Re: About those rings, and old things in general

James Wrote:
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> hank Wrote:
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> > Things that were common become mysteries over
> > time.
> >
> > hank
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> Doesn't necessarily take a century either. One of
> my wife's relatives had an older (1960's era)
> Peterbilt and heck if I could figure out how the
> transmission worked on that thing. Had numerous
> levers and seemed like a driver needed about four
> arms to shift gears and also steer. On the
> exceedingly rare occasions I drive a manual at all
> anymore (I don't love them, never have) I
> habitually double-clutch....learned that way.
> Apparently it's a holdover from the pre-war cars
> Dad first learned to drive on. It's unlikely my
> daughter will ever even need to learn to drive a
> manual. There's no point anymore, it's obsolete
> technology.
>
> Speaking of obsolete, years back I got to drive a
> replica model T. Wow. The gas pedal was a lever
> on the steering column like a tractor might have
> and the transmission was worked with the pedals on
> the floor. I wouldn't want one, in black or any
> other color. I suppose it's an acquired taste.

You are required to take the driving test on a manual transmission car in Denmark.