Suzuki Samurai was Re: [geeks] SPARC proprietary (waaaay

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 05:46:12PM -0700, Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez wrote:

> LOL! I drive manual, and I have survived Frisco no problem :), however
> most drivers in this country assume everyone in front of them is driving
> auto, because most times I am stopped at a rolling hill some moron just
> pulls a couple of inches from my bumper. The trick is to know the hand
> brake/clutch release trick and you can get in gear with virtually no
> rollback. However I still get annoyed when people just pull so close in
> hills....

Technically, if you roll back into them doesn't it count as their fault?
 
> The funnies thing is when I get to drive auto, my left foot gets all
> confused :). I once dated a chick that drove an automatic Porche,
> aaaaggghhh the humanity! A beautiful engine should always be coupled to a
> manual tranny!!!!

I spent 3 weeks driving automatics this summer (my car was in the shop),
and my feet and hand were all confused.  Then when I got my car back,
they will confused all over again.