| Re: Whoever is not fit to drive stick, should ride a bike
Curtis L. Russell <curtis@md-bicycling.org> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> dgk <dgk@somewhere.com> wrote
> I managed to break an ankle in 1997 while at a big getaway
> with about 50 people (I landed very awkwardly from my mountain
> bike). Only one person out of those 50 could drive my car home.
> My next car was automatic.
>> Its silly buying a car on the basis of such a rare event.
> Perhaps,
No perhaps about it.
> but bad knees aren't rare.
Yes, buying an automatic because your knee isnt up to it makes a lot of sense.
Nothing like his original tho.
> Working a clutch is a problem for many people,
> even those that know how to use a stick.
Bugger all actually.
> FWIW, some people said the same thing when they started to use
> synchros. (And crash boxes can be done with a bad left knee.)
> Today it takes a really good driver to outperform a good four or five
> speed, and anyone sipping coffee between shifts isn't that person.
> It takes a pretty good driver when you have paddle shifters.
Irrelevant to what was being discussed.
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