<div dir="ltr">I grew up in Massachusetts and when I was getting my driver's license in 1966 the law had just changed to allow drivers who got their license on an automatic to drive a manual. Before that unless you took your driver's test on a manual, you couldn't drive one. In 1967, I bought my cousin's bugeye (frogeye) and she gave me about a half-hour manual driving lesson. Fortunately, I lived in the country and lots of back roads amongst the cranberry bogs to practice my skills.<div><br></div><div>Rick Neville aka HealeyRick</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 3:16 AM Simon Lachlan <<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-8833193800283934960"><div lang="EN-GB" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-8833193800283934960WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">In the UK, if you take and pass(!) your test in an automatic you are only licenced to drive an automatic. If you pass in a stick shift, you are licenced for both. Is that the same all over?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Just curious….<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Simon<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>ahbn6--- via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 7, 2024 12:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Richard Mayor' <<a href="mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com" target="_blank">boyracer466@gmail.com</a>>; 'HealeyRick' <<a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com" target="_blank">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Healeys' <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] [O/T] Manuals<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">I learned on  a stick. Then spent 30 years on a slush box (as we called automatic transmissions in my day) then bought my Healey. Started it up and cruised with no problems. Obviously knowledge of how to shift manually returned in an instant. Moral is, better to learn how to drive with a manual transmission. You never forget.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">John Sims<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.healey6.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">www.healey6.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Matawan, NJ<u></u><u></u></span></b></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Mayor<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 6, 2024 8:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> HealeyRick <<a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com" target="_blank">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] [O/T] Manuals<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Just watched another series (“The Tourist”) where the guy does not know how to drive a stick.  But the girl does. The bottom line is:  If you cannot drive a stick then you are not a real car guy. <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US">Richard Mayor<br><a href="mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com" target="_blank">boyracer466@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On Mar 6, 2024, at 4:01 PM, HealeyRick <<a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com" target="_blank">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Being able to drive a stick is a life-skill worth having, especially if you're a bank robber trying to hijack a getaway vehicle.  <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/malden-carjacking-victim-says-stick-shift-saved-her-baby/" target="_blank">https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/malden-carjacking-victim-says-stick-shift-saved-her-baby/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Rick Neville aka HealeyRick<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 8:18</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US">AM Richard Collins via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin:5pt 0cm 5pt 4.8pt"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A good one; of course in the UK, they don't have the quantity of car thieves we do in the States. So the advantage of the manual at least here in the States is that few thieves know how to drive a stick.  Maybe we stick owners should get an insurance discount ?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">lol<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div id="m_-8833193800283934960m_7394876278425810384Signature"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Regards,<br>Richard C</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">BN7 440</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US"><hr size="1" width="98%" align="center"></span></div><div id="m_-8833193800283934960m_7394876278425810384divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> on behalf of Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank">bspidell@comcast.net</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 4, 2024 7:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] [O/T] Manuals</span><span lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt">I love Brit humor almost as much as I love their old cars.<br><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/04/drivers-manual-gearboxes-dvla-automatic-cars" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/04/drivers-manual-gearboxes-dvla-automatic-cars</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>Support <a href="http://Team.Net" target="_blank">Team.Net</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation  $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="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