First car!

doodoodleylou · Post by **doodoodleylou** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:14 pm

Just picked up my beetle! He is so adorable! The engine has been rebuilt and converted to a 12 volt system. Now I just need to figure out how to drive a stick.

micmaclopez · Post by **micmaclopez** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:42 pm

nice beetle you got there. congratulations

Post by **jmartini** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:17 pm

Very nice looking beetle - congratulations!

Aircooledbenny · Post by **Aircooledbenny** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:17 am

WOW, nice bug! Love it the colour.

When you say stick, is that american terms for Gears?

Driving a Manual car is the one of the main joys of driving alone, I don't understand how people can drive automatics

pira114 · Post by **pira114** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:45 am

Aircooledbenny wrote:WOW, nice bug! Love it the colour.

When you say stick, is that american terms for Gears?

Driving a Manual car is the one of the main joys of driving alone, I don't understand how people can drive automatics

Yeah, we call a manual gear box a stick gear box. Or just "stick."

And I love sticks too, but I bet if you drove in traffic for two hours a day, every day, you might understand those who drive autos.

doodoodleylou · Post by **doodoodleylou** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:16 pm

Yeah I am now actually doing really good with the manual driving! I really like it too especially how it when you go down hills, the car generally stays the same speed unlike an automatic which rolls (out of control careening off a cliff, but not really). I was able to drive it in traffic to the DMV today to get it registered. Its good fun.