So my sister's fiancée and I headed out on Wednesday night to practice a little "Stick shift." Generally speaking I'm a pretty quick study at most things. Apparently driving a stick is not one of those things.
I did okay in the beginning in the Rim Park parking lot. I managed to get the whole 1st -> 2nd -> 3rd thing down pretty easily. With a little confidence I decided to whip around the road that surrounds the building. That was my first mistake.
Naturally, since there was absolutely no one driving around when I first started out someone would pull in behind me when I stopped at a stop sign. No biggy except the stop sign was on a slight hill. Those who drive standards already know what's coming.
Yup I stalled out the car and it started rolling backwards towards the guy behind me. In my defense I'd say personally if the person ahead of me seemed to be stalling his car and rolling towards me I'd get out of the way. Then again I'm not a fucking retard.
Anyway I just put the brakes on and subtly gestured for the guy to go around me. On try 4 I managed to get the car moving again. I got all the way out to the main road and did a U-turn. Once in 1st gear the car started bucking like a bronco but I managed to keep it from stalling yet again. The whole process bumped up my blood pressure a good few PSI I'm sure but I made it none the less. I'd like to try one more time before getting out there and test driving some Tiburons.
If you think my lack of coordination is enough to hold me back you don't know me very well. Spoon!
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It ain't easy, I suck at it so bad, especially under the pressure of having someone there with me.
Keep at it! Do or do not, there is no try. That was not applicable to the situation, but an awesome quote nonetheless.
Oh I will, especially since the Accent might now actually be dead :/
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