Grande Mastere Dreade
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SloopJonB
Super Anarchist
Pushbutton shifters were kinda cool but those knobs... they just suck.
bmiller
Super Anarchist
That guy has a youtube channel doing all sorts of that.
slap
Super Anarchist
When yeast infection meets salmonella:
Grande Mastere Dreade
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never seen a button like that.. i remember the days of the dual gate auto trans... then later Acura had a dual gate in their TS
Grande Mastere Dreade
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SloopJonB
Super Anarchist
Jags have a knob now - not like that (which is a joke meme) but a rotary knob.
Żabka is a popular Polish convenience store, they are ubiquitous. The chain is owned by a wealthy Catholic bishop. Żabka means 'little frog' in Polish.
You find the hot dogs at a lot of convenience stores and gas stations. They squirt whatever condiment you want, ketchup, mayo, mustard, garlic sauce into the cylindrical bun which is closed at the bottom, and then they stuff the wiener in. The tube steaks come in different varieties Poles do love their sausages, and those are pretty inexpensive. For a quick snack on a road trip, they aren't bad. And because the bun holds the condiment, they usually aren't messy. Of course like any tubular meat product, it's better not think what they're made of.
Grande Mastere Dreade
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oh no, that wasn't a joke meme, BMW surveyed all their owners and determined that they liked to handle small things so they came up with that shifter..
Point Break
Super Anarchist
The XKR my late wife had (sold it to our son for a song) was equipped with the rotary knob. I didn't like it. She did. I think it's a chick thing.Jags have a knob now - not like that (which is a joke meme) but a rotary knob.
SloopJonB
Super Anarchist
Maybe chicks and man-bun types.
Certainly not a real man thing.
Certainly not a real man thing.
I foresee a lot of missed gears with that stupid thing - especially in right hand drive cars where you have to manipulate it with your left hand.
Point Break
Super Anarchist
It had paddle shifters as well. Then a “race” setting that extended the shift points to higher rpm’s in each gear. I didn’t like any of it. It was a total chick car. A fast one but…….meh.
And get off my lawn…..
Autonomous
Turgid Member
Oh, c'mon, girls. I can't be the only manly man here that can run a 5x4.
Non-synchro, clutch-less shifting dinosaurs.
Non-synchro, clutch-less shifting dinosaurs.
Point Break
Super Anarchist
I can do it, marginally well….. I have done it at work. Square cut teeth in a non-synchro rpm matching shifter. No…..I didn’t enjoy it……..Oh, c'mon, girls. I can't be the only manly man here that can run a 5x4.
Non-synchro, clutch-less shifting dinosaurs.
P_Wop
Super Anarchist
My old Landrover Series 2 was a lot of fun too.
And here i thought that was a Florida cop arresting a trans post-opWhen yeast infection meets salmonella:
Fah Kiew Tu
Curmudgeon, First Rank
Oh, c'mon, girls. I can't be the only manly man here that can run a 5x4.
Non-synchro, clutch-less shifting dinosaurs.
I can drive a non-synchro tractor...
But so what, so can both my daughters.
Funny thing that, my youngest daughter said to me once that she was the only person, male and female, in her social circle who could drive a manual shift car. It stopped anyone ever trying to borrow hers (which was one of mine I'd lent her while she was finishing university).
My next one is going to be an auto shift though. At the age of 70, I don't give a fuck.
FKT
White Lightning2
Anarchist
Restored the department '24 Lafrance. During research found the original Owners Book. It had a chapter on drivers.
First sentence.
"You need to recognize that not everyone is capable of driving".
Ayup!
WL
Point Break
Super Anarchist
Never were truer words spoken.
When I was studying for the engineers test my Captain decided he would have me practice on an old long nosed Seagrave. It was an open cab with a vinyl bench seat in the front. It was a typical old 5 speed that you had to rpm match even with the clutch. So we’re out driving and it starts to rain. So now all the pedals are wet and slippery, and the bench seat is slick as snot so every turn you had to fight against the slide for life on the seat. After about 1/2 hour he directs me up a steep hill and then halfway up says “STOP”! I do. He looks at me with a big smile and says…..”okay, now go”.
It was not pretty.
