Learning to drive a stick shift… because I had to! Maybe your parents insisted you learn to drive a stick shift. Mine didn’t. Even with all the drivers in our household (I’m the oldest of 8), we didn’t have a manual vehicle other than a John Deere tractor on the farm until just before I…
5 Reasons You’ll Want To Drive A Manual Transmission
I have always had a fascination with cars. So much so, that while growing up I was completely obsessed with the General Lee from the 70s/80s TV series, The Dukes of Hazzard. I could not wait to sit in front of the television each week to watch the vehicle fly through the air leaving Boss Hoss…
Teach Someone to Drive a Stick Shift in 8 Easy Steps
You can do this. And so can she. You learned years ago and for you, driving a stick shift is natural. Friends say enviously, ‘I wish I’d learned to drive a stick.’ But teaching someone to drive can be a harrowing, even friendship-breaking experience. Add in a manual transmission and forget it; you may never…
Learning to Drive a Stick Shift? Here’s What You Need to Know First
Isn’t preparation the key to everything? You’ve talked about why drivers should learn to drive a stick shift: you’re more in command, you can avoid up-charges at car rental counters in foreign countries, it makes you a more in-tune driver. Plus, it’s a lot of fun. But then there are the reasons NOT to learn to…
If You Give a Mom a Camaro, She’ll Need an Awesome Road Trip to Go With It
Taking the Camaro SS (a loaner, not a gift) through its paces. I love my kids, but I just need to get away from them every once in a while. Far away. So when I was invited to fly across the country and test out a 2016 Camaro SS, with no obligations besides dropping off…
Sporty and Roomy? You can have both in the 2015 Mazda3
“Quick question – can you or your husband drive manual vehicles?” When I received an email asking if I was interested in reviewing several cars in the area, that was the sentence that caught my eye right away. Of COURSE, I can drive a stick. I don’t need a man to do it for me! was my…