Too old for a manual transmission?
I am considering a HD pickup that has a manual transmission. I have plenty of experience driving a stick, so that is not an issue. What is on my mind though, is whether the aches and pains of an ag...
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The older I get, the more I'm committed to stay with manual trannys for reasons having nothing to do with vehicle performance as they have up until recently. Part of my thinking is that since more input from the driver is required, concentration/attention to the task of driving is heightened- hopefully providing extra brain exercise.
And then there's the just plain wanna-keep-limber thing...any exercise/use of the ol' joints is good. Same reason I cling to the use of a low beach-type chair in camp. I'll never forget the day a forty-five year-old friend of mine revealed that he could no longer get up out of a chair that low, just due to lack of doing it. Shocked the heck out of me...I'm not goin' gentle into THAT good night!
And then there's the just plain wanna-keep-limber thing...any exercise/use of the ol' joints is good. Same reason I cling to the use of a low beach-type chair in camp. I'll never forget the day a forty-five year-old friend of mine revealed that he could no longer get up out of a chair that low, just due to lack of doing it. Shocked the heck out of me...I'm not goin' gentle into THAT good night!
