How To Rebuild and Modify Your Manual Transmission | 
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1. No, a thing I used to sort of regret but do so less and less every year that goes by. (Can't even remember the last time I saw a stick shift.)
2. Dog of the South (Charles Portis). Few authors put such a premium on cars and automotive knowledge as Portis.
Tag @RaeLovesToRead @CBee @dabbe @ImperfectCJ @Leftcoastzen @Kimberlone
TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 5mo
RaeLovesToRead Thanks for the tag... I can drive a manual 😋 [insert inappropriate stick shifting comment] 5mo
The_Penniless_Author @RaeLovesToRead Now I can't tell if you can actually drive a manual or are just making an inappropriate stick-shifting comment. 🤣 5mo
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RaeLovesToRead I'm English. Everyone in the UK drives a manual. Well... 99.5% of people. 5mo
RaeLovesToRead According to Google it's 70% of cars in the UK, but I don't know anyone who can only drive an automatic off the top of my head. 5mo
The_Penniless_Author @RaeLovesToRead I was curious why Europe is still so big on manual transmissions, and apparently (according to multiple Google results) it's because manuals used to be much more fuel efficient than automatics (not so much anymore) and the roads are generally hillier and twistier over there (kind of funny to me, given the areas I've lived in, but I get that generally speaking American roads are way flatter/straighter/longer). 5mo
RaeLovesToRead I've never driven an automatic, but we do have a lot of hilly and twisty roads. I don't know how good an automatic would be at tackling these! Automatic cars cost a lot more over here because there are fewer of them. By the way, loving the new Linus picture!!! 5mo
The_Penniless_Author @RaeLovesToRead I've only ever lived in places with very hilly, twisty roads, including mountain roads, and I've never found a problem using an automatic. You have to be careful with braking, and your brakes can wear out pretty quickly, but it's simple enough. (Also, most automatics allow you to shift into first or second gear and keep it there if you're descending a steep road.) Linus says "meeeehh!! ? 5mo
RaeLovesToRead Please translate "meeeehh" into peoplehooman for me 5mo
The_Penniless_Author @RaeLovesToRead If we knew what it meant, we could probably get him to quit screaming it every two minutes! 🤣 5mo
The_Penniless_Author @RaeLovesToRead I do know that he would never say "peoplehooman". Line's a sophisticated guy. King's English only. 5mo
dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 💜🩶💜 5mo
Suet624 Last year was the first year I had to purchase an automatic. I could not find one and I needed a car in a hurry. I‘m still annoyed about. 4mo
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