OK, I over stated the case in the title! Save your napalm and flame me later.
But how many of you ers still shift your own gears? Did your first car have a stick or an automatic?
My first car was a 1965 Mustang, one of the first models out. It had the 260 which was standard until they put the 289 in it. I bought it used in 1970. It had three on the floor. Loved that car; but I wrapped it around a tree in an ice storm, so I bought a 1970 Chevy Nova at the end of the model year. Bench seat and automatic was much better than bucket seats and 3 on the floor for hanging out with my soon-to-be wife!!
Now I drive a 1997 Mustang with 5 on the floor. I am convinced, and I taught my sons the same, that real men change their own gears—shoot, even my wife and daughter can shift their own gears if needed. Matter of fact, my daughter had to teach my son-in-law how to drive a stick! I would have made the guy surrender his man card on the spot, but my daughter promised to teach him so I let him slide!
Nonetheless, I have a 5-speed automatic in my Nissan Titan. But the rumble from that V-8 and the special exhaust system lets me keep my man card. Vroom, baby! VROOOOOOOOOOM!
But how many of you ers still shift your own gears? Did your first car have a stick or an automatic?
My first car was a 1965 Mustang, one of the first models out. It had the 260 which was standard until they put the 289 in it. I bought it used in 1970. It had three on the floor. Loved that car; but I wrapped it around a tree in an ice storm, so I bought a 1970 Chevy Nova at the end of the model year. Bench seat and automatic was much better than bucket seats and 3 on the floor for hanging out with my soon-to-be wife!!
Now I drive a 1997 Mustang with 5 on the floor. I am convinced, and I taught my sons the same, that real men change their own gears—shoot, even my wife and daughter can shift their own gears if needed. Matter of fact, my daughter had to teach my son-in-law how to drive a stick! I would have made the guy surrender his man card on the spot, but my daughter promised to teach him so I let him slide!
Nonetheless, I have a 5-speed automatic in my Nissan Titan. But the rumble from that V-8 and the special exhaust system lets me keep my man card. Vroom, baby! VROOOOOOOOOOM!