Stick?

**miotas** · 04-03-2009, 18:21

Originally Posted by Vuk

What are you talking about? I have never met an American woman who could NOT ride stick!

In all seriousness though, my truck uses manual, and I really have no complaints with it. When it comes to a road care though, I prefer automatic. I drive through town a LOT, and it is always stop and go. It would drive me nuts to be constantly shifting like that. :P I got an old 2000 Ford Taurus, but it is the sportier model (as sporty as a Taurus can possibly get

) and when you even breath on the pedal, that thing moves. It does not just have good excelleration, that thing wastes no time shifting. You burn through the gears like nothing. Sure, it is not a sports car (even though I make it sound like one), and does not even come close to a simple Mustang, but for a 4 door passenger sedan, that thing is pretty sweet. I see no reason for a manual when I have it, because that car shifts itself just fine.

hehehe "truck"

i can see how it would be a blessing when in heavy traffic, but to do you really find enjoyment in just putting your foot down and letting the car drive itself? I'm afraid i just can't see your side of the argument on this point.

Oh well, each to his own I suppose

**Strike For The South** · 04-03-2009, 19:03

Red 86 Ford F-250 long bed. Pa put 300,000 miles on a truck with no A/C or power windows and gear shift that would stick.

I have an automatic but know how to drive a stick (Although I may have forgotten some of the finer points

)

**Vuk** · 04-03-2009, 19:21

Ford makes the best darned truck in the world.

I prefer their cars over any other American made car, and all Euro cars except the Mini. (I have a Mini fetish, that is why)

**Lemur** · 04-03-2009, 19:31

Nothing wrong with loving the Mini. If I didn't have two little lemurs, I'd be driving one right now. Unfortunately, I do have to cram two growing children into the vehicle, so a small sedan was as close as I could get to Mini lovin'.

**Vuk** · 04-03-2009, 20:03

Originally Posted by Lemur

Nothing wrong with loving the Mini. If I didn't have two little lemurs, I'd be driving one right now. Unfortunately, I do have to cram two growing children into the vehicle, so a small sedan was as close as I could get to Mini lovin'.

I have never owned or driven a Mini actually, just ridden in one. :P I fell in love with the car though, and as soon as I pay of these

loans and get a little money, I am gonna get one. It is pathetic that my dream car is not a Lamborgini or a Ford GT, but a Mini. :P

**Lemur** · 04-03-2009, 20:21

Green body with the white top. That's what I'd be cruising in if not for my cursed progeny. And I'd definitely spring for the better stereo. Mmmmm ... I even test-drove one, just to torture myself ....

**miotas** · 04-03-2009, 20:31

well i was actually laughing at the fact that you call it a truck but anywho.

while were on dream cars, mine is a 77 TE cortina 4.1L straight 6, drove my cousin's a few years back and i've wanted one ever since, that is a machine it would be a crime to get as an auto. My cousin has 600 hectares with a makeshift racing track and i almost killed myself many a time in that thing, good times, good times.

**Vuk** · 04-03-2009, 20:48

Originally Posted by Lemur

Green body with the white top. That's what I'd be cruising in if not for my cursed progeny. And I'd definitely spring for the better stereo. Mmmmm ... I even test-drove one, just to torture myself ....

So am I not the only who has went to the site and eaten my heart out "building" my own dream Mini? :P
I have not test drove one yet, if I did I would probably go do something really dumb and get even deeper into debt. :P

@miotas: The truck I was referring to was a real truck. I have two. One is a gas Ford, and the other is a 87 or 88 (It is a crime that I forget) Sierra 4X4 diesel. It is the first time there was diesel and 4X4 that I know of, so I think it is kind of a classic. It is big, it is mean, and it is tough. :P They do not make trucks like that anymore. That thing can go anywhere and do just about anything. I do not cut down trees like a smart person would, I dig around the roots about a foot under the ground, chop and saw as many off as possible, then either use a come-along or a truck to pull them down. Thus eliminating the need for a nasty stump disposal job, because you use the leverage of the tree to remove the stump. It is a bit slower, but it works and my sexy lawn looks better for it. I was pulling down a massive boxelder with my Sierra, and I mis judged the length, and the top 4 feet of it came crashing down onto the back and cab of the truck. I expected that to crush the cab and shatter the windshield, but instead, it made a tiny dent, and that is all. The thing is perfect for plowing snow too, not even the worst Wisconsin snow stands a chance. :P I really love that truck, but unfortunately everything on it is finally starting to go, so I am not sure how much longer I will have it.
GMC still makes an ok truck, but it is nothing to Ford. Chevy trucks with few exceptions are jokes, and are mediocre at best. Toyota trucks aren't. Dodge makes a mean truck, there is no denying that, but Ford still makes the best out there.

**PanzerJaeger** · 04-03-2009, 22:08

Pickup trucks and are great and all, but it is inconceivable to me that so many people in the US buy them who have no use for them, when for the same money, they could have a sweet car. I mean, some of those big trucks are BMW money. Why would someone purposely choose a vehicle with less handling abilities, less acceleration, less gas mileage, and less feedback for absolutely no reason?

I'm a free market guy and I support people's right to drive whatever cars they like, but it does make me chuckle to see these guys trying to navigate their chromed out, lifted barges through parking lots, slowing to 15MPH around corners for fear of rolling over, and laboring to make it up to speed merging onto the interstate. The funniest thing of all is watching their wives try and climb up into them in skirts. I wonder if the image is worth it...

Of course I feel the same way about the legions of CamCord buyers who spend their money on boring appliances that don't even offer a pretense of style, performance, or interest.

**Strike For The South** · 04-03-2009, 22:11

Questioning the pick up truck? Bringing up the BMW?

Does INS know where you are?

**miotas** · 04-03-2009, 22:22

lol, yes those american utes are just ridiculous, if any are seen here, and they are few and far between, then it is seen as more as a novelty really, there are much more practical utes here.

of course we have our novelty utes too but they are more like sporty sedans than baby dump trucks

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 04-03-2009, 19:36

Originally Posted by miotas

hehehe "truck"

i can see how it would be a blessing when in heavy traffic, but to do you really find enjoyment in just putting your foot down and letting the car drive itself? I'm afraid i just can't see your side of the argument on this point.

Oh well, each to his own I suppose

I don't have the kind of automatic that steers itself unfortunately.