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Old 06-18-2010, 02:48 PM   #1
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... and now driving an auto feels weird.
It does. How many of us have reached for the non-existent stick or tried to stomp on the non-existent clutch pedal when entering an automatic?
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Old 06-18-2010, 03:48 PM   #2
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It does. How many of us have reached for the non-existent stick or tried to stomp on the non-existent clutch pedal when entering an automatic?
allllllll the time lol *stomp* stomp* oh wait no clutch to press when you start it...
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Old 06-18-2010, 04:03 PM   #3
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Old 06-18-2010, 07:00 PM   #4
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It does. How many of us have reached for the non-existent stick or tried to stomp on the non-existent clutch pedal when entering an automatic?
how about trying to downshift coming off the freeway... do that just about every time i drive an auto nowadays...
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Old 06-18-2010, 07:47 PM   #5
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how about trying to downshift coming off the freeway... do that just about every time i drive an auto nowadays...
LOL! Oh Yeah!!! In a rental... in Chicago... Labor Day Weekend... when everyone is leaving the city and your entering! Craaazy... Not fun if you don't regularly drive an auto!
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It does. How many of us have reached for the non-existent stick or tried to stomp on the non-existent clutch pedal when entering an automatic?
Happens anytime I have to use my wife's Jetta.
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Old 06-20-2010, 11:02 PM   #7
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It does. How many of us have reached for the non-existent stick or tried to stomp on the non-existent clutch pedal when entering an automatic?
always...!!
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Old 06-22-2010, 03:49 PM   #8
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It does. How many of us have reached for the non-existent stick or tried to stomp on the non-existent clutch pedal when entering an automatic?
Yup. Done that.
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