Today, I have to nominate...myself.
I was out with the kiddo in the car, and were talking about what kind of car he wants to get. The "I want this" vs "what he'll get in the real world".
Started talking about automatic vs a manual, and I was telling him that I really would prefer him to get a cheap manual to start with. He wont be able to talk or text and drive, plus the insurance is so much cheaper. Cause most people here cant drive them, so its one of the best theft deterrent options available
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Talking more about how I'd teach him how to drive one, and not to worry...yadda yadda yadda... Yeah, its not too hard, yunno..clutch, shift, so forth and so forth.
Now bear in mind I drive my POS automatic Taurus..
Was about to turn onto my street with thoughts of a manual in my head, and as I started to turn...
I put my foot down on the invisible and non-existent clutch, and moved the gear lever into the proper gear.
Um, on an automatic.
Yunno...its the weirdest thing but... They don't seem to like that. And make bad bad noises.
So, I didn't do any damage to it, but I almost died of embarrassment.