Shit that annoys you

[Harry]

I would love to have a manual car again, but my fear of that is that nobody else could drive it. I don't do valet so that isn't the concern, but sometimes logistics or drinking make someone else a better choice for driving, but nobody knows how anymore.

My new Bronco has a 7-speed manual. No one can steal it, even people who claim they grew up shifting manuals. [emoji3]

[Dantheman]

I would love to have a manual car again, but my fear of that is that nobody else could drive it. I don't do valet so that isn't the concern, but sometimes logistics or drinking make someone else a better choice for driving, but nobody knows how anymore.

My fear is that I will need shoulder surgery again or have some other similar injury and I will not be able to drive it.

[singlesline]

I would love to have a manual car again, but my fear of that is that nobody else could drive it. I don't do valet so that isn't the concern, but sometimes logistics or drinking make someone else a better choice for driving, but nobody knows how anymore.

FWIW, I don't think I've ever run into an actual issue. Maybe there have been some snafus behind the scenes, but I don't think I've ever noticed any issues at shops or parking where someone couldn't drive it. Might help that it is mostly VW dealers/german shops and VW was the second highest manual take rate fleetwide in the US (after Subaru). The young salesman who handled my paperwork complemented the smoothness of my driving though, and admitted that he learned (poorly) in the dealer parking lot when bought his a year or two earlier...

My wife and father can both drive it...and I guess my mom hasn't needed to drive it (my wife's car is automatic). When people have borrowed it, there's always been at least one person who could drive.

I haven't valet parked in a while though...I could see it becoming harder and harder to hire 19 year olds who know how to drive stick. Looks like VW axed the stick this year

[riser4]

I would love to have a manual car again, but my fear of that is that nobody else could drive it. I don't do valet so that isn't the concern, but sometimes logistics or drinking make someone else a better choice for driving, but nobody knows how anymore.

Kid at college who thought he was badass for driving a stick. Serious medical issue ensued. Found the one friend who could barely drive it. Had to find long term storage because there was nobody who wanted to borrow it and nobody who could move it for snow removal. The rental house did not have a viable place to stash it, trust me, I asked.

[Rideski]

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My new Bronco has a 7-speed manual. No one can steal it, even people who claim they grew up shifting manuals. [emoji3]

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So you&#39;re saying if I can drive it, I can have it?&nbsp;</p>

[skaredshtles]

Smashing the ever-living fuck out my pinkie finger a couple nights ago transplanting some zucchini plants. Now it really hurts to type.

[californiagrown]

My fear is that I will need shoulder surgery again or have some other similar injury and I will not be able to drive it.

Lol. Back when i got my first shoulder reconstruction done (college) my car was a ford ranger with 5spd manual and no power steering. I remember thinking i was healed up enough to drive it on 2 separate occasions weeks apart, and having to pull over after being unable to physically make certain turn/shift movements and needing my parents to meet me like 3 blocks away to drive it/me back home haha. Similarly, i had a buddy who did his ACL in high school and was unable to drive his car for a few months because it was a manual and he couldnt use the clutch pedal.

So yeah, its a real thing.

[Huskier]

Taken a fancy to leaning to fly a plane. Turns out you gotta pass a drug test? It's been a while, man. Do I have to study for it?

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[pfluffenmeister]

After rupturing my Achilles tendon (ripping the shit out of the upper east wall at A-Basin!!) I had a two hour trip ahead of me to get home in my manual WRX.
If you sit really close to the pedals you can use your heel to use the clutch.
Did I mention it was my left foot?
You keep a long look ahead on the road and shift as little as possible; 1st to 3rd to 6th kind of thing.

Getting off the ski boot was much more challenging.
I had an epiphany when I saw the bolts on the tongue and heels.

[singlesline]

Lol. Back when i got my first shoulder reconstruction done (college) my car was a ford ranger with 5spd manual and no power steering. I remember thinking i was healed up enough to drive it on 2 separate occasions weeks apart, and having to pull over after being unable to physically make certain turn/shift movements and needing my parents to meet me like 3 blocks away to drive it/me back home haha. Similarly, i had a buddy who did his ACL in high school and was unable to drive his car for a few months because it was a manual and he couldnt use the clutch pedal.

So yeah, its a real thing.

When I had a motorcycle, I once couldn't get home because I'd done some fake-rock climbing (after a long time not climbing) and I literally couldn't operate the clutch or squeeze the brake with any force. Had to visit a museum and go out to dinner before my forearms recovered enough to drive home.

But you don't buy the vehicle for the "what ifs". Especially if you have alternatives like an automatic vehicle in your household, a buddy you could trade cars with for a while, etc.

[Danno]

Lol. Back when i got my first shoulder reconstruction done (college) my car was a ford ranger with 5spd manual and no power steering. I remember thinking i was healed up enough to drive it on 2 separate occasions weeks apart, and having to pull over after being unable to physically make certain turn/shift movements and needing my parents to meet me like 3 blocks away to drive it/me back home haha. Similarly, i had a buddy who did his ACL in high school and was unable to drive his car for a few months because it was a manual and he couldnt use the clutch pedal. So yeah, its a real thing.

broke my left leg in 2003, had a Ford Ranger with a 5 speed, I could totally operate the gas and brake but not a clutch. luckily a friend was kind enough to trade cars with me for a few weeks.

[Dantheman]

Taken a fancy to leaning to fly a plane. Turns out you gotta pass a drug test? It&#39;s been a while, man. Do I have to study for it? Sent from my Pixel 9 Pro using Tapatalk

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[civilcoconut]

New England police agencies use of police to do basic traffic control. Do we really need to pay a cop or two to park his running car across both lanes and stand there all day instead of just putting up a Road Closed Barricade? Even worse is that it seems to excuse just parking a cop car with its lights on and closing a lane instead of any advanced signage. Totally baffles me that taxpayers tolerate this waste of money. (Totally get this on a freeway where the police might be doing some sort of speed enforcement, but I&#39;m talking about parking two cop cars with officers on a local street with no signage other than the lights on the car.)

[evdog]

i had a buddy who did his ACL in high school and was unable to drive his car for a few months because it was a manual and he couldnt use the clutch pedal. So yeah, its a real thing.

I tore my acl about 20yrs ago. Had a 5 speed Nissan pickup back then. I recall having to take the bus or hitch rides with friends for 2-3 weeks but I was back driving soon as my range of motion would allow.

The injury that got me the worst was splitting my knee wide open near the bottom of the knee cap at a spot of high tension when you bend the knee. Leg was in a full immobilizer for 3 weeks. Stitches (had both internal and external) were in for 5-6 weeks. Couldn&#39;t drive for almost a month.

[mcski]

People that ignore the arrows at the gas station and pull up to the pumps in the wrong direction. We have a busy station on a corner w entrances on both sides, usually w a line of cars backed into the streets. Occasionally a gap will present itself and some jackass will sneak in pointing the wrong way blocking everything until he finishes and backs out. Also, people that block the entrance because they want to pump on the gas door side even tho all the hoses are long and will easily reach both sides of vehicle.

[old goat]

I drove manuals only for decades. No way would I go back to that for a daily driver., especially now with CVT. I get it if you're a car guy and can afford a second car for fun driving, but in commute traffic, ski traffic, Town of Traffic traffic, no way. Especially since we all do a sport with a high incidence of upper and lower extremity injury.

[riser4]

Subaru CVT seems to like to cause the engine to rev higher than i would prefer.

[chicken feathers]

“People that ignore the arrows at the gas station and pull up to the pumps in the wrong direction. We have a busy station on a corner w entrances on both sides, usually w a line of cars backed into the streets. Occasionally a gap will present itself and some jackass will sneak in pointing the wrong way blocking everything until he finishes and backs out. Also, people that block the entrance because they want to pump on the gas door side even tho all the hoses are long and will easily reach both sides of vehicle”

Here it’s people who finish fueling and leave their vehicles unattended at the pump while they get food, etc.inside.

[PB]

The problem with hitting the shop while you are filling up instead. of waiting until the fill-up is done is that sooner or later you will forget that you are still attached and drive off .....Or so I've been told.

[anotherVTskibum]

The problem with hitting the shop while you are filling up instead. of waiting until the fill-up is done is that sooner or later you will forget that you are still attached and drive off .....Or so I've been told.

It's against regulation (and maybe actual law) in Maine, hence "do not leave pump unattended while fueling" stickers. Not all attendants care, but I've met at least one who did.

Apparently the big concern is a failure of the auto off system when the tank gets full. I hate to break it to you, but if I'm sitting in my truck at the pump waiting to hear it click off, I'm probably not going to be particularly quick to deal with that either.

[Shredhead]

I still remember the thread where Gosey was driving down I-70 with the hose flapping.

[S_jenks]

...and half the time, the web conferencing software doesn&#39;t actually fire up the same way unless you go to open the meeting link, so you can&#39;t be 100% sure it won&#39;t pull that crap by just trying to open the software ahead of time.

Thats exactly how our marriage works of late. I have a manual and she never learned. We use her crosstrek on most long treks, but I find myself driving a higher percentage of the time. Especially in the winter- but I think thats for the best.

[Huskier]

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Science is neat

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[Dantheman]

Science is neat

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I'm glad I was able to find it via the way back machine. It's by far the best drug testing info I've ever found. With their protocols basically anyone who isn't a huge fatass weedaholic could pass a test with 24 hours notice.

[MakersTeleMark]

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I still remember the thread where Gosey was driving down I-70 with the hose flapping.

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Those were the good days.</p>