Hey! At least some of us were able to pop the clutch. Most of the drivers of today don't know how to drive a standard shift.
I agree, we grew up in a time of making things work, or doing without. I don't think it hurt any of us!
No it sure didn't. And you grew up
at least...a decade after me, and likely two young lady. Perhaps it's more an issue of urban/suburban/rural/country orientation. Folks from farms and the land in general I believe are used to being self reliant. Just like their ancestors. They haven't forgotten basic hand skills, and teach them to their kids.
It's when the overly indulged due to wealth and supremely entitled due to social vanity, when those merge into a suburban mom bringing up teenage kids. With a father they don't see since he works so much. But it's ok, he gives them great gifts and thinks his little girl can do no wrong. And they have a huge house and a huge pool and well a huge everything.
Because it's all they know, because their parents allowed this sense of entitlement to get utterly out of hand. Like Asian carp infesting the local pond. Not sure what the cure is, when your world is judged on your material possessions, pretty hard to buck the tide. So like our local kids you drive your Dad's three year old Land Rover to school. He was glad because he then got a new Jag. And of course you have the latest smartphone and every Apple product on the market.
This is so alien to me personally, and I'm sure most of us. We just weren't born to such a generational distortion of entitlement. Our local farm land turned into suburbia, and the values of a family working the land seemed to disappear with it. On another thread recently I head someone refer to the religion of the land, that didn't care whether you went to a place of worship on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. I really liked that, and it resonated with me. And if you don't have your roots in the earth, particularly when one is flying far above it, one could wander without purpose, and even get lost.
enough of my philosophical blathering. Stick shift? you bet. I'm having a slightly delayed mid life crisis and a Mustang GT convertible with a stick might just do the trick. or something older with about 800 hp. Something interesting...
Charcoal grey, black or dark brown interior, and that hand massager we call a stick shift. Most importantly, it has nice pipes. Problem is the new dual clutch autos are simply better and higher performance. Maybe going a little slower and rowing through the gears is worth it, and a nice rev matcher for downshifts, well that can be heaven.
I just made a nice dessert for Nadene, she is yakking with her Mom, and the end of the day is near. A fine Saturday.
