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I prefer the stick shift over the automatic. I don't hate driving
automatic cars, but i get bored of it really quickly. No offense to
those people who don't know how to drive a manual car, but if you don't
know how to drive a manual, you don't really know how to drive.
Pressing the just the gas & brake is just too easy.
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Main Entry: 1drive
Pronunciation: 'drIv
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): drove /'drOv/; driv·en /'dri-v&n/; driv·ing /'drI-vi[ng]/
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drIfan; akin to Old High German trIban to drive
Date: before 12th century
transitive senses
1 a : to frighten or prod (as game or cattle) into moving in a desired direction b : to go through (a district) driving game animals
2 : to carry on or through energetically <drives a hard bargain>
3 a : to impart a forward motion to by physical force <waves drove the boat ashore> b : to repulse, remove, or cause to go by force, authority, or influence <drive the enemy back> c : to set or keep in motion or operation <drive machinery by electricity>
4 a : to direct the motions and course of (a draft animal) b : to operate the mechanism and controls and direct the course of (as a vehicle) c : to convey in a vehicle d : to float (logs) down a stream
5 a : to exert inescapable or coercive pressure on : FORCE b : to compel to undergo or suffer a change (as in situation or emotional state) <drove him crazy> <drove her out of business> c : to urge relentlessly to continuous exertion <the sergeant drove his recruits> d : to press or force into an activity, course, or direction <the drug habit drives addicts to steal> e : to project, inject, or impress incisively <drove her point home>
6 : to force (a passage) by pressing or digging
7 a : to propel (an object of play) swiftly b : to hit (a golf ball) from the tee especially with a driver; also : to drive a golf ball onto (a green) c : to cause (a run or runner) to be scored in baseball -- usually used with in
8 : to give shape or impulse to <factors that drive the business cycle>
intransitive senses
1 a : to dash, plunge, or surge ahead rapidly or violently b : to progress with strong momentum <the rain was driving hard>
2 a : to operate a vehicle b : to have oneself carried in a vehicle
3 : to drive a golf ball
synonym see MOVE
- driv·abil·i·ty also drive·abil·i·ty /"drI-v&-'bi-l&-tE/ noun
- driv·able also drive·able /'drI-v&-b&l/ adjective
- drive at : to intend to express, convey, or accomplish <did not understand what she was driving at -- Eric Goldman>
Got an automatic because I thought it would help out with the traffic into work. I should have bought the manual. It is pretty slow off the line compared to the manuals.
Even my old ass Accord can pick up some speed. But it never compares to the cars that are fuel injected these days. At least I have my fun driving my car the way I like it to be driven.
Manuals are God's gift to cars.
And Automatics make me even more tired to drive. "Yay, it shifted gears for me at 2,600rpm, just like every gear"
well i have an auto and sure, it would be nice if it were a manuel, but i guess its no big deal. i didn't buy this car, so its not my place to complain. next time i do buy a car, i am going to get it just the way i like it, a manuel!
btw, you konw how they have techtronic shifting? thats dumb, why dont they do it hte other way around? why not have a full manual that turns into an auto, not the other way around.
good new guys! I got my nephew lookin out for a car for me and he found one! a 1998 EX Coupe, manual transmission, 88k miles on it, for $8,500. Im sure I can get the price lowered because the drivers side door doesnt quite line up with the rest of the car, its saggin a litt,e but im sure I coudl get that fixed easy. Hes takin time off of his lunch break to test it today~! W00T! Maybe this weekend ill be on my way to testin it out!
Okay, side note:
One of the hottest things I can imagine is a woman who knows how to drive manual, and drive well. Dude.....
That woman earns BIG points with me...
I worked with a girl that PREFERS to drive manual over auto. That made her so much hotter. And one day she got to drive her step-dad's 2001 corvette manual.
What was even cooler because she drove the same truck as mine except hers was in manual. 1992 Ford Explorer power!
I should have bought the manual. It is pretty slow off the line compared to the manuals. 
