Cars, First cars?

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by metalskins

That is awsome! I have actually not read the Hemming's Motor News. The place you're talking about puts me in mind of Mayberry, NC, which is where they shot the Andy Griffith Show.

LOL, Bennington is a little bigger than that but there are towns like that Arlington Vermont(Norman Rockwell's first home)and Dorset Vermont and Weston Vermont home of the Vermont Country Store are all great little towns like Mayberry.

[metalskins]

Originally Posted by Giantone

LOL, Bennington is a little bigger than that but there are towns like that Arlington Vermont(Norman Rockwell's first home)and Dorset Vermont and Weston Vermont home of the Vermont Country Store are all great little towns like Mayberry.

Yeah, I want to head up there for vacation someday and visit some of those little towns. My wife has always wanted to live in a town like the one on that show Gilmore Girls, lol! I basically just want to live in peace and quiet and to make sure I can watch football and have high speed internet. I don't ask for much. Oh, well, and I muscle car. I have to have another muscle car. You can't have a username like metalskins and not have a muscle car!

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by metalskins

Yeah, I want to head up there for vacation someday and visit some of those little towns. My wife has always wanted to live in a town like the one on that show Gilmore Girls, lol! I basically just want to live in peace and quiet and to make sure I can watch football and have high speed internet. I don't ask for much. Oh, well, and I muscle car. I have to have another muscle car. You can't have a username like metalskins and not have a muscle car!

Let me know when ,I know the Berkshires of Mass and the southern part of Vermont pretty well all so if you ever get the chance visit Freeport Me and go to LL Bean , it's awesome .

[metalskins]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Let me know when ,I know the Berkshires of Mass and the southern part of Vermont pretty well all so if you ever get the chance visit Freeport Me and go to LL Bean , it's awesome .

Awesome! That's a deal!

[Giantone]

Chico jump started the other car thread so I was thinking about this one again.


I learned to drive on an automatic transmission but how did you guys learn to drive a stick? I had gotten a part time job at a liquor store in 1976 and this was their delivery car... a three speed stick but once I got the nac it was fun to drive.

[jamf]

Originally Posted by Giantone

I learned to drive on an automatic transmission but how did you guys learn to drive a stick?

I needed a daily driver(typical Southern California commuter) for college so I got an early 90s Toyota Pickup.
Dad drove it home then I just jumped in and took off.

The majority of my cars have had Manual Transmissions.
My current car has 9 soulless speeds which has it's moments but my left foot is restless.

My last car was a Mazda 6 5spd Manual that racked up 300k Miles in about 7 years. Only replaced the clutch once at around 220K. That was a great car for me.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by jamf

I needed a daily driver(typical Southern California commuter) for college so I got an early 90s Toyota Pickup.
Dad drove it home then I just jumped in and took off.

The majority of my cars have had Manual Transmissions.
My current car has 9 soulless speeds which has it's moments but my left foot is restless.

My last car was a Mazda 6 5spd Manual that racked up 300k Miles in about 7 years. Only replaced the clutch once at around 220K. That was a great car for me.

Same 1st car and how I learned to drive stick. Haven't done it in so long it would be a rough ride right now if you were my passenger.