I drive an automatic transmission truck and I can drive stick. I learned on a stick shift (1984 Ford F150, with a totally f*cked transmission), I drive a large diesel box truck for work, I used to drive and operate a crane truck for one of my old jobs. I'm not racing or going off road, I just drive around as little as possible to get from point A to B and I don't like driving very much. So driving a stick for my day to day vehicle would be an unnecessary hassle.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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It's not a requirement because most cars are automatics and so lots of people don't really have access to a stickshift to learn on.
I don't want to be "engaged." You say "more engaging and enjoyable," I hear "more work." I don't get the romance of it.
If I'm hauling gear, I feel the same way about the car, most of the time, that some people on TB feel about their basses. It's just a tool. I'm probably going to be driving in traffic, and on crappy city streets, and on hills. Sometimes at the same time.
It's cool man, it clearly isn't for everyone. I just get the sads when really nice vehicles aren't even offered with the option for a standard transmission. And hey, on the bright side, used standard transmission cars are usually cheaper and stay on the market a little longer, which is terrific when I'm buying cars!
Keep in mind that I drive 90's volkswagens. And in the 90's the only good transmission VW offered was the manual. We call the automatics from that era "slushboxes".
I learned to drive a stick in one of these. No grinding the gears!
I'm on both sides. I live in the city f*ck a standard. If I'm in the country I think, man a standard would be cool.
So, when we hit a 1000 pages is that when we will have to make a new thread. Or do we go to infinity and beyond?
So, when we hit a 1000 pages is that when we will have to make a new thread. Or do we go to infinity and beyond?
If not a toyboata truck, Ford Ranger...IMO the best american small truck ever made.
But you cant kill a Toyota Hilux, go look up what the British Top Gear has done to one and it still runs and drives, it ridiculous.
But you cant kill a Toyota Hilux, go look up what the British Top Gear has done to one and it still runs and drives, it ridiculous.
I like driving, usually too fast. You sound like you don't like driving all that much. It's all good.
I got one speeding ticket doing 5 mph or less over and I'm done with paying tickets.
Unless I'm lost and late, then traffic laws and sense all dissolve away.
What should I be paying and expecting in terms of reliability. I don't want to be stranded places.
Unless I'm lost and late, then traffic laws and sense all dissolve away.
What should I be paying and expecting in terms of reliability. I don't want to be stranded places.
Sure, I like driving. When there's no one else on the road.
That is almost never the case. I live in a dense urban area, with tons of hills. Even my dad, who liked driving, hated driving a stickshift in town or in the freeways near here, but liked driving one on lonely country highways. Most of my driving is around Oakland. It's not usually very fun.
My wife had a couple different Ford Rangers and whatever the Mazda equivalent is/was from the time we started dating until a couple years after we got married. Decent little trucks, they hold up. We'd probably still have the Mazda, but it was totaled in a rear end collision from a 16 year old girl on her cell phone, driving a Yukon. It was a nice little truck, but it couldn't survive having the frame bent and cracked.
That's a tough one really. There are so many variables.
The best way would be to find something that an old man had that took care of the maintenance on time. But really all older vehicles have their issues. Reciepts are good, but that's rare. An auto with tons of miles is 50/50.
"I just got it flushed and had a new filter put in." Probably means it was slipping and now it's fine, which means it will be junk soon. Tack on another 2k.
"AC just needs to be charged." means AC is trash. Tack on another 500-1k. If your lucky it's just some garbage lines and not the compressor.
"Burns a little oil." Might get a year out of it if nothing is done soon.
I would say 3-5k if you want something decent. Or buy something cheaper knowing you will need to dump some money in it soon. Everything will eventually need to be replaced. Moving parts wear out.
This is all in my experience. Which isn't very much. So... yeah. I bought something with a warranty this time. I got lucky with my Honda wagon. I bought it and put in a motor and auto trans, that I got from a JDM dealer. No major issues. About 3k all said and done. But my buddy is a mechanic, no labor on that.
If you keep up with maintenance. Take care of all the problems that creep up as soon as you can.
It all depends on the car the owner, what's been done to it really. You could get a pretty nice CRX for 500 and drive it for 5years. You never know.
Im cool with it, someday I'll be able to trade my plywood hondo 2 clone for a real one. And sell some of my ss Peavey collection and buy something fancy. Like a tube peavey amp.
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just bought the devi ever vintage fuzz master with the great wave graphic and the black bakelite knobs off of reverb.com, stick shifts are good if you drive a school bus or a snow plow
I had an 810 wagon, forget what year it was maybe `80. Wasn't stick, but it did have a bad idle problem, so when I came to a stop I had to put it in neutral and rev the engine to keep it from stalling. Made pizza delivery very challenging.
It's not just you. I can't imagine spending what people currently are for stuff like my old Ibanez.
more work in progress stereo board shots..
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ric-o-sound jack -> stereo mute box (korg in tuner out)
bridge pickup -> DS-1 -> amp channel 1
neck pickup -> CS-2 -> bluebeard -> hotcake -> amp channel 2
the ADAM is amazing, no more hums.
this is the plan (i've got a bit more to spend!):
need to buy the PT-2 soon. underneath the board will be the ADAM, a DOD 260 DI and a custom made EQ with dry/wet out similar to Ron's DI for sending a clean bassy signal to the PA.
Link Removed
ric-o-sound jack -> stereo mute box (korg in tuner out)
bridge pickup -> DS-1 -> amp channel 1
neck pickup -> CS-2 -> bluebeard -> hotcake -> amp channel 2
the ADAM is amazing, no more hums.
this is the plan (i've got a bit more to spend!):
need to buy the PT-2 soon. underneath the board will be the ADAM, a DOD 260 DI and a custom made EQ with dry/wet out similar to Ron's DI for sending a clean bassy signal to the PA.
