My first time driving a stick
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My first time driving a stick
One day last week was my first attempt at driving Ben's Ranger...its a stick. I didn't know the first thing about which pedals to push and where to move the stick. So while we were in Willamsburg, Va on the Colonial Parkway, Ben was like, ok I'm gonna pull over and you drive. I started to panic because the parking lot we were in was not big at all. There was no room for me to do a practice run. So he said, lets pull into traffic, and I was like what?!? I felt like the character Cher in Clueless...pulling into traffic...oh no not the freeway! hehe Anyway I did fine. At first I had the usual trouble having the damn thing stall on me, but then I got the handle of getting it to roll. Next was hitting the clutch and switching gears. I got the clutch down pretty good, Ben helped me with the gear shifter...need to do some more practice, but I think I'm getting the hand of it. I think driving a stick is way hot. I like the pulling and grabbing of the shifter.
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At least your first lesson on a manual trans wasn't a 1950 Dodge Power Wagon urban assault tank / brush fire truck. The thing has no syncros, no power steering, no power assist brakes, and requires manual control of the choke. The thing ended up everywhere but where I wanted it to be.
Once you get the hang of it, it's fun. I do miss the stick from my old '91. It's great unless your stuck in traffic.
Once you get the hang of it, it's fun. I do miss the stick from my old '91. It's great unless your stuck in traffic.
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Originally Posted by winks
Coolness, I love having the manual transmission on my truck. You should try driving his truck on the trails, its a bit harder to get used to, but maybe you'll stall out less than Ben does hehehe
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Originally Posted by winks
Coolness, I love having the manual transmission on my truck. You should try driving his truck on the trails, its a bit harder to get used to, but maybe you'll stall out less than Ben does hehehe
Originally Posted by Ranger1
Hey I only stall when I get stuck and can't get moving again, guess I wont have that problem any more.
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Originally Posted by vansnxtweek
Hey thats cool you got it! Sticks are way fun. Williamsburg is pretty cool isnt it? I live like 30 minutes from there
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Originally Posted by Mrs.Ranger1
yeah it is very nice. I really enjoyed the Colonial Parkway. The weather was really warm when we were there. We also did WaterCountry USA, that was alotta fun.
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You think thats tallent, there would be times I was riding with a friend in his jetta where he would be on the phone, lighting a cigarett, steering, and shifting at the same time.. now that was interesting.. lol..
IMO.. everybody should know how to drive a manual. It just makes life so much more fun.. at least for me anyway. Plus its good to know that you can drive any vehicle anywhere anytime.... I got an auto pretty much because I'm a lazy *** and didn't want to deal with shifting in traffic..
IMO.. everybody should know how to drive a manual. It just makes life so much more fun.. at least for me anyway. Plus its good to know that you can drive any vehicle anywhere anytime.... I got an auto pretty much because I'm a lazy *** and didn't want to deal with shifting in traffic..
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I got exactly one 15 minute lesson on driving a manual from my dad in his dealerships ~87 Ranger parts truck. It was a tank. A few months later, he sold my demo, an automatic 4.0ohv Ranger out from under me, and the only 4x4s left on the lot were reg. cab manual tranny rangers. (The one i ended up with was a white and grey 4x4 w/ the 7' bed. Nice truck!) Now as anyone who has been to Centralia can attest to, I live(d) in hilly terrain, so the first few days were harrowing, (lots of stopping on inclines in traffic,) but after about 2 weeks I was rocking it. I've never wanted an automatic since, although I did settle for one on my college car.