I love my wife and all, but Jesus Hercules Christ...

[Dantheman]

Yep. My sister and i both learned to drive on a MT Ford ranger with no power anything (steering, windows, etc). That was each of "our" cars in high school. Being a teenage boy with a rwd MT pickup truck you can be sure that i spun my tires more than a few times and left that sucker with bald tires It was a perfect car to not kill myself with because the spedometer only went up to 80mph, and i could barely touch 60 with it in 5th and my foot on the floor... the thing was utterly gutless, but man was it fun and super functional.

It's a lot more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow.

[nickwm21]

I don’t know that I’m sold on the theory that a MT will avoid your 16yo from wrapping the car around a tree…

What happens in a DD scenario. Junior drinks 4 whiteclaws and gets a buzz…. a taco bell trip is on the itinerary, but he drove the MT to the locale and even though Susie’s only had 1 whiteclaw, he’s the only one in the crew that can drive MT…

We all try to teach our kids to call dad, no questions asked, for a safe drive… but they are kids and sometimes they do stupid shit….


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[m2711c]

Just teach all of his friends how to drive a stick too.

[Diamond Joe]

It's a lot more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow.

Sage advice.

It always pisses me off that when you see a big $$, fast car, 9 times out of 10 its an old dude driving it, very carefully and deliberately. Why can't us younger guys get our paws on any V-12 supercars??

[plugboots]

You can.

[Diamond Joe]

I came here for funny quips about wives and got a bunch of dudes standing in the garage talking trailers.

Jesus Hercules Christ.

Buddy the thread is 300+ pages long. There are TONS of funny quips about wives, we just get sidetracked by dishwasher loading, trailer backing, and transmission choice arguments every 20 pages or so.

[DBdude]

what's your opinion on loading the dishwasher?

i put a load in my dishwasher using the doggy style

[riser4]

Just teach all of his friends how to drive a stick too.

Heh.

Fact.

[AK47bp]

i put a load in my dishwasher using the doggy style

Seems hard on the knees.


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[yeahman]

I don’t know that I’m sold on the theory that a MT will avoid your 16yo from wrapping the car around a tree…

What happens in a DD scenario. Junior drinks 4 whiteclaws and gets a buzz…. a taco bell trip is on the itinerary, but he drove the MT to the locale and even though Susie’s only had 1 whiteclaw, he’s the only one in the crew that can drive MT…

We all try to teach our kids to call dad, no questions asked, for a safe drive… but they are kids and sometimes they do stupid shit….


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How dare you introduce reality into the discussion? Junior isn't going to drink. Junior will never glance at his phone while driving because he'll be busy shifting. See the idea here is we're going to eliminate distractions by...introducing more distractions. If you don't think that makes sense then I don't know what to tell you.

[BCMtnHound]

My hope is that either the wife’s Hyundai or my 1st gen Tacoma, both with MT, last to my daughter’s 13th winter, so we can hit the local mall parking lot to learn how to drive with a clutch. Only another 2yrs. Then she can drive the forestry roads while I ride shotgun hunting chickens. Just like I did for Papa.

[Meadow Skipper]

My hope is that either the wife’s Hyundai or my 1st gen Tacoma, both with MT, last to my daughter’s 13th winter, so we can hit the local mall parking lot to learn how to drive with a clutch. Only another 2yrs. Then she can drive the forestry roads while I ride shotgun hunting chickens. Just like I did for Papa.

That all sounds pretty sweet.

[BCMtnHound]

Thanks. My dream, haven’t mentioned the chicken hunting part to daughter

The distracted driving, cell phone, and drinking & driving stuff are all issues that need to be addressed long before the drivers license. Foundations and all that. And after a certain point, gotta let go the reins when they are out of sight. I did not leave my father’s ‘81 Toyota p/u unscathed, but paid for the damage and learned from it.

[Tap]

what's your opinion on loading the dishwasher?

Everyone else does it wrong, naturally.

[DBdude]

My hope is that either the wife’s Hyundai or my 1st gen Tacoma, both with MT, last to my daughter’s 13th winter, so we can hit the local mall parking lot to learn how to drive with a clutch. Only another 2yrs. Then she can drive the forestry roads while I ride shotgun hunting chickens. Just like I did for Papa.

you are a Hemmingway?

[californiagrown]

I don’t know that I’m sold on the theory that a MT will avoid your 16yo from wrapping the car around a tree…

haha facts. It was impossible for me to wrap myself around a tree going 70, but it was probably more likely i would wrap myself around a tree going 35mph acting like i was in a 911 on a road course haha. Also, and im not proud of this, but i was the designated driver after smoking weed because "driving manual keeps the driver focused on driving and the road, unlike a manual driver who can zone out".


Also, when i hurt my shoulder or knee i was SOL with the truck because you cant drive a MT (with no power steering) one handed or one footed. But still, overall, i think it was a great learners car.

[warthog]

I'm looking at renting cars in Italy, and manual transmissions costs about half as much as automatic. So there you go, get your kids to learn manual so they're set up for future Europe trips

I rented a manual Jeep Renegade in Sicily. The guy at the counter says... "This unusual. You are American, no? We no see this very often."
It was a blast. Not a whole lot of flat in Sicily. I don't think I touched the brakes for hours in the mountains.

[Boissal]

I rented a manual Jeep Renegade in Sicily. The guy at the counter says... "This unusual. You are American, no? We no see this very often."
It was a blast. Not a whole lot of flat in Sicily. I don't think I touched the brakes for hours in the mountains.

Last time Ms Boissal was in Switzerland they automatically "upgraded" her to the more expensive automatic when they saw her passport. She had to complain a while to get the manual, they really weren't pumped on giving her one. Girl had never had an automatic until a couple years back. She did occasionally spend extended periods of time in 3rd gear at 4000 rpm while telling me stories instead of paying attention to the engine but...

[skaredshtles]

<snip> She did occasionally spend extended periods of time in 3rd gear at 4000 rpm while telling me stories instead of paying attention to the engine but...

This made me chuckle.

[californiagrown]

She did occasionally spend extended periods of time in 3rd gear at 4000 rpm while telling me stories instead of paying attention to the engine but...

I remember this one road i had to drive to school everyday had a speed limit of 35. My truck wanted to shift out of 3rd and into 4th at about 37mph. So i basically either had to run at high rev 3rd, or engine-lug along in 4th. I got pulled over for going 45 once, and tried to explain it to the cop, but no dice.

that reminds me, i never got the answer to my teenage question- which is worse for the engine: running it at high rpm in too low a gear, or too low rpm at to high a gear?

[Dantheman]

Depends. Better to over-rev a small engine and lug a larger one.

[TahoeJ]

I remember this one road i had to drive to school everyday had a speed limit of 35. My truck wanted to shift out of 3rd and into 4th at about 37mph. So i basically either had to run at high rev 3rd, or engine-lug along in 4th. I got pulled over for going 45 once, and tried to explain it to the cop, but no dice.

I was riding with my dad once and he said something very similar and the cop (CHP) nodded and goes, “nice car, I get it.” And then walked back to his cruiser. Cool Guy. In a huge twist, 15 or so years later they became close friends when they moved into our neighborhood.

[old goat]

The neighborhood HS had drivers ed on a closed track, with one manual on the steering column if your family had a manual. The last day they had us all clear the track and get outside the fence while the girl who had the manual tried to get it into 3rd, which she managed briefly before she ran out of room.

[bad dancer]

Last time Ms Boissal was in Switzerland they automatically "upgraded" her to the more expensive automatic when they saw her passport. She had to complain a while to get the manual, they really weren't pumped on giving her one. Girl had never had an automatic until a couple years back. She did occasionally spend extended periods of time in 3rd gear at 4000 rpm while telling me stories instead of paying attention to the engine but...

Mrs Bad Dancer drove our VW golf for over a year without knowing it had a 5th gear.

[Boissal]

Mrs Bad Dancer drove our VW golf for over a year without knowing it had a 5th gear.

HA! My Forester was a 6-sp manual, I doubt Ms Boissal ever noticed either.