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I drive a standard so that my wife, Rotunda, can't crash my car too.
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I'm 65 y/o and our "second" vehicle is a Ford Focus with a 5-speed, which we bought new in '09.
It didn't get much use during my two knee replacement surgeries and rotator cuff surgeries.
"No good deed shall go unpunished!"
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Does this somehow define you? What's the big deal ? My wife occasionally drives a 99 Dodge dually with a 6 speed with a small horse trailer. She's 63 if that matters
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Fight fire, save lives, laugh in the face of danger.
Stupid always finds a way.
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I'm 61 and have driven manual transmissions on and off most of my life. Some as toys but most as daily drivers. This K10 is my only manual and probably my last. I don't mind them on the highway but wouldn't want one as a daily driver running around town. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/LETziay.jpg) [
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I have a 1963 Chevy truck with 3 on the tree,1985 S-10 that my Dad bought new 4 on the floor and my 1971 massy 175 tractor.
The S-10 in town is a lot of fun.
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I'm 74. My pickup is a Dodge diesel 2500 with a standard. I had shoulder surgery last winter. Luckily it was on my left side or I would have been walking for a few months, unable to shift.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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I drive a 5sp Trooper, my play rig quite often. I prefer an auto for everyday driving!
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Mid 40s. My kids are teenagers and they can both drive manuals. Two currently. A Corolla and F250 460.
When I married my wife I had to teach her how to drive my 95 ford ranger. She’s pretty good with one now. The teaching was rough 😬 My son learned ALOT quicker than his sister and mom.
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Still or can drive a standard is a better question
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Couple of Troopers and an old Taco dedicated to the 12%-14% grades of WV.
Manuals save calipers... kinda thing.
The autos get popped in 4L as soon I leave the public road.
I had a F650 with and Eaton Fuller 6 speed behind a Cummins once... THAT was perfection on ratio.
The 68RFE auto is pretty good also... for an auto (with gear control).
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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Only standards we have are five or six 25-50 year old farm trucks.
Gasoline powered, quirky(brakes, carbs, trans...), hay and grain trucks that don't get too far from home.
You couldn't pay me to go back to a standard transmission pickup.
Manual is good for a feed pickup though. That'd be alright.
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Still or can drive a standard is a better question I teach youngsters how to drive a manual with 4L and a diesel... ...a couple of head smashes... from popping the clutch... clears things up right quick.
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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2000 Volvo 610 vnl with a manual Eaton 10 speed as our 5th wheel puller for the win ! ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/bJ9MsZ5B/20210804_092451.jpg) Oh, 61 years young, but 25 in my head !
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We have 3 in the family. My 85 toyota 4x4. My son's 74 Datsun. And a 76 Ford F 150 4x4. I also have an 85 Kodiak 5 speed work truck.
My work truck and pulling trucks are all autos.
Montana MOFO
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Sam, A clap out to you to find so many young citizens to help you on the rancb. Subtitles how America is [bleep]
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I still use Dad’s old Ranch Truck around the place for hauling seed and deer feed.
92 Chevy 2500 3/4 ton with a 350 and a manual 5 speed. Has granny low for 1st gear and 5th gear is overdrive. 380,000 miles and still going.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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I've been driving the GTO for over 51 years and the 2000 GMC 3500 with a 454 and a 5 speed manual. I always thought the manual transmissions were better, but not anymore. These newer automatics are damned good. 68 Yeah they’re good, but can you fix it in your garage? Repair costs? The great thing about my 71 GMC is that I don’t have much guessing to do if it starts acting up.
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78 here. My Tundra is automatic, but my Saab and Kawasaki are both manual.\\
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"...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg
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Wife and I drove a 4 speed Galant for a dozen years till it went goodbye. Any drive a Toyota GR Corolla?
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