[97Hellrot318ti]

Like most people nowadays, I learned in an automatic... I always loved driving, but I always wanted to have the control of a stick. The first car that was specifically mine was a 92 Cadillac Eldorado... lol it wasn't incredibly fast or anything, but it sounded like a MONSTER... anyway, I digress... I INSISTED on a manual when I bought my 318ti, I found a couple of autos, but I wouldn't buy... and then my baby popped up at a dealership in Bayside, NY... And the rest was history. I taught myself to drive stick on this car, with the only lesson I ever had in a friend's Jetta Wolfsburg. Driving it home from the lot was fun... I remember gunning it up my first daunting hill after stopping for a light, so I wouldn't stall, or smash into the car behind me... lol It was an experience. I've come a long way since then. Read up and implemented some double-clutching and heel-toeing... if for nothing else but fun. Even in stop and go, I feel much more comfortable in a stick, I just feel like I'm in control rather than just along for the ride. Probably more of a mental thing, but there is definitely something to be said for you having exact control of your shift points.


OH, and PS- GDM, I used to put my auto cars in neutral when I was stopped too... because I'm a lazy mofo.