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Well, a huge number of people have never actually driven a stick since the car they learned to drive on was an automatic and they've just always driven automatics. I've never owned a car with a stick and, although I do know how to drive one and have occasionally driven one in the past, I'm pretty sure I'd murder the damn thing trying to drive it under stressful circumstances like attempting to jack one.
Dude most people can't even keep their car in the proper lane, driving in a straight line. Do you really want that question answered? :-p
There are lots of people who have never tried to drive a car with a manual transmission. You're not going to get very far with a stolen vehicle if you're grinding the gears.
I blame video games.
Well, a huge number of people have never actually driven a stick since the car they learned to drive on was an automatic and they've just always driven automatics. I've never owned a car with a stick and, although I do know how to drive one and have occasionally driven one in the past, I'm pretty sure I'd murder the damn thing trying to drive it under stressful circumstances like attempting to jack one.
+1
I "learned" to drive stick when my dad taught me (like, once a month before I had to get my license), so I could probably drive one in an emergency, but it certainly wouldn't be pretty (for the car, I mean - I'd still look good doing it!!).
Though it is still funny that they were foiled by the manual car.
How dumb do you have to be to not know how to drive a stick?
Considering the number that lack the most basic knowledge of traffic laws and driving courtesy?
Something like this actually happened to my mother in law. She wasn't in it, they tried to break in and steal it. It was abandoned at the end of the block.
I can't see the need for a specific license, though. I mean, it's not that difficult a skill to pick up. And if you brick, the thing stalls. I guess it sorta makes sense because hills can be sorta tricksy at first. Kinda easy to fail roll it into the guy behind you, heh.
Knowing how a manual should work and actually making that happen are two very different things. If you've never driven a manual, you don't know how. Period.
Not necessarily true. The first time I ever drove a stick was right after I bought my current car. I had to drive it from North Carolina (where I bought it from) down to Florida (where I was living). I had never even once driven a manual prior to that, but by knowing how it should work, I was able to make it work.
How dumb do you have to be to not know how to drive a stick?
I'd wager that large majority of people these days don't know how to drive one. Hell, its been so many years since I drove a stick shift, it would take me 5-10 minutes to get back into the swing of things.
Not necessarily true. The first time I ever drove a stick was right after I bought my current car. I had to drive it from North Carolina (where I bought it from) down to Florida (where I was living). I had never even once driven a manual prior to that, but by knowing how it should work, I was able to make it work.
Thinking back, I have heard others (including my own father
) tell similar tales. I was wrong. What? It happens. (I am going to miss key ignitions)
And it's an excuse to buy more tools!
Man, you're such a tool.
I had my oil changed this morning. The mechanics couldn't find the hood release which is in the center of the hood.They had to come inside where I was waiting to have me open my hood for them. This is not the first time my car has been at this oil shop... same issue every time.
Is your vehicle a mid 90s Ford minivan, Mustang, or Dodge Avenger? If so, I hate the hood latches on those.
There's a reason I buy GM among them is that GM on average isn't so stupid as to put the hood latch behind the pretty little emblems on the grill and buried under 'structural support's.
EDIT, also never use Jackstands, they are a last resort or something to be used until you can get it up on either ramps or cinder blocks.
Man, you're such a too lover.
Wait ... that isn't fixed at all!
Someday in the future, there will be car thieves who can't figure out manual locks, roll-up windows and key ignitions.
(I am going to miss key ignitions)
Woot! My truck will be safe!
I just change my own. Cheaper.
Sure. If you have the tools, the space, and the know-how. I have none of the tools, I have no garage or space to work in, and have none of the know-how. So for me it's cheaper to pay someone else.
Sure. If you have the tools, the space, and the know-how. I have none of the tools, I have no garage or space to work in, and have none of the know-how. So for me it's cheaper to pay someone else.
Meh, all of that is easily attained other than a garage but ya don't need a garage. I can't fit my truck into mine so I just change it in the driveway. A bonus is that it's high enough that I don't need to jack it up to get under it. But yeah, if ya have the inclination it's not that difficult a skill to pick up. And if ya don't, so what?
I just change my own.
I will change the oil in my boat anytime. (I hooked up a pump to the oilpan!) But my car? I opened the hood once, and all I saw was some kind of strange reactor- so I closed it.
Oh yeah, hybrids look all odd, too.
Is your vehicle a mid 90s Ford minivan, Mustang, or Dodge Avenger? If so, I hate the hood latches on those.
97 Pont Bonaville. The hood release is dead center of the grill on the left hand side of the Pont emblem. They look right at it and do the no that can't be it face every time.
Had you said 93-95 I could almost sympathise with the grease pit monkeys. The 97's hood even pops up enough you can see the damn thing if you look in the crack of the hood to bumper.