Strange Brew by John Deering for March 22, 2024

And that is why nobody steals a standard shift car.

You mean you actually knew your dad?

Automatic transmissions are relatively new around where I live, but more and more people are changing over to them, due to our terrible stop-and-go traffic. Stick shift / manual transmission is torture in such conditions!

and dad would be so proud of your career choice

I’ve seen real news headlines along these lines.

My car came with the Trunk Monkey Theft Retrieval System.

VW ad from the. 60s: “Buy a VW, drive it, and after a few weeks, it’s automatic.”

Think I saw this video some time ago.

Seen on the wheel cover on the back of an SUV, the outline of a gearshift pattern and the words: “Millenial Anti-Theft Device.”

You can always take a crash course.

I taught all nine of my kids and their friends to drive a stick, not all people are good at it ,one daughter took 2 years and she still scared me because she would look down at the stick and head for the ditch, but one son in-law learned if 15 minutes and drove like a pro.

I wonder if I’d still be able to drive a standard, given that I haven’t driven in 20+ years.

One reason i’ll never have an automatic.

I taught my daughters, and a friend. I loved it, but now, my knees and hips tell me, don’t even think about it.

He never comes through in the clutch.

to be fair, if the battery’s good, you can lunge forward a few feet, kill it, restart it, lunge forward a few feet,………….

You can get bumper stickers saying your car is equipped with a Millennial anti-theft device, with a picture of a shifter pattern.

Sooner or later people are going to just start shooting crooks. Results of Defund the Police.

Ha! I still drive a stick shift, mind you it’s a 97 Neon so nothing to brag about. I should get into the car stealing business so I could afford a new one!