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[CleverNickName]

I'm glad you got to experience it

mE tOo...

 

[Ryujin]

I think.. After about 12 years with three cars.. I'm possibly over it.

The first one wasn't intentional. It was my second car.. First one I bought all by myself. (First car being a cheap piece of garbage Dodge Neon bought off a distant relative off the bad advice from my father. He at least helped pay for it.) But it was a 2004 Mazda 3. It was amazing. I actually passed on it at first because it was a manual. It was like the perfect car. Ticked all my boxes, and more.. It was like "Oh man. This is almost the perfect car. Shame I can't drive a stick." after another week of looking I hadn't found anything better, and it was still available, and dropped even lower in price. I figured I at least had to go check it out.

Bought the car, and my step-mom taught me how to drive it in the parking lot of a hotel across from the dealer before I drove it the ~75 minutes home. I loved that car.. Unfortunately I was young and stupid and blew it up from neglect after only about 18 months of owning it. After that point though, a manual transmission became a non-negotiable on my list of features.

Had a 2012 Nissan Juke with a 6-speed for about 8 years and drove that baby into the ground. 190k miles(I was responsible for 120k of them) , and two confirmed deer kills before I finally put it out to pasture. I've had a 2020 Subaru Impreza for the last two years now and it's a great car... Don't get me wrong.. But I'm getting older now, and my priorities are starting to shift. Going on vacation with the girlfriend who can't drive a stick, for instance was a huge drag. Also, getting stuck in traffic with a manual is awful.

I'll miss it.. But I think the next car will probably be an auto.

Cars are for transportation. Motorcycles are for fun.

I don't have fun anymore.

 

[payn]

Cars are for transportation. Motorcycles are for fun.

I don't have fun anymore.

Some cities, like Paris, MC is a better mode of transportation.

 

[trappedslider]

I played Doki Doki Literature Club last night.

DDLC has the problem that it's so hard to share. You got the best experience going in completely blind.. It's hard to pitch a game like this to friend because on one hand you kind of feel like you owe it to them to give them some sort of content warning.. But on the other hand, the least they expect it the better the experience.

I'm glad you got to experience it

Happy thoughts!

 

[Meech17]

Cars are for transportation. Motorcycles are for fun.

I don't have fun anymore.

I'm very torn. I'm certain motorcycles are very fun...

But I really, really don't want to end up as a meat crayon writing my name on the highway.

 

[CleverNickName]

Happy thoughts!

...hhApPy ThOuGhTss...

Seriously though, it's a good virtual novel. Probably the best I've seen, and I've read dozens of them because I'm a fan of the genre. It's just going to take me a few days to finish processing it because daaaaaaaang.

 

[Ryujin]

I'm very torn. I'm certain motorcycles are very fun...

But I really, really don't want to end up as a meat crayon writing my name on the highway.

That, and failing knees, are the main two reasons why I gave it up. The quality of drivers in the Greater Toronto Area has gone down rather precipitously, over the last 20 years, and urban sprawl has eliminated most of the quiet rural roads that were previously in easy reach for an afternoon ride.

 

[Ryujin]

Some cities, like Paris, MC is a better mode of transportation.

Those cities tend to have a scooter culture and lane splitting is encouraged, but cars frequently navigate by Braille.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Happy thoughts!

 

[TwoSix]

I absolutely love driving stick. To me, there is driving, which is stick, and there is transportation, which is everything else.

One of the unfortunate and sad collateral effects of the otherwise great benefits of EV and hybrids is that they will lead to the complete end of the stick (yes, I know that there are some attempts to make a pseudo-shifter, but c'mon).

I know that on this issue, I'm like the old person screaming at clouds, shouting, "Y'all should use a typewriter, or better yet, a FOUNTAIN PEN!" but nothing connects you with the road, with the visceral feel of driving like a stick shift.

Anyway, the reason I am quoting this passage is because the one benefit of a stick shift? Friends don't ask to borrow your ride.

At least, I think so? Note to self- acquire "friends" and test hypothesis.

Shifting through the gears is fun, but the continuous sharp acceleration and lack of transmission in an EV is definitely its own flavor of driving enjoyment.