"Real men"?
I can no longer drive. Where does that place me?
Count your blessings. This is me:
Yup! Riding shotgun takes real guts.
I Miss Shifting
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Yup! Riding shotgun takes real guts.
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At work one day, I told a fellow that I had home made quiche for breakfast.Even though I am a stick shifter all the way, I will have to disagree.
"REAL MEN" do what they like, and don't care about what others have to say.
He said, "real men don't eat quiche."
I replied, "Real men do as they please and don't follow bull (expletive deleted) real men rules."
Mack_C85 , Nice looking old rig! Those old beasts were great to drive, I loved it and to a certain extent I hated it when I made the switch to the officers seat!
I had the chance to buy that old T from the department we sold it to. Could of had it for $1800. and stupid me I didn't take it! I was already involved with a 50 Seagrave with a 12 cyl.. That was a short wheelbase Suburbanite but it was still a beast!
How I miss those days!
I had the chance to buy that old T from the department we sold it to. Could of had it for $1800. and stupid me I didn't take it! I was already involved with a 50 Seagrave with a 12 cyl.. That was a short wheelbase Suburbanite but it was still a beast!
How I miss those days!
Well, I don't make quiche (too much labour intensive for someone who is lazy
).But I do eat quiche.
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I don't remember the specifics but it's basically just eggs beat with half and half. Add some sausage, ham, bacon or even some cooked spam. Some kinda meat and bake it in a pie crust.Well, I don't make quiche (too much labour intensive for someone who is lazy
But I do eat quiche.
It's the pie crust part that scares me.
I couldn't bake to save my life.
Edit. And now you're going to laugh. Most quiches I have eaten were vegetarian. And I am omnyvorous just like bears.
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Mack_C85 , Nice looking old rig! Those old beasts were great to drive, I loved it and to a certain extent I hated it when I made the switch to the officers seat!
I had the chance to buy that old T from the department we sold it to. Could of had it for $1800. and stupid me I didn't take it! I was already involved with a 50 Seagrave with a 12 cyl.. That was a short wheelbase Suburbanite but it was still a beast!
How I miss those days!
Thanks, although we had taken to calling it "Ward La Junk" by the time it was replaced by a 1976 Seagrave (which was the last stick shift)
Totally agree, driver/pump operater/engineman/chauffeur or whatever it's called, is the best position in the FD.
I had the opportunity to buy the '54 Ward and the '65 Mack.....too young and stupid, I guess.
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Like I said in my first post due to a bed left knee I got my first Auto Vette. Had 6 more before this one, 3 had 4Spds and 3 were 6spds. I also had many other cars & trucks with manuals and drove CDL large trucks so I have shifted a stick a few times over the last 60 or so years.
So far no sort of problems with the slush box. I do miss rowing the boat some what, but I will live with it. Its a 8 spd auto, If the cylinder deactivation is that much of a PITA it can be eliminated in a auto, use the paddles for all your shifting and you will stay in V8 mode.
I thought the deactivation would bother me but I found it is not that bad. Driving on a interstate type road you cannot even tell if its in 8 or 4 mode. There is a display on the dash that will tell you if your in 8 or 4, most times you will not know! You step on the gas and you can take off rather well in a passing situation.
If it keeps on working fine then its no problem, but if it starts causing a lot of problems/codes that will be a different story. Yes I'm 72 but far from a slowpoke on the roads.I tend to have a lot of fun with my Vettes on the twisty mountain roads up here.
I'm glad the AFM hasn't been an issue for you. Maybe the problems I've read about (mostly on the corvette forum) have been overblown. There a lot of complaints that they can feel a shudder as it goes in and out of 4 cylinder mode. Some say it gets in a confused state where it constantly goes in and out of that mode.
I often wonder if it is a real problem or is more of a 'princess and the pea' situation.
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My wife does the baking.It's the pie crust part that scares me.
Edit. And now you're going to laugh. Most quiches I have eaten were vegetarian. And I am omnyvorous just like bears.
Speaking of meat, we just had bison steaks for supper.
Rastoff
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Don't get me wrong, I like driving a good stick shift and have a manual in my Mini Cooper S. That car is so much fun I wake up thinking, "Ah, I get to drive to work," rather than, "Oh man, I have to drive to work."
Even so, I'll take an automatic for just about everything these days. I'm not trying to win any races and the brake pedal works just fine. If I'm going down a steep slope, I can select the proper gear. Especially if I'm stuck in traffic, the auto rules.
Even so, I'll take an automatic for just about everything these days. I'm not trying to win any races and the brake pedal works just fine. If I'm going down a steep slope, I can select the proper gear. Especially if I'm stuck in traffic, the auto rules.
One trick I've found that helps when stuck in heavy traffic - just use 2nd. My car has more then enough torque to start out in 2nd, and is good for about 75 mph. So there is no shifting, I just work the clutch. If I leave a big enough gap, I don't even need the clutch.
Rastoff
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Yeah, I've done that. Still not as easy as an auto.
carpriver
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I learned to drive on a farm tractor and in a pickup both with 3 foreword gears. I drove manual transmission until 1998. The last car was a 97 ford Probe V6 with a 5 speed, fun car in the summer, but the winter with performance tires it would just spin in the snow. After the Probe it was Pick ups with 4 wheel and automatics.
Owned a 1980 Scirocco 5-speed 30 years ago. Had right shoulder surgery. Had to shift with my left arm. Had automatics ever since.
LVSteve
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Depends on how "loose" or "tight" the design of the transmission. Many modern automatics have the torque converter locked at anything much over walking pace.
I learned to drive in a '65 Chevy Impala with a straight six and a three on the tree. My first car was a '52 Buick Super 4 door. It had an OHV straight eight and a DynaFlow automatic transmission. A few years later, I had a '66 Chevy C-10 with a 283 and a three on the tree. I had several F150s and a big Bronco with the 4 speed manual tranny with a granny low.
Most of my pick-ups have had manual trannies. Now I did have trouble with a Dodge D100. The three on the tree kept hanging up and I would have to get out and beat on the shift rods to get it to shift again.
I bought a new Isuzu 2WD pick-up in February 1996. It has the 2.3 liter four with a five speed tranny. It now has over 242K miles and the original clutch. Been having problems with it running and there is a good chance that will be my last manual transmission, unless I buy another old car or truck (1940s or 1950s).
Most of my pick-ups have had manual trannies. Now I did have trouble with a Dodge D100. The three on the tree kept hanging up and I would have to get out and beat on the shift rods to get it to shift again.
I bought a new Isuzu 2WD pick-up in February 1996. It has the 2.3 liter four with a five speed tranny. It now has over 242K miles and the original clutch. Been having problems with it running and there is a good chance that will be my last manual transmission, unless I buy another old car or truck (1940s or 1950s).
Most of my pick-ups have had manual trannies. Now I did have trouble with a Dodge D100. The three on the tree kept hanging up and I would have to get out and beat on the shift rods to get it to shift again.
I had the same problem with a C-20 Chevy, carried a hammer in the cab just for that.
