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Redliner · 01-03-2013, 02:32 PM

Yup. Learned how to drive a stick when I was 16 and haven't looked back. It's interesting as in North America 90% of our vehicles are automatics but the reverse seems to be true in Europe, (at least it was in France) where only "special" people drive automatics.

It is only in the last few years that I have owned an automatic - the birth of our third child required us to purchase a "family" vehicle, which ended up being a minivan. I also have a truck which is an automatic, but I will never purchase a sedan or (god forbid) sports car that is not a manual.

01-03-2013, 02:32 PM	#78
Redliner Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Conquering the world one 7-11 at a time Exp:	Yup. Learned how to drive a stick when I was 16 and haven't looked back. It's interesting as in North America 90% of our vehicles are automatics but the reverse seems to be true in Europe, (at least it was in France) where only "special" people drive automatics. It is only in the last few years that I have owned an automatic - the birth of our third child required us to purchase a "family" vehicle, which ended up being a minivan. I also have a truck which is an automatic, but I will never purchase a sedan or (god forbid) sports car that is not a manual. __________________ "There will be a short outage tonight sometime between 11:00PM and 1:00AM as network upgrades are performed. Please do not panic and overthrow society. Thank you."