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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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12. And if the country wasn't full of...

Reply to NBachers (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 25, 2017, 09:11 AM

Feb 2017

...folks who seem gratified by stopping millimeters off your back bumper at lights and stop signs, you wouldn't need to.

It seems to me that those same bumper barnacles are the ones beeping within nanoseconds of the light changing to green. It wouldn't surprise me if those were the same folks who went road rage in some cases.

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Today I drove 232 miles in my 5 speed stick. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #2

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2 vehicles with manual transmissions - one a 5-speed and one 6-speed DrDan Dec 2015 #4

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They didn't when I was in school. 47of74 Jan 2016 #6

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I love my 2005 Ford Focus 5-speed- even here in San Francisco, with all the uphill and downhill. NBachers Aug 2016 #8

And if the country wasn't full of... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2017 #12

Yeah I had a bumper barnacle last night 47of74 Jun 2017 #13

Took my driver's license on a stick. I've almost always had one. Auggie Sep 2016 #9

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Been driving stick for 20+ Years Drumron Dec 2016 #11

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