I have always been of the thought that everyone should learn to drive in a
stick shift. Although automatics are a bit more prevelant you just never
know when you will be in a situation where you need to drive a stick.
Personally I like driving a stick better anyway - it's fun (except in
traffic jams).

On 10/11/06, Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> sorry, but teenagers and vanagons do mix - my first car with 18 was a five
> speed vanagon. someone should have just instructed the poor guy before he
> was under group pressure to drive.. yes, when I had my first van, I did
> drive off a few of the endcaps of the metal bumpers, so what? In respect
> to
> stick shifts, I grew up in germany, and we have a very simple law about
> them
> - if you do your driving test in an automatic, you will never in your life
> be allowed to drive a stick (unless you redo your test).
> flo
>

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Thanks,

Jeff
90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs a lot of work)
86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90')
85' GL (sidelined but to be resurected in the near future)