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|    Re: Cars, engines...    |
|    17 Dec 25 23:11:17    |
      XPost: comp.os.linux.misc       From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org              On 12/12/2025 5:58 pm, rbowman wrote:       > On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 03:42:57 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:       >       >> I never drove an automatic car.       >       > She was around 70 when I had to convince my mother she could drive an       > automatic. She'd only been driving since 1921 and had taught her father       > how to drive. She adapted to AT, power brakes, and power steering nicely.       >       > My first car was an automatic but I eventually replaced the tired       > Torqueflight with a manual. Easier said than done.       >       Having lost most of my right arm in a car accident(in a Manual car       almost 50 years ago), I HAVE TO drive an Automatic.              In the almost 50 years since that accident, I have only driven a Manual       ONCE .... and the Car's owner was sitting in the Passenger seat to move       the gear stick when required.       --       Daniel70              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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