| Re: Whoever is not fit to drive stick, should ride a bike
dgk <dgk@somewhere.com> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.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.
> Yes, true, but the example holds anyway.
Like hell it does.
> I've been known to lend my car to family and friends.
> I really can't do that with a manual.
Yes, if you lend your car out it makes sense to have an automatic.
Nothing like your original silly stuff.
> On the other hand, if we did outlaw automatics (and what
> true conservative would allow such a governmental intrusion
> on the free market), everyone would be able to drive it.
Pathetic, really.
> When I was a kid I worked as a delivery boy for a drug store (talk
> about kids in a candy shop) and drove an old VB bug. You needed
> the clutch to get into first, but from there on it was optional.
Irrelevant to what is being discussed.
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