Scare Stories Backfire

[Belhade]

Some people are so into cars that they would work on an automatic transmission.

Some of us, given the chance, would never *drive* an automatic transmission.

 

[Imfallen_Angel]

Some of us, given the chance, would never *drive* an automatic transmission.

Trouble is, at least 8/10 person that drives a standard does it poorly(at least in my country everywhere I've been)...yet think they have "skills".

But with the newer transmissions, there's not much reasons to have a standard, especially in cities.

And there's always the semi-manuals.. I love my paddles.

 

[jamesbeat]

Some of us, given the chance, would never *drive* an automatic transmission.

Yeah, I'm from England but now live in the States, so it's weird to me that everyone here drives automatics.

I can understand it in a general runabout car, but a huge 4wd truck with an auto transmission is very odd.

And yes, I have witnessed several people driving 'stick' incredibly clumisily and thinking they're really cool

 

[Oomee]

Is it too late for...

 

[Nermal]

But with the newer transmissions, there's not much reasons to have a standard, especially in cities.

Yep. Fifty years ago, it didn't take much talent to get better performance or better mileage with a manual. Today, it's almost impossible. In heavy, stop and go traffic, I can almost smell my clutch burning. On the other hand, my '03 Ford has just shy of 160,000 miles and the original clutch shows no sign of slipping.

 

[Tonee N]

The scary stories I hear are from younger folk who come into the store bragging about a perfect 0.5 single coil build that they are running at 150w on 10a batteries.
I take myself outside their blast radius.

Sent from tomorrow

 

[Ryedan]

Long time, no posts. Regardless I had to comment about common cold resistance I've experienced in the past 3 1/2 years.
Might start with a scratchy throat in the morning, then gone the next day many times over. I haven't come close to a full blown cold in years.
Seems to work for me.

I've had the same experience ... I still get about the same number of them, but they're over much quicker and not nearly as intense. Works for me too

 

[mattiem]

Wouldn't it be something if in the future "Take 2 aspirin and call me in the morning" was replaced with "vape 1 ml and you will feel better by morning. No need to call"

 

[Maestro]

For a perfect example of how ANYTHING can be made to sound bad while sticking strictly to the truth, just google dihydrogen monoxide. You have to read past the sensationalist headlines.

 

[Tonee N]

Prop 65, the easy way out.

Sent from tomorrow

 

[Hawise]

I've had the same experience ... I still get about the same number of them, but they're over much quicker and not nearly as intense. Works for me too

If anything, I get slightly more colds. Not that I mind - when I recovered from the first post-vaping cold it was a momentous occasion. First annoying virus in 5 - 10 years that didn't turn into pneumonia.