06-23-2003, 01:21 PM
...to ONLY drive an automatic. I said to drive an automatic ON YOUR ROAD TEST. Learn to read: it avoids unneccesary confusion.
I, myself, drove an automatic for my first car. My second, and current, car is a standard. I can drive either equally well. It's not difficult to drive a standard. However, when you're just learning to drive, it's difficult enough just to do THAT, and unless you are WELL trained in the use of a stick-shift, it is ill-advised to take a stick-shift automobile to a driver's test - it's just one more thing you have to worry about. This was the advice given to me by countless peers - including my driver's ed teacher. It's not a rule, it's a guideline, to help ease the stress of going on your road test.
I, myself, drove an automatic for my first car. My second, and current, car is a standard. I can drive either equally well. It's not difficult to drive a standard. However, when you're just learning to drive, it's difficult enough just to do THAT, and unless you are WELL trained in the use of a stick-shift, it is ill-advised to take a stick-shift automobile to a driver's test - it's just one more thing you have to worry about. This was the advice given to me by countless peers - including my driver's ed teacher. It's not a rule, it's a guideline, to help ease the stress of going on your road test.
Roland *The Gunslinger*