My ex-girlfriend taught me how to drive stick. I ended up marry her.

Who can last for that third second?

What, autos are fun too...

This is my life. I drive a Ram ProMaster City for work and it has a 9 speed auto. Daily I’ll try to leave a stop sign and there’s a solid 2 second pause while it sits there and decides what gear would best and how much gas to give it. After two seconds of nothing, it finally drops to 1st and dang near spins the tires…

I love manuals but sometimes it can be frustrating. I’ve commented before about how the MK7 GTI shifter is like rowing a breadstick through clam chowder (no fix really) and how the pedal travel was way too long (fixed with clutch stop in firewall). My Mustang had a overly springy clutch (fixed with aftermarket Steeda…

To all the eventual commenters complaining about three pedal lovers, it’s all about this:

One of the silliest but coolest things when I bought my Focus RS was getting the surprise ownership package in the mail a week later with various toys including a desktop version of the shift knob from the car. Nothing that I had read prior to buying it gave me any indication that was going to happen. Not exactly the…