My current car is a standard... I actually prefer it over automatic.
One of my very first cars ('78 dodge ram) had a "Three on the Tree" shifter... THAT took a LONG time to get used to. In the beginning I would slam on the gas, wait until the engine got really loud, and then let go of the clutch - if you can picture the screech of burning rubber and black smoke at every light
. It was a disaster.
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Faced with the Divine, I was asked; "What one gift do you seek?"
I answered ever so meekly; "I seek Honor, Truth, Integrity, and Wisdom, yet those are four. How am I to choose?"
The answer came as a pounding whisper; "The four you seek are but one. I grant thee Compassion; for without it the four make none."
Author - me