Bobby's used car lot and Free Carfax

**simple** · 09-20-2022, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain

There are certain life skills which are very useful to achieve, and fun once mastered. Driving an MT is one of them. You reprobates can fill in the others.

Masterbation? Toilet paper orientation? Cheating on taxes?

**Core Shot** · 09-20-2022, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by jerrygrinder

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Any shot I can get a lookup on this one Bobby? Thanks!

Fuck off. We’re debating three pedals here dammit.

Or is that a MT? In which case please carry on with the carfax

**dunfree** · 09-20-2022, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by Timberridge

Unlike yourself not everyone wants a custom whittled dildo shift knob.

when you slam that timberridge piece of shit in gear drop the clutch and hit the gas nothing comes close, not even an underage jersey hooker faking it

**muted reborn** · 09-20-2022, 02:35 PM

I doubt anyone here - that hasn't raced rally (or maybe someone like Simple) - has done more manual drifts in their lifetime than me. I can appreciate what a manual can do and how fun it is, why presume I don't know how to drive a manual? Anyways, I drive a tesla now and sometimes it's really depressing with no manual and tons of nanny controls anytime it slides out in snow. Now I know why when white dudes get to a certain age they get nostalgic and try to buy their old car from college.

**Garbowski** · 09-20-2022, 02:38 PM

I wonder if the amount of decel will decrease as battery performance increases- hybrids that use regen aren't nearly as severe as Teslas.

**riser4** · 09-20-2022, 02:40 PM

The kids all learned to drive in my Jettas with MT. Thing#3 spent the least time with it. Sadly, the Yaris iA with MT that thing#1 picked up for cheaper became a liability for him because it turns out he has epilepsy. None of the friends could drive it when he had his first seizure. They found the one friend who could (barely drive stick) in order to get it back to his apartment and then to a long term parking spot until spring. He went back to driving again after six months seizure free, but he's had another one. Back to the drawing board after a summer driving around. Anyone have a kid dwith epilepsy? 23 and trying to get started in the world is not when you want to deal with it, driving stick or not.

**dunfree** · 09-20-2022, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by muted reborn

I doubt anyone here - that hasn't raced rally (or maybe someone like Simple) - has done more manual drifts in their lifetime than me. I can appreciate what a manual can do and how fun it is, why presume I don't know how to drive a manual? Anyways, I drive a tesla now and sometimes it's really depressing with no manual and tons of nanny controls anytime it slides out in snow. Now I know why when white dudes get to a certain age they get nostalgic and try to buy their old car from college.

You don’t need a manual to drift, you can do it an accord on Pennsylvania ave

**BmillsSkier** · 09-20-2022, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by riser4

The kids all learned to drive in my Jettas with MT.

There was a time in my life where every woman I dated was a manual Jetta driver.

Taco was right; they were all hot. (and could drive stick)

**schuss** · 09-20-2022, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by riser4

The kids all learned to drive in my Jettas with MT. Thing#3 spent the least time with it. Sadly, the Yaris iA with MT that thing#1 picked up for cheaper became a liability for him because it turns out he has epilepsy. None of the friends could drive it when he had his first seizure. They found the one friend who could (barely drive stick) in order to get it back to his apartment and then to a long term parking spot until spring. He went back to driving again after six months seizure free, but he's had another one. Back to the drawing board after a summer driving around. Anyone have a kid dwith epilepsy? 23 and trying to get started in the world is not when you want to deal with it, driving stick or not.

Live in a city with decent public transport?

**Core Shot** · 09-20-2022, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by schuss

Live in a city with decent public transport?

Show me on the map where the pubic transit dropped you off at the ski mountain

**riser4** · 09-20-2022, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by schuss

Live in a city with decent public transport?

That's the goal.

**abraham** · 09-20-2022, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

Show me on the map where the pubic transit dropped you off at the ski mountain

Alta/Bird, Engelberg

**Meadow Skipper** · 09-20-2022, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

Show me on the map where the pubic transit dropped you off at the ski mountain

Taos, Ski Santa Fe.

Find your own map for those.

You said pubic, heh.

**gravitylover** · 09-20-2022, 06:53 PM

In Steamboat the free city buses take you to both ski areas and all sorts of other useful places.

**Touring_Sedan** · 09-20-2022, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

Show me on the map where the pubic transit dropped you off at the ski mountain

Hmmm.

**Aldo** · 09-20-2022, 07:59 PM

Quite simply , do you want to control the machine, or would you rather the machine control you. Learning to drive a manual transmission is a rite of passage for any automotive enthusiast. You may disagree, great.

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**BmillsSkier** · 09-20-2022, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by Aldo

Quite simply , do you want to control the machine, or would you rather the machine control you. Learning to drive a manual transmission is a rite of passage for any automotive enthusiast. You may disagree, great.

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Totally agree.

Even in my old school SUVs with 4 speed autos (rwd, auto-lockers with a handbrake) you had to actually learn how to feel the shift points, high CG, and when (and how) to actually throw the 4wd shift stick. (And when to powerslide the back end with the hand brake, some snow and a lot of hooniganism).

Manual gives you so much knowledge about how a car works. How power is applied, how traction is maintained. Valuable skills all.

Toothpicks? Get a bag of those floss things.

**snowaddict91** · 09-20-2022, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

Totally agree.

Even in my old school SUVs with 4 speed autos (rwd, auto-lockers with a handbrake) you had to actually learn how to feel the shift points, high CG, and when (and how) to actually throw the 4wd shift stick. (And when to powerslide the back end with the hand brake, some snow and a lot of hooniganism).

Manual gives you so much knowledge about how a car works. How power is applied, how traction is maintained. Valuable skills all.

Toothpicks? Get a bag of those floss things.

My first car, a 99 Montero Sport passed down from my dad, was such a great snow car. Easy to hoon around in 2wd, a great hand brake, and then it was a tank in 4wd. I did almost roll it a few times though.

Someday I'll start my own assfinder-esque thread.

**Bobby Stainless** · 09-21-2022, 04:44 AM

Fortunately. The new Koenigsegg has both a manual and a automatic.

**Core Shot** · 09-21-2022, 05:04 AM

Originally Posted by Bobby Stainless

Fortunately. The new Koenigsegg has both a manual and a automatic.

My dream is to invent an auto manual.

Double auto clutch. But with three pedals and a shift gate for when you feel like pretending that you’re actually shifting.
And then flip a switch for laziness or city traffic.

Why has no one done this?

**Bobby Stainless** · 09-21-2022, 05:08 AM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

My dream is to invent an auto manual.

Double auto clutch. But with three pedals and a shift gate for when you feel like pretending that you’re actually shifting.
And then flip a switch for laziness or city traffic.

Why has no one done this?

Koenigsegg.

**Bobby Stainless** · 09-21-2022, 05:08 AM

This almost followed me home the other day. 45k miles. Shit.

**schuss** · 09-21-2022, 05:16 AM

Originally Posted by riser4

That's the goal.

I'd say bay area, Boston, NYC and maybe Seattle? (haven't lived or been there enough to comment but feel like it could work) and make friends for a ski lease to get rides to the mountain as carpooling out there is quite common.
SLC you could probably make work with the buses, most euro cities would be fine.
If they're purely ski bumming you could probably survive with a fat e bike given close enough housing.