I was born in the age of the automatic
and learned to drive that way
it's not that it wasn't cool
to drive stick
or standard shift
or 4 on the floor
at the time
I got my license
testing in a Ford
that was very much automatic
so much so
that
when the linkage broke
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and was welded together
it would lurch
into reverse
from a cold start
in park
there were other features
of those fast cars
that made you think
how much of a sales job
it all was
if you were driving
for show
honking and waving
at people you didn't even know
having white wall tires
was more important
than the seating in the car
so you could get away
with a 60/40 bench
designating the slope
of the seat back
and seat bottom
even though
the upgrade
to bucket seats
was more
of a selling feature
if you were trying to impress
your girl
of course the muscle car
was not a patch
on a real sports car
but such distinctions
made no difference
in the time
of boonwagons and Buicks
and learned to drive that way
to drive stick
or standard shift
or 4 on the floor
I got my license
testing in a Ford
so much so
that
when the linkage broke
it would lurch
into reverse
from a cold start
in park
there were other features
of those fast cars
that made you think
how much of a sales job
it all was
if you were driving
for show
honking and waving
at people you didn't even know
having white wall tires
than the seating in the car
so you could get away
with a 60/40 bench
of the seat back
and seat bottom
even though
the upgrade
to bucket seats
of a selling feature
if you were trying to impress
your girl
of course the muscle car
was not a patch
on a real sports car
but such distinctions
made no difference
in the time
of boonwagons and Buicks
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