I fear the highway...

r0llinstoned · Mar 17, 2011

i like driving in LA/hollywood traffic and the LA freeways in general because if you can drive on those you can drive anywhere

FireflyInTheDark · Mar 18, 2011

RooRshack said:

Oh god... learn to drive one, it's not even the same thing at all, after you learn it will feel like someone else is driving you around when you're in an automatic. Automatics feel impersonal and sanitized, and faintly out of control.

There are some times I'd rather drive an automatic, and they're few and far between. I'm not the worlds greatest driver, so for larger vehicles in stop and go traffic or off road, I'd rather automatic.

But everything else, especialy every thing else in small cars, standard is way more fun to drive, easier to drive, easier on your wallet(both in terms of service and gas) and just..... fucking better

The rest of the world drives standards. Why? because they're flat out better. in many countries you can't get a full license if you don't take the test in a standard. The US went to automatic because our major industry includes car companies, and we're overall a pretty rich nation, and americans where suckers with money who would buy automatics.

Do yourself a favor and learn to drive one, you'll never want to touch another automatic.

Also, FUCK those steptronic things.... It's like an automatic, but EVEN less practical.
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I have learned to drive one. I hate it. There's too much going on. I'm a terrible multitasker. My fiance thinks they are fun, too, so I get that some people like it, but I think it's just safer for me (and everyone else) if I'm not fiddling with pedals and trying to shift when there is other crap happening suddenly on the road. I have to do it anyway, of course, because we found a car that we're trying to get back on it's feet that is standard, and money being tight, we'll have to make do with what we can get. I don't have to like it, though.
Plus there is a LOT of stop and go traffic where I'm going. So yeah. I will probably remain one of those suckers who will buy automatics for as long as I have the choice. That's just my preference.

beatlebug · Mar 28, 2011

OptimisticFutureBlues said:

19 years old. Still don't have a license. I have an identification card that suffices as a form of id. The public transportation suffices as far as getting me places goes. Its ironic. I listen to nothing but classic rock. Good ol' highway cruising tunes, and I doubt I'll ever feel the music behind the wheel.

All kinds of excuses come up, depending on who asks me. If its the parent of a new girlfriend its "Oh well I cant get a car to test with", if its a person at the workplace its "Oh well I just cant seem to get the money together" I have a stance against loans as well, so that excuse works quite nicely. People look down on a man with no will or ability to drive one of these wretched things. The real reason I don't drive is I'm scared to death, and with good reason.

40,000 are killed in car accidents each year. Neglectful people? Bad driving laws? Maybe. I'm convinced its just because we shouldn't be driving the things anyways. Half the people i've been with in a car are in no way actually qualified to be in control of 2 tons of metal and material. Their motor skills are terrible and I don't believe in putting myself in that kind of persons path just because i'll get to work 40 minutes earlier than usual.

There's the issue. What I'm wondering is... Is it wrong to not drive a car for these reasons? Is being judged for not having a car really as barbaric as it seems?(considering the risks and facts)

I just want a few opinions, throw em at me.
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OFB I love your siggy I used to be hella into Ginsberg =]

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I fear the highway...

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