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JWRed
Sea Gull
Joined: Dec 01, 2007
Age: 37
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 Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject: Are you able to drive a stick shift in a car? |
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| I am guessing that a higher percentage of people with AS compared with NTs can not drive stick shift due to the way our minds work. |
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spudnik
The Dude Abides
Joined: Feb 20, 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, and I can drive an 18 speed truck too, double clutching |
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Shidash
Blue Jay
Joined: May 12, 2007
Age: 14
Posts: 80
Location: Maine
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I can't drive and I probably won't ever due to visual spacial issues, though I will give it a shot someday.
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lastcrazyhorn
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Joined: Oct 11, 2007
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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It's easier to drive stick than it is to drive automatic.
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Woodpeace
Snowy Owl
Joined: Mar 27, 2008
Posts: 167
Location: Lancashire, England
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I can't drive and I don't want to learn. |
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Asterisp
Deinonychus
Joined: Dec 16, 2007
Posts: 346
Location: Netherlands
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I enjoy driving, more or less. It took a lot of time to learn (45 lessons), but I managed to get a full drivers license; so I can drive using a stick shift. (In the Netherlands you only get a full license if you did the exam in a stick shift car, when you take your exam in an 'automatic' one you get a limited license) |
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SabbraCadabra
Seagull! Seagull!
Joined: Apr 22, 2008
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I've never tried driving a manual.
I drove a mini-bike that was manual once, but I just kept it in first gear or whatever.
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Willard
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Joined: Mar 24, 2008
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Location: Confederate States of America
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Won't drive anything but a stick. I suppose it's some sort of stim thing, but I feel awkward without something for my hand to do. Besides, a manual transmission gives you more control over the whole experience, you shift gears when the feel and sound of the engine tell you it's time, you don't have to wait for some preprogrammed robot device to get around to it.
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tailfins1959
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Willard wrote: | | Won't drive anything but a stick. I suppose it's some sort of stim thing, but I feel awkward without something for my hand to do. Besides, a manual transmission gives you more control over the whole experience, you shift gears when the feel and sound of the engine tell you it's time, you don't have to wait for some preprogrammed robot device to get around to it. |
And.... if it breaks, you can fix it in your backyard!
I like "three on the tree" (on the steering column), I miss my three speed 1959 Biscayne. I only own auto transmission vehicles because of my wife.
Notice the clutch and shifter from a 1957 Chevy 210, a thing of beauty!
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zghost
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Joined: Oct 29, 2007
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Location: Southeast Texas
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I learned on a stick, so I can drive either. |
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poopylungstuffing
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Age: 33
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Location: not otherwise specified
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VMSnith
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Nov 27, 2007
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I find it much easier to drive a scooter or motorcycle than a car.
In a car, the window creates a "frame", and my mind appears to have trouble modelling the outside world when it's framed like that.
On a 2-wheeled vehicle, i am immersed in the environment, frameless, and it's much easier ....
Yes, I can drive a manual, but I had to learn the Aspie way. First I read all about it, then I went alone into a parking lot and practiced for 3 hrs until i could do it. |
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dudeofthedead
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Age: 24
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I used to be scared to death of ever having to drive a stick shift, especially in town or crowded traffic. Then I learned how and now I won't drive a car unless it's manual. I feel more in control with a stick shift. |
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nettiespaghetti
Toucan
Joined: May 23, 2008
Age: 29
Posts: 276
Location: Michigan
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I've only tried a couple times with a stick shift and I didn't do very well. I figure it this way though... I'm a clutz, it's probably better to stick to manuals for the safety of everyone than to try to force myself to get used to something I've already proven doesn't come naturally to me. |
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SabbraCadabra
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| VMSnith wrote: | | In a car, the window creates a "frame", and my mind appears to have trouble modelling the outside world when it's framed like that. |
I've always had that problem, too 
I've thought about getting a scooter or a motorcycle or something.
Would save on gas, too 
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