• alabamagirl said on Jun 17, 2009....

  I'd rather have roomy and comfortable any day over fun and sporty.  But on a pretty sunny day, I'm usually wishing for fun and "topless."  Too bad I can't have it both ways.  A convential car and a fun car.
  

• CayenneMan said on Jun 17, 2009....

    I had a friend who had a Cutlass Supreme powered by the notorious 350 rocket engine. It to was equipped with an automatic. Years and years ago he offered to sell it to me but I turned him down. I would have jumped on it had it been a two door, I don't care for the appearance of four door cars, at least not the collectibles. I have had several four door cars including a Crown Vic.
    Back in the day I had several cool " little cars " , they were all attention getters. The problem was finding a safe place to park and red traffic lights in the middle of the night. The criminal element always seemed interested in them and would appear out of nowhere in the darkness !
    I prefer driving a stick. I like the feel of the power as I shift. The automatics are faster at the track but some would disagree. I built an old Chevelle with a 454 big block once as a kid. I pulled the 400 turbo hydromatic transmission out and replaced it with an cast iron cased 2 speed powerglide. You talk about a fun ride :o)   ?    I could be elbow to elbow with people in that car and it would still launch like a champ.
      Yup now you got me thinking about cars :o)  .   Go with the Ford pick-up you can't go wrong.
      I have to get back outside and finish up. It's hot as hell out there ! This is the kind of day I miss my old oak tree the most :o(   !    I used to park my tractor beneath it and fall off to the ground and sleep for an hour or two :o)  . I'd often wake up in a shower of rain but it was OK.   You know, it's so hot today that I think I'm actually melting. Have a great day.
  

• fragglesrock said on Jun 17, 2009....

  yep, you got me missing my 1st car, my dad's hand me down 1987 cavalier :) i learned on manual and i had forgotten how fun they can be! a few years later i inherited his 5 speed mazda! i've burned a few clutches in my day...

• woman said on Jun 17, 2009....

  I know you didn't ask for us to vote...BUT, I say go for the sports car. Sometimes we just need to feel young and sporty. To heck with the young girls, what do they know. Take the wife or a friend and have a great time. And by all means, go for the manual!

• wombat said on Jun 17, 2009....

  Dang, I never really learned to drive a stick shift, but sometimes I rest my hand on my gear shift handle on my Jeep Cherokee and pretend for a second that I have one.  I know I am missing out on something visceral and empowering!
   
   

• Hegemone said on Jun 17, 2009....

  Well sounds like you've got good reasoning behind that.  Myself I've never driven a manual, but my husband does.  I've toyed around with learning, but I haven't because we can't afford for me to go screwing up big time and messing his tranny up ... and with the luck he has on that particular truck, oh it would get major screwed up.  Someday though.  Although from my little bit of experience, in an emergency, I could get us from point A to point B.  Funny that you mention this post also because I had a dream that I was driving some manual truck around.  Weird.

• gingersoul said on Jun 17, 2009....

  BeyBey......i have been driving ONLY manual since my first car at 18.....in Italy we don't have this crazy license thing for 15 kiddo...
   
  My first automatic car has been my ex husband Mazda when we bought it here in the States......now i have a Nissan Versa automatic
   
  But manual is so much fun....
   
  Anytime i go in Italy its exhilarating driving manual ...
   
  Good choice with your Ford.....
   
  So......when are you coming to pick me up for a ride?....:-)

• beyondtheveil said on Jun 17, 2009....

  alabam- I've got a suggestion, for your next car get a roomy convertible. It would be family size and who doesn't feel sporty in a convertible? When I had my Olds, another guy I knew had an Olds convertible - great fun!
  
  cayenne- I had a chance once to buy one of the original Shelby Ford Cobras, the ones made from 1965 -1970. One of my friends in my hometown had one and still talks about the stupidity in selling it. But money was tighter in those days. I'd sure like to have one though.
  
  frags- Although I've never been away from them, I'm sure there's excitement for people getting back to manuals - its the other way to drive, the one that makes you feel the car. I've replaced one or two clutches myself, by the way.
  
  woman- I'm going to have the 'wants' for that Mazda right up to the time I buy the Ford. It would be fun, no doubt. I could keep my present pick-up and get it. But will I? Probably not. Darn it.
  
  wombat- Its never too late to learn. Just think, there's a shifting world waiting for you out there. You gotta try it just once. I guarantee you a thrill.
  
  hege- Its not that difficult to learn, except for stopping on hills for some people. I don't know how much experience you've had, but a few days might make you pretty good. If you dream about it, I see some hidden desire there.
  

• bhalah said on Jun 18, 2009....

  Oh gays, just l let me  tell you my experience whit cars, first, i get my first one at abaut  36? 35? dont remember, my usually car was a bicycle, for years, and a wounderfoulls normal bus, metro etc., but went to live in a town, so  i need a car,  for keep runing jobs or whatever, bhalah needs a car, as usually, a good person, ofert me to borrow one, i said yes! thanks a lot, he said have you have license? i said yes! i do,  well.. i hade.., but never drived.., but dident said that part, he said ok, i trust you, till you fine your ourn, get this. For me was incredible, i was so hapy!! i was going to drive, when i get the car, i only new, haw to start, first , and second, wtb, nice it was not automatic, where i shoud drive, was quick way , driving to the top of a mountain, so many curves, but there i m started, and learned to drive to, ufter that i guet my first car, and old ford fiesta, for 275 euros, very nice price, to my wonderfoull economy,  of course i make it burned, forguet the oil, mmm, but i guet a next one, and honestly, i mees a lot the second car i hade, it was a Reault 4, thouse like fourgonet, 4 speeds,  oh, what a car!!! i loved, of course, 89, so old but to nice, lightty red one, I even live there for few months, on the street, i was so happy whit my first motor home, it was, very small but i deal whith it. This car has a very bad end, a car crashed whit me, he and me was perfect, but my sweety old red... oh, scrap , but sameone, fixed and steel on the road now..., i couldent fixed, when i see my car sametimes, a little tiers come from,  so, becouse i steel need one as far i continuos in a town, my brother give me the one is on the garage now, tomorrow will be a week is sleeping there, so I am at home reading soulcast,    is not my foult,,,, is my car eingen, ...oh!! will see , theres another world there, as the fact, but... isent in my hands, i cant deal whith, i dont know...now

• beyondtheveil said on Jun 18, 2009....

  soulgirl- "this crazy license thing", does that mean everyone waits 'till eighteen or they drive earlier? I had a feeling you had driven manuals in Italy.
  
  I've been putting off buying a new vehicle for some time now. Its difficult to justify when my truck runs so well. But its getting old, a 1995, and I'm on the highways a lot going out of state. When I go to hometown its 165 miles with no towns in between. I've been caught out there with car trouble before (once) and its no fun. A state trooper saved me.
  
  blalah- One of my friends has used a bicycle for almost twenty years now. Since he lives in a small town its not a problem for him. And he has saved big bucks doing this. Even so, I don't know how he's done it. I couldn't be without a car, just couldn't do it.
  

• gingersoul said on Jun 18, 2009....

  BeyBey....yes, we wait until 18 to have a license. We can have a mini-license at 15 only for driving mopeds under 125 cc.
  So the usual things for kids is to have a moped at that age and then upgrade to a car at 18. A lot better.
  
  For the parents is financially a blessing. A nice, brand new moped doesn't cost as much as an used car and the gas is a lot cheaper
  Plus kids have the time to get used to traffic rules and stuff along the way.
  
  
  

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