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Originally Posted by zimm888
Could be a congestion issue. Shifting from 1st to neutral 40 times on the way home during rush hour isn't so cool.
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Bingo!!!!!
I like stick. I like the control and I really like the art of shifting.
I'm 48. I've driven stick since I was 22. I taught myself to drive stick when I was in Germany- got off a plane, went to my rented car and my choice was stick or $$$$$ for automatic.
I preferred to use the money on my girl, so I took the stick and learned as we drove out of the parking lot heading to the autobahn. I'll admit it took 200 kilometers to get acquainted with it- but I learned and loved it ever since.
Now IRL, driving to work, driving in $hitty chicagoland Kennedy/Edens congestion, the last thing I want is a stick today or when I was 25.
Its a damn hassle for a lot of us.
I wont begrudge anyone who wants to drive stick in that kind of traffic.
Nor should anyone begrudge anyone who thinks its a hassle.
I prefer to rent stick whenever I can. I've owned stick until I was 30- but decided that I just didnt want to deal with heel and toe and shift in Chicago Xway gridlock 400 times to get to and from work or play every day.