First off, to all who have posted before me, HELL YA! I just had a conversation with a buddy of mine about how now days its hard to find a manual trans on a showroom(certain exceptions) and thats the most basic car part. people have been trained to be lazy so we have invented stuff to accomodate our laziness ex. who the hell cant take 10 min to boil water for mac n cheese?! "no, i need it in 5 min instead" (ok i took it way away from the topic but its similar).
I know how ya feel man. its not hard to drive backwards if you've practiced it and really know how to judge distance well.
the problem i see is the masses are taught "if you cant doit dont worry, others will accomodate you" which is BS. when i was 13 my grand father taught me to drive a stick on a '75 CJ-5. i learned to back up a trailer when i was 15 bc my dad thought it was something that i NEEDED to know, not something to 'not worry about.' my first car was a 98 Dodge ram long bed, and i could park better than most ppl i went to school with that had tiny cars, why? Because i chose to learn. i am just starting my first real mechanical venture bc i want to learn about what im driving, i want to be able to help myself if i get in a pinch 30 miles from nowhere, i dont want to rely on AAA or someone im with, i want to doit myself. AAA/others is great but when you allow yourself to live in ignorance bc of it, you hurt yourself. ppl arent always gonna stop and your not always gonna have cell service. I have bitten off a big a$$ chunck with my sami and luckily i know ppl (blknight87 for 1) who are willing to share their knowledge but it still requires me to get off the couch and get behind a wrench/saw/grinder/welder whatever. im a firm believer in a$$ whoopins and manual labor in most any instance makes you a better person.
