w00ty w00t w00t! After a year with my permit refusing to get my license cause I didn't want to drive an automatic, I finally got my car... and it's a stick shift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Driving is finally fun. Of course, learning to drive it is scary. I was pulling it out of the garage. Of course, I've driven a stick for like 20 minutes before, but never in reverse. I wasn't good using the clutch, didn't realize you could move your car with just the clutch, and wasn't smooth shifting going that slow. Let's just say the car stalled at least 6 times before I was out of the driveway
Then again, first gear sucks. After that I was perfect, and that pissed me off. So after about half an hour of trying to start smoothly from a stop and failing, I finally figured out how to use the clutch, and an hour later I was doing pretty damn well.
Oh man, it's so much better than driving an automatic. I can see why most Americans drive automatics, yes, it isn't the easiest thing to learn how to drive a stick, and deal with traffic. But I'll never go back, autos just suck.
Ahh... the joy of driving