Car with automatic tranny..., Drived car with automatic tranny this saturday first time in my life.. Options

[malpaso]

It was really weird experiense...

- no clutch pedal
- you don't need to touch shifter to driveaway...
- you don't need to touch shifter to stop!
- you don't need to touch shifter during ride at all !!!

I was so... "deficient" , so confused... I drived like in driving school .

Any one of you ever tried "other tranny" than is your usual one?

[Cutrara]

Is this your first time driving an auto? What kind of car was it?

[malpaso]

Is this your first time driving an auto? What kind of car was it?

Yes, an auto tranny never before . It was Toyota Land Cruiser (more info here)

[pure_dx]

lmfao!!!

[malpaso]

lmfao!!!

"loving my fingers all over" ?

but seriously, what this "shortcut" really means?

This post has been edited by malpaso: May 22, 2006 - 8:42 AM

[jcbass7]

laughing my f***ing a** off

??

This is a funny thread because my celi is auto haha and i know what your talking about, everytime i drive a stick and then hop back in my car i feel like im taking the bus to work or something.. no interaction with the car at all.

[malpaso]

laughing my f***ing a** off

??

not helped much... still no sense for me... direct translation:

laughing = smiling, no problem...
my = my is my, no question about it
f***ing = "damned"
a** off = support, enforcement... etc.

...so for me that means: smiling my damned support...

This is a funny thread because my celi is auto haha and i know what your talking about, everytime i drive a stick and then hop back in my car i feel like im taking the bus to work or something.. no interaction with the car at all.

and that exactly is most discovering for me . Have you drived manual tranny before?

[Supersprynt]

LMFAO = laughing really hard =

This post has been edited by Supersprynt: May 22, 2006 - 11:15 AM

[azian_advanced]

i first learned off a manual and have only owned manual cars too.. but i've driven automatics here and there but very rarely..
it's funny cuz sometimes when i start to move my moms van from the driveway, i'd be feeling for the clutch and my right arm would reach for nothing trying to shift to first gear.. lol.

[brianforster]

this is why i love european drivers

[jcbass7]

and that exactly is most discovering for me . Have you drived manual tranny before?

Yes my moms nissan is stick i drive it on occasion

this is why i love european drivers

atleast nobody said "roflmfao" that would open the door for many more variations

[malpaso]

LMFAO = laughing really hard =

thank you Supersprynt

BTW: I have definition from internet now
LMFAO: used to indicate great amusement at something read on in a discussion group, etc.

thank you too pure_dx

this is why i love european drivers

Thank you... I love you too

[Benevolence]

This has been the most entertaining thread of this week.

[Hanyo]

i dont know. i like driving an automatic. You don't have to sit that close to the steering wheel and you can just relax and let the car do the work. During some morning drives i like to recline the seat and just make driving a relaxing way to get somewhere.

[elvasoshexai]

i have a manual car... an auto car and an auto van...

when i drive the manual car for a while and hop into eiter the auto car or auto van... i try and find a clutch to start the car only to find nothing there...

when i switch from the auto car to auto van... i try to find the shifter beside me only to find nothing there since it's on the steering column...

yea.. i kno how it feels

[OOBE]

I drove my Supra here in VA, but when I went to Puerto Rico and got in my Celica, the first thing I did was try to step on the clutch to start the gas!

i dont know. i like driving an automatic. You don't have to sit that close to the steering wheel and you can just relax and let the car do the work. During some morning drives i like to recline the seat and just make driving a relaxing way to get somewhere.

It's great also because you can caress your girl's (or wife's) hair while her head bobs up and down...you know what I mean, hehehehe!

[j0e_p3t]

i hate driving auto. unless i'm driving the family car... the escalade. other than that, driving an auto so boring. and one time i was driving our pickup truck, and i accidentally stepped on the break with my left foot thinking it was the clutch while trying to do an engine break. good thing there were no cars behind me. i just have to drive stick. plus i feel so much cooler when i'm at a stop on a hill and roll back and forth.

This post has been edited by j0e_p3t: May 24, 2006 - 12:55 AM

[ArizonaRed]

never driven a stick celica. Dont know how to drive one and nobody will teach me. I'll tear up the clutch.

[tomazws]

When I park my car, I usually leave my shifter on whatever gear I was on. Just pull that e-brake as hard as I can, car off, and get the hell outta the car.....

So this one time I was driving my friend's auto.... Parked, e-brake high up, engine off... but key won't pull out! WTF?!?! It's stuck! Cheap ass Civic! ****ing hate Honda! Key's stuck! Turn key.... now ENGINE WONT START!!! WHAT IS WRONG!?!?!?!?

After like 30 minutes playing around with everything.... found out that I WASNT IN PARK!!!!!

STICK SHIFT DRIVERS! WHEN U PARK AN AUTO, PUT YOUR CAR IN PARK!


That was embarrassing....

[jcbass7]

never driven a stick celica. Dont know how to drive one and nobody will teach me. I'll tear up the clutch.

if i didn't live in Mass and you didn't live in Tampa, i'd let you take a swing at it.