| How do you feel about manual transmission vehicles? |
| I prefer driving stick |
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26% |
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| I enjoy driving stick |
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27% |
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| Doesn't matter to me |
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12% |
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| I prefer automatic |
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33% |
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Topic: Pedal Steel Players Prefer Manual Transmission Vehicles? |
Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2022 5:42 pm |
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| And I didn't always! Never landed on my hands, though! The owners manual wasn't written for the owner, but for the driver..who was admonished to NOT drive with your arm out the window or corner too fast! š¤£ |
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Stephen Silver
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 23 Jun 2022 4:49 am
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I spent a lot of years racing, road racing type tracks. I own both types of vehicles. Though there is no gearshift in the manual transmission car......paddle shifters with a dual plate clutch helping the 550bhp flat six motor get up to speed.
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Dennis Montgomery
From:
Western Washington
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Michael Rademacher
From:
Killeen, Texas
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Posted 18 Jul 2022 5:57 pm Manual vs Automatic
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I prefer manual-shift cars. I also ride motorcycles, and since I got a motorcycle well before getting a car, I took shifting gears for granted. I can switch back and forth from one (motorcycle) to the other (manual-shift car) without thinking about anything other than where I want to go, even though hands/feet are doing completely different functions on each type vehicle. But since last month, my main vehicle is a pickup with automatic. I still have a motorcycle too, but as others have pointed out, heavy traffic that hardly moves these days makes me appreciate having the automatic when I am in any size city.
PS: That green pickup I saw earlier in this thread is to die for!! Just awesome!
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Matthew Walton
From:
Fort Worth, Texas
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Posted 19 Jul 2022 9:12 am
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This reminds me of my friend's response when I told him how many pedal steel players are also pilots: "You are saying that steel players like fidding with precise settings and overly complex multitasking?" 
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John De Maille
From:
On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 19 Jul 2022 10:22 am
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| I started on stick cars and trucks, then, of course most things today are auto's. so, I've been driving auto's for quite a while. However, I'm a damn good back-hoe and Bobcat machine driver. Using hands and both feet come natural I guess. |
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Jerry Horch
From:
Alva, Florida, USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2022 2:01 pm Stick
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Can you drive a stick big rig..?
CDL now has a seperate classification for standard & automatic...having one for 46 yrs..I do both well....kinda fits in with steel pedals...
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Matthew Murray
From:
Rathdrum, Idaho, USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2022 2:28 pm
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I have a 1987 Ford Bronco with a 4 speed manual. A very fun truck to play with. And my Dad owns some very old manual vehicles if anybody is interested in listen.
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Brooks Montgomery
From:
Idaho, USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2022 2:52 pm
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Auto for me. Otherwise I keep banging my left knee on the steering column on round-abouts.š
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Larry Jamieson
From:
Walton, NY USA
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Posted 21 Jul 2022 6:41 am
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I have driven both over the years, my current car is automatic but my Yamaha 650 is a 5 speed with a clutch...
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Michael Rademacher
From:
Killeen, Texas
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Posted 21 Jul 2022 7:58 am Manual vs Automatic
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Larry,
My current bike is a Honda CRF450L dualsport bike. I stopped riding street bikes this year. But, my wife still has her Triumph Street Twin, in case I ever need to hit the highway. The pic is from earlier this year when I was still living in SC.
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 22 Jul 2022 10:46 am
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I voted "automatic," but it depends on the vehicle and its use. I surely enjoyed going through the gears in my '73 240Z Datsun, but that was for fun driving only. And that vehicle went away a few years back. I now drive a Toyota 4Runner with an automatic.
Two things about an automatic transmission that I prefer are 1) I can drink coffee and drive at the same time, and 2) I don't burn out clutches while backing my bass boat down a ramp into the lake, or pulling it out either one.
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R Crow
From:
Hectorville, OK USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2022 5:21 pm
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I still have my 66 Plymouth 440 4spd that I bought in 68.
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Marty Broussard
From:
Broussard, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2022 6:13 am
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I want Larry Allenās truck. A stick or on the treeā¦.it produces fond childhood and teenage memories.
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Larry Allen
From:
Kapaa, Kauai,Hawaii
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Posted 31 Jul 2022 10:21 am Shift
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Marty, Had this since 1968, restored to the frame in 1985. The only truck thatās never hauled a steel! 255,000 miles 248 cuā engine, 321 rear gears, 3/4ton 1955 1st seriesā¦ 
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