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I got my license a few years ago. My parents used to rib me on how I drive. SHEEEESH.
Kids today CAN NOT DRIVE. A rule to the guy today on 695: a solid object (your new Honda) cannot pass through another solid object (my Jeep). Another rule to this guy: Above rule is especially bad (for you) and good (for me) when you attempt it in front of two State Troopers. I hope you got a big ticket.
I had my learners for about 6 months before I got my license (I got my learners in Oct. 95, and the license in March '96.)
I have been in one (minor) accident -- it was my fault, I admit, although the snow and ice contributed to it. Luckily, no damage was done to the other aside for some minor needed repairs to a bumper, I also have recieved no tickets for traffic violations.
Driving is fun. Learn to drive stick, though. Its a requirement
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How does one "drive stick", cause it sounds suspiciously like an argument I heard a couple of guys in Soho about who'd get to control the car. At least, I assume it was the car...
I have the amazing ability to only crash into stationary objects. Not bad, eh?
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Driving Stick = Driving a Car with a Manual Transmission
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Driving manual is, in my opinion, a lot more fun. I learned to drive originally on an automatic, but I have a lot more fun driving a manual transmission ... and you know, to those people who complain its hard? Naw, man, its as hard as learning how to ride a bike. Once you get the hang of it it is as easy as pie ...
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When I was learning, I would actually count how many days I would go without stalling her out ... I think I've stalled once in the past nine months or so (I've had my Jeep a little over fourteen months now)
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*ticked at parents wanting to buy him the cheapest Saturn possible*
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My friend let me try driving his stick-shift once. I didn't stall it at all. 'Course, I never went above second gear or about 15mph, but hey... :-)
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*ticked at parents wanting to buy him no car at all*
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*ticked at people who assume it their parents job to supply them with a car, and an expensive car too*
Sheesh, do you lot have no idea what "independence" is? You want a car? Get a job and buy one. In fact, buy one over here, where they cost roughly 9 million times as much as they do in the US.
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Nah, it wasn't aimed at you TLE. And it was half-joking anyway.
Still, most people I know have had to buy their own (crappy) cars. With their own money. That they've worked for. Then they outfit them with ridiculous sound systems. Tsk, the youth of today, eh?
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