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10-17-2018, 7:40am | #1 | ||||||
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IF we all just switched.....
to cursive writing and stick shift cars....
we would cripple...... an entire generation...... |
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10-17-2018, 8:04am | #2 | ||||||
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When did (WE) stop?
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I write in cursive, use a fountain pen and shave with a straight razor. Wanna guess how old I am?
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Sadly I just sold my stick shift
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My cursive writing is pretty much unreadable; always was.
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2 of my 3 cars are stick
#4, wife's car, is an auto but they don't make stick for humongous kid-movers. Scott
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My C6 was a stick shift and my C7 is a 8 spewed automatic. At times I wish had bought a 7 speed manual.
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can you still buy stick shift manual Vettes?
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Never drove a paddle shifter but I think I would want an old school stick shift
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I was a life long manual driver, and switched to auto with paddles in my '17 GS and while I miss a manual every now and then, paddle shifting is a ton of fun. |
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so just what are they?? still have a clutch?? how it works?? can go from any gear to any gear?? say start in 2nd and go to 4th, like I used to drive my old muncie in traffic?? |
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MY handwriting is curs sed......
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Y’all complain about our younger generations, but wasn’t it y’all responsibility to teach them these things?
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