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Not so fond memories of driving a delivery truck in rush hour traffic with a heavy, stiff, clutch pedal that would fully engage at 1/2" from the floor. Kept turning it in for adjustment and it never improved. Felt like my left leg was given a workout every single time I had to drive it. God I hated that thing.
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."
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Wish I still did.
You can sorta drive a manual without a clutch but you can't drive a modern automatic without the computer. Experience with both.
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MAN !!!! You guys have some fine vehicles .
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I sold my 99 F150 last year it was a 5 speed
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If you can slide the gears without depressing the clutch, does that make it an automatic?
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At 76, I really enjoy driving my Cobra! 5 spd Tremec manual. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/xyX6L3M.jpg)
I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave....
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Nothing can compare with the thrill and adrenaline rush of switching from brake to clutch coming off a stop sign on an uphill slope with the street covered with packed snow/ice and another vehicle right behind you. How can anyone not love it! Been there done that in a 71 Ford Pinto with a 5 speed. God what a turd.
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If you can slide the gears without depressing the clutch, does that make it an automatic? Don’t do it in a standard with synchros. Blew up an international Harvester Loadstar 1600 doing that.
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Just put the '94 Corvette away for the winter.
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1984 Ford F-150…..”three-on-the-tree” and a 2003 Jeep Liberty that my wife won’t drive anymore - says it not reliable with 325,000🤔😄! Hope I never don’t have one and am 59.
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I still prefer a standard transmission and own two vehicles with them. I am old enough AARP sends me mailers and still young enough to tell them to eat dirt.
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----Fred Rogers
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I've still drive 2 vehicles that have the old manual in them...08 Camry and an 88 4Runner....
I was born in June 1952, so you can do the math on my age...
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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Love pulling the 01 BMW convertible out of the garage and running through the gears.
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