100 with the 3 on the tree!!!

**inspiron** · 10-30-2009, 08:03 AM

My first car was a '74 Mercury Cougar - with an automatic transmission. My 2nd car was a '74 VW Beetle with a manual 4-speed tranny. I've had several other cars since then, some automatics and some manuals. My current ride has a 6-speed manual transmission. If Audi had offered the A3 TDI quattro with an automatic, I would have bought it. (The salesman told me if I wanted an automatic, I would have to buy the A4 quattro. The A4 is too wide to fit in my parking space in my garage...)

CafeRacer · 10-30-2009, 11:34 AM

I learned to drive on an automatic but once I learned a manual transmission I have had no interest in ever going back. I just enjoy the extra control that a manual offers. Driving is fun for me and an automatic takes away some of that fun.

I feel like this is even more true with motorcycles. If you simply use a motorcycle for an economical way to get from A to B then I understand the automatic transmission a little more but isn't half the fun of riding a motorcycle actually operating it? I know thats a huge part of what I enjoy; you can always ride on the back of a motorcycle if you dont want to actually learn how to operate it. How do others feel?

omegajim · 10-30-2009, 06:09 PM

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I feel like this is even more true with motorcycles. If you simply use a motorcycle for an economical way to get from A to B then I understand the automatic transmission a little more

a motorcycle as an economical way to get from a to b, no, I don't get it.

and as for

Quote:

I have one of those 1983 (ugh,, classic truck now) Ford F-100 with the 3 on the tree!!!

I think that truck's older than an 83, like a 78, maybe older.

But those old trucks do fair all in all, just not so good for daily driving.

LCA_koolaid37 · 11-06-2009, 04:13 PM

Fugly

omegajim · 11-06-2009, 05:26 PM

Honda didn't get to where they are by not trying the ridiculously crazy from time to time.

10-28-2009, 09:38 PM	#22 (permalink)
omegajim M-J Lifetime Achievement Award Join Date: Jan 2007 Bike: 1980 Yamaha XS850 Location: Washington County, WI Posts: 11,383	okay, now we have to dig up some memories................ it was the early 80's and I wanted to drive anything (didn't have a license yet) and my mother and I hopped into grandpas old dodge pickem up truck. It was 3 on the tree, I shat you not. My mother explained how it worked, I went through the motions (to get familiar with the pattern involved) and off we went, even though it was a couple of miles, and I learned something. a) three on the tree is definitely something b) a 318 under the hood of truck (1/2 ton) can get you moving and most importantly c) when you are dealing with a vehicle with a sticky throttle, try not to hit the gas at the wrong time. that was a cool truck. but I had a lot of experience driving tractors (that were older than dirt) before I drove the truck and you learn all kinds of things; like how to anticipate the unantipateable - just trust me on that one. __________________ "FREE TIBET!"* With purchase of one Tibet of equal or greater value. "I have a driver's license. It doesn't mean I show up at the Indy 500 with my morgan." Ducky- NCIS and until very recently, we were Wisconsin Tourism Federation ----- no really.

10-29-2009, 09:31 PM	#23 (permalink)
stp1971 May 2007 Member of the month Join Date: Mar 2005 Bike: 2004 Suzuki Intruder 1500LC Location: Douglasville, Georgia Posts: 8,029	I have one of those 1983 (ugh,, classic truck now) Ford F-100 with the 3 on the tree!!! __________________ No Signature needed.

10-30-2009, 08:03 AM	#24 (permalink)
inspiron Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 2004 Bike: Blue Suzuki GSX 1400 (2003) Location: Canton Basel-Land, Switzerland (47.4493, 7.76536) Posts: 13,133	My first car was a '74 Mercury Cougar - with an automatic transmission. My 2nd car was a '74 VW Beetle with a manual 4-speed tranny. I've had several other cars since then, some automatics and some manuals. My current ride has a 6-speed manual transmission. If Audi had offered the A3 TDI quattro with an automatic, I would have bought it. (The salesman told me if I wanted an automatic, I would have to buy the A4 quattro. The A4 is too wide to fit in my parking space in my garage...) __________________ There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe blog: gsx1400

10-30-2009, 11:34 AM	#25 (permalink)
CafeRacer Seat Tester Join Date: Oct 2009 Bike: 2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250R Posts: 55	I learned to drive on an automatic but once I learned a manual transmission I have had no interest in ever going back. I just enjoy the extra control that a manual offers. Driving is fun for me and an automatic takes away some of that fun. I feel like this is even more true with motorcycles. If you simply use a motorcycle for an economical way to get from A to B then I understand the automatic transmission a little more but isn't half the fun of riding a motorcycle actually operating it? I know thats a huge part of what I enjoy; you can always ride on the back of a motorcycle if you dont want to actually learn how to operate it. How do others feel? __________________ www.motorcycle-usa.com

11-06-2009, 05:26 PM	#28 (permalink)
omegajim M-J Lifetime Achievement Award Join Date: Jan 2007 Bike: 1980 Yamaha XS850 Location: Washington County, WI Posts: 11,383	Honda didn't get to where they are by not trying the ridiculously crazy from time to time. __________________ "FREE TIBET!"* With purchase of one Tibet of equal or greater value. "I have a driver's license. It doesn't mean I show up at the Indy 500 with my morgan." Ducky- NCIS and until very recently, we were Wisconsin Tourism Federation ----- no really.

11-06-2009, 04:13 PM	#27 (permalink)
LCA_koolaid37 Eternal Vigilante Join Date: Sep 2006 Bike: 2001 VZ800 Location: MO Posts: 1,297	Fugly

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