Does anyone own "The Moral Landscape"?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Wait, I was asking how you can drop to a lower gear when wanting to accelerate faster. A gas pedal won't do that. It will put you into a higher gear when you go faster.

Automatics have a "stick" which is usually a lever on the steering column.  It typically has P,R,1,2,D on it.  P=parking, R=Reverse, 1 and 2 are for forcing the transmission into lower gears, and D (Drive) is the automatic mode.  Most people just use P, R, and D although some few know enough to use 1 or 2 when needed like going down a long, steep incline.

I drive a manual and would never go back to automatic; automatics are boring.

Agreed.

Not to be judgemental (because that is SO unlike me), but anyone who can't drive stick isn't fully human. At best, they are a tolerable subhuman who has been taught to speak, wear shoes, and not make messes in the house.

Boru