RE: American's and stick shifts (long)

[Sargent Schutt <sargent@novagate.com>]

Matt wrote: (Actually some dumb woman at WSJ, _the_ enthusiast's newspaper) wrote:

>In fact, try learning to drive a car with a manual transmission these days.
>Most driving schools have given up teaching students the tricky two-step of
>clutch and accelerator. "To train someone to drive a stick shift can ruin a
>transmission," says Bonnie Sargent of Sargents School for Driving in
>Pontiac, Mich. "They can strip the gears."

This is DEFINITELY not my driving school, and this poor excuse for a driving
instrutor (like the rest of the breed over here) is in no way related to me! I
actually just finished reading this article in the paper, and was going to
send this out anyway. Having now seen the text in the Qlist, I had to clarify
that there is no connection there. My driving school would feature nothing but
stick-shifts... Can't drive it? No license for you!

Yet the artile is fairy on-point regarding how pathetic most american drivers
are. I swear to god, I've seen drivers playing Nintendo or the like *while
driving*. Absolutely pathetic. I guess a six-speed S8 will not be seen on our shores...

Regards,

Sarge

91 200q
95 wrangler