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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

  • BarqsHasBite
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    5 months ago

    It’s incredible how certain people are conditioned to think the sound of a gas motor and shifting because your puny motor is out of optimal torque and rpm range are manly.

    • @[email protected]
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      115 months ago

      I’m a car guy and far from manly. I drive a loud annoying stick shift because it’s fun and life is too short to be bored while driving.

      • Liz
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        55 months ago

        Life is too short to have to fucking drive everywhere.

        • @[email protected]
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          65 months ago

          Yeh, but unless I uproot my life and move to a different country, I’m stuck doing it, so I can either bitch and moan about how much I hate it, or have the best time I can doing it 🤷🏾‍♂️

          • Liz
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            25 months ago

            For sure, I used to drive stick when I drove, but I also argued for town planning that would make driving optional. Personal choices to deal with the reality you’re given, public policy activism for the reality you want.

    • @[email protected]
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      45 months ago

      Yeah, I guess all those professional female race car drivers are doing it to feel “manly”