god gave me 5 gears to cherish and a 3rd petal to modulate them. can you say "toe heel"?

i still like the1bill's quote i saw a little while back:
"i did the ultimate A/T mod, i got rid of the thing."

but for real, i guess it's easy to do lots of stuff and drive at the same time with an automatic. for the 3 months that my car was down i was "stuck" with my dad's 2000 Merc C280. tiptronic, but the car is still a lot of fun. i could talk on a cell phone, eat dinner, or whatever and not have to deal with shifting.

back in my high school commuting days, i used to stop at dunkin donuts every day on the way and buy a vanilla chai and a breakfast sandwitch, and eat it on the highway. i love the quote about driving with your knees! i mastered it! i suck at it now though, i'm all rusty.

then again, a manual transmission is just more fun than driving an automatic. that's what did it for me, and why i would have issues owning an automatic. i think i'm done now.

2016 WRX STi Limited (current)
2001 A4 1.8tqms (donated)
1991 GVR4 #1933 (sold)
old.dsmregistry.com/detail.php?carid=218 (dismantled)