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Stick shifts and hills.
This is less of a vent, so I put it in GD. xD<br><br>We are a standard shift family. The only automatic we own is a big SUV that has a lot of grab and pull in the wheel. My mother struggles to drive that car, especially in bad weather.<br>So she sticks to the Volkswagen Passat we own. I love that car. It's nice, and sleek, and it's a VW, and I love the VW builds. Especially the builds of the new VW Golf and Rabbit. <br>Well, my parents won't go and buy an automatic for me, which means I have to learn to drive the stick shift.<br>First time I drove, I stalled the car out so many times I could smell the rubber burning and everything. On a flat surface, I can go from first to second gear with no problem. Hills, however, scare the living daylights out of me. The car rolls back, which doesn't happen too badly on an automatic. By the time I get my foot off the break onto the gas and my left foot comes slowly off the clutch, I've already rolled back about three meters, if not more. Which freaks me out. If that happens on a road, I'd hit someone. 
<br><br>Today, however, mom and Brian sat out of the car [until it got too windy] until I figured out how to get the car rolling. Shifing isn't a problem. It's getting the car started in first and then going to second. I did it ;D I was extremely pleased with myself. Mom and Brian had to get back into the car, though, because it was getting really cold, and we were out for about fourty five minutes. In that time, I only stalled the car out three times, and that was because it was on a really steep hill [we were in my school parking lot], and I rolled onto the curb because the damn thing won't stay still on a hill like the automatic does. Anyhow. After three unsuccessful tries, I managed to get into first gear and into second, and I didn't do that particular hill again. xD<br><br><br>Anyone have any funny stories on them learning how to drive a stick shift? Does anyone still drive stick shifts anymore? O_o
<br><br>Today, however, mom and Brian sat out of the car [until it got too windy] until I figured out how to get the car rolling. Shifing isn't a problem. It's getting the car started in first and then going to second. I did it ;D I was extremely pleased with myself. Mom and Brian had to get back into the car, though, because it was getting really cold, and we were out for about fourty five minutes. In that time, I only stalled the car out three times, and that was because it was on a really steep hill [we were in my school parking lot], and I rolled onto the curb because the damn thing won't stay still on a hill like the automatic does. Anyhow. After three unsuccessful tries, I managed to get into first gear and into second, and I didn't do that particular hill again. xD<br><br><br>Anyone have any funny stories on them learning how to drive a stick shift? Does anyone still drive stick shifts anymore? O_o "I am carrying all my hatred and contempt for power, its laws, its authority, its society, and I have no room for guilt or fear of punishment."-Diego Rios
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