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In reply to the discussion: Why can't the War Powers include manufacturing affordable electric cars? [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,858 posts)That's huge.
Oh, and the very first time I tried driving an automatic, I was HORRIFIED that as soon as I took my foot off the brake it started moving. It moved by default. I didn't have to do anything to make it move. That's insane.
My older son, when he finally was willing to learn to drive, simply could not learn on the stick. He's high-functioning autistic, Asperger's, and there were simply too many things to pay attention to for him to get it. So I helped him acquire a perfectly nice automatic transmission car, and since he now only had to pay attention to one thing at a time, he learned to drive. Although to be honest, he wasn't a very good driver. Several months after he was driving he came to me and asked if he could try driving my car again. Of course I said yes, and he nailed it immediately. Because now that he'd learned the other basics, he could concentrate on the shifting thing. For the next two years he drove my car any time I'd let him. Then he asked me if I'd help him purchase a standard transmission car. So I did. I'd already noticed that he was a vastly better driving in the standard than in the automatic. Nice.
So again, I understand there are many reasons for a person to prefer, or perhaps require, an automatic. But I'll personally stick with my little stick shift car.