Millennial mind blown 🤯
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I still have a F100 with a 3 on the tree they don't even know where to begin with that one
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savage170: 31512978989339/comments/31512998914203
I still have a F100 with a 3 on the tree they don't even know where to begin with that one
I learned to drive on my Dads ‘71 F100. Six cylinder, three speed on the column, no power steering, no power brakes and the stiffest clutch spring ever produced
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That is funny! And true.
Most of the new cars these days don't even come with a spare. Millennials don't know how to change them. But, millennials all have an Iphone with which they can call their daddy, or somebody, to come fix their flat tire.
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allen griggs: 31512978989339/comments/31512971012123
That is funny! And true.
Most of the new cars these days don't even come with a spare. Millennials don't know how to change them. But, millennials all have an Iphone with which they can call their daddy, or somebody, to come fix their flat tire.
and the sad part is their daddy or somebody will come running to help them.
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I learned to drive on z 1954 Super A farmall.transitioned to a 1951 chevy coupe with straight six and 3 on the tree.Then to a 1966 f100 .
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If you can't drive a stick.................you don't know how to drive. My first car was a stick, and I learned how to drive it on the way home after purchasing it.
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austin20, I drove M-B 190D diesels for about 20 years back in the '70's and '80's with 4 on the tree. They would make a millennial cry!
😂
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mohawk600: 31512978989339/comments/
If you can't drive a stick.................you don't know how to drive. My first car was a stick, and I learned how to drive it on the way home after purchasing it.
My work rail. Excuse the mess, I drive dirt roads daily.
And there's 250,000 on it. Will probably get 350,000. Historically speaking.
I've owned a lot of vehicles over the years.
99% have been manuals. Getting harder to find them.
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What about VW bugs where you had to push down on the shifter to get reverse
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the way its going another decade or so the cars will all drive them self any way just tell it where you want to go .
my first car(s) were all stick shifts automatics were for old people and girls ( PC word ) and yes I spend a lot of hours changing out clutches 🙄 no garage when I was younger so blistering summer freezing winter did not matter had to get it done . laying on a gravel parking spot and just a bumper jack was so much fun 😥
I taught many a girl how to drive a manual transmission car / truck way back in my younger years that was . they though it was neat to learn and got a lot of points for doing it 😍 later on taught my ( wife to be ) in a 69 camaro and a 78 mustang and much later on my two sons .
also add in speed shifting a three on the tree now that was different animal LOL
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Learned on a Willis , iron gears so low you can't surpass about 45
then my brother had a chevy with three on the tree. That was fun
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My work rail. Excuse the mess, I drive dirt roads daily.
And there's 250,000 on it. Will probably get 350,000. Historically speaking.
I've owned a lot of vehicles over the years.
99% have been manuals. Getting harder to find them.
Is that you bikini?
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roswellnative: 31512978989339/comments/
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Is that you bikini?
if so... no pictures needed!!
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roswellnative: 31512978989339/comments/
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Is that you bikini?
Yes, my face bikinis I have to wear at work...
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I taught my (then new) wife to drive a 'stick' with a '56 ford f-2 (3 on the tree), showed her how the 'clutch' worked. pasted a 'H' on the dash and gave her the key. that truck was geared so low you couldn't 'snuff her out' in low.
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allen griggs: 31512978989339/comments/31512971012123
That is funny! And true.
Most of the new cars these days don't even come with a spare. Millennials don't know how to change them. But, millennials all have an Iphone with which they can call their daddy, or somebody, to come fix their flat tire.
I picked a nail or something on a construction site last week and had to change the passenger front on my LR4 in a parking lot.
It has been a long time since I have done such a thing. In another 10 years, I think I will call someone.
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Diver, are those masks or something else?😜
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Butchdog2: 31512978989339/comments/
Diver, are those masks or something else?😜
Yes, those are facemasks. Have to wear them where I work, and they ... Well, I don't like them. Only place I wear them.
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You will have to admit at first glance the look like boobie sling shots😮
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And the instructions on how th drive a manual shift are in script.
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My old '70 Ford Maverick was a 3 on the tree stick. I also taught my then girl friend (now wife) how to drive that thing. I lived on a rural road that had a big hill with a stop sign at the top at a major state 2 lane highway. You had to stop on a steep incline. With another car right behind her at the stop, she had to keep the car from rolling backwards and not stall out while holding her place and getting going when the traffic cleared. 😁
She did real good but when we got to where we were going she told me that I would be doing all the driving in that dam car! 😋
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Proud moment in my life- taught my bride to drive a 4 speed- and we were still speaking to each other! Turned out she loved it.
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Learned to drive dad's Ford 1947 3-ton grain truck. Flathead engine with 4-speed (with compound low) and two-speed axle.
Even more fun was '59 International with 5-speed trans, 3-speed "over/under" box and two-speed axle. You used the clutch to get moving and then didn't touch it until you were ready to stop. If you missed a shift you had to stop and start over.
LOLM's dad was a contractor and insisted she learn to drive manuals -- she even drove that old Binder some ;)
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All four of mine, age 25 to 36 had to drive a stick before we let them drive anything else. #2 took her stick with her when she went to university. Anyone familiar with Fayetteville Arkansas knows there isn't a flat road anywhere.
#3 took her driver's test in my stick. Passed without a single mistake. She is teaching her spousal unit to drive one.
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mohawk600: 31512978989339/comments/31513007957659
If you can't drive a stick.................you don't know how to drive. My first car was a stick, and I learned how to drive it on the way home after purchasing it.
BTW..........I currently own and drive a stick shift..........🙂
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Learned to drive dad's Ford 1947 3-ton grain truck. Flathead engine with 4-speed (with compound low) and two-speed axle.
Even more fun was '59 International with 5-speed trans, 3-speed "over/under" box and two-speed axle. You used the clutch to get moving and then didn't touch it until you were ready to stop. If you missed a shift you had to stop and start over.
LOLM's dad was a contractor and insisted she learn to drive manuals -- she even drove that old Binder some ;)
Oh yeah, those old timers with the "Brown Gear" in them. Three or Four speed auxiliary transmissions. Don't get the main, and the auxiliary in neutral at the same time. Old trucks, old times.
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When I worked for our local transit company as a driver many years ago, they acquired one of those London double decker buses and put me to work taking folks from town to a nearby resort along with other special events. I cannot recall the number of gears that thing had but I had to drive that thing sitting on the wrong side, shifting with my left hand, and double clutching for every shift! That old bus had no power anything!
I had great responsibility with all the people on board as well as needing eyes on the back of my head and out my ears!!
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A couple of things I forgot to mention about dad's old Ford truck -- that transmission was UNSUNCRONIZED so I learned to "double clutch" and the Old Binder taught me to "speed shift"
Plus the old Ford's standard load was twice what it's brakes were designed to stop so slowing down was a process of negotiation between brakes, engine and transmission.
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My son can drive a stick. It was a hoot teaching him! At one point he said "Stop laughing at me!" His best friend was in the back seat. He said "Laughing is great!! My Dad was screaming and cussing up a storm!" 🤣😎😋😂😁
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mohawk600: 31512978989339/comments/31513007957659
If you can't drive a stick.................you don't know how to drive. My first car was a stick, and I learned how to drive it on the way home after purchasing it.
Back in high school I had a '74 Celica GT 2.0 5 speed (not as fancy as the later models) It was a higher mileage example that was a hand me down from Dad. I learned to drive it in the snow living in the West End of Richmond. (hint VERY Hilly) The very unorthodox foot brake/gas right foot method may have been used somewhat. and/or using the hand brake while starting on an uphill climb without spinning the wheels. Later on in its life the clutch slave cylinder began to wear out and I would loose enough fluid to render the clutch inoperable on the way home from school. For a week or two until my rebuild kit came in I did (without the aid of the internet in any manner since this was 1981) find out how to start the car in gear from a dead stop and speed shift with no clutch and no grinding (most of the time). Loved that little car!
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