Mind Maverick
ENTP 8w7 845 Sp/Sx
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They transport you efficiently.
They transport you efficiently.
Stick has many advantages and disadvantages too. If people drive the horrific stop/start metro rush hours with commutes of 45 minutes or longer on a consistent basis, a manny tranny wouldn't be the way to go.Automatic transmission cars can "gear search" on steeper hills, meaning they can't figure out which gear they really need to be in, so you can hear the transmission going from usually 3rd to 4th and back. With manual, you just shift into the one that makes sense. I had a steep hill like this where I lived for awhile so would drive it almost every day. Now I make occasional road trips through hilly parts of the country. Perhaps newer automatics are better about this, but I have driven manual for years now and am used to it.
This is my new ride as of yesterday. It's basically me. I even dressed to match it when test driving because I'm a loser like that.
"You can't drive your house to work, but you can sleep in your car!" - My best friendYOU CAN SLEEP IN THEM!! ROAD TRIPS!! YEAHHHH
Re status symbol cars, you could say I have a strong counterphobic 'disgust' reaction to them and to people who wax poetic over them.
"You can't drive your house to work, but you can sleep in your car!" - My best friend
Yeah, CAR BROS is the only group I know of off the top of my head to satirize that sort of thing. I especially loved how "Damien Stonebrook" (played by Mike Garrett) is wearing a shirt with Ferari (misspelled) and a Ford Mustang logo on it.oh gawd. Yeah, that's kind of what I'm talking about. Though too, I was directly thinking of a former coworker who I'm soooo glad is in another location now because I don't have to hear is status-worship drivel anymore, ie. 'Oh that's customer X. He drives a Porsche. ' Oh, we took Z's AAA super awesome car (you see how much I cared... I didn't even retain the info) up into the mountains, it costs over 150,000, blah blah blah,' 'I Decaf'd Person Z today, [gives out name of some top 50 rich guy in America, whom I suppose he thinks I actually know/have heard about/care about]' - Excuse me, you do realize you're talking to ME, right? Do you think I care? That this is something that I find impressive like you do? lol.