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Dangit Ronpaul
May 12, 2009

Dick Fagballzson posted:

This not having a license thing seems to be a hipster millenial thing. My generation you got it the day you turned 16 unless you were too dumb/too bad of a driver to pass the test. How do you even survive without one? The US doesn't have a functioning public transit system in most areas. Hipsters are loving faggots who wear tight pants and can't even drive.

the days when you could afford to buy a car and keep it on the road working a few hours a week at a lovely min wage job are over for the most part and a lot of colleges won't let you take a car as a freshman, so unless your parents are rich and/or generous enough to give you a car there's not much point

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Dick Fagballzson
Sep 29, 2005

Dangit Ronpaul posted:

the days when you could afford to buy a car and keep it on the road working a few hours a week at a lovely min wage job are over for the most part and a lot of colleges won't let you take a car as a freshman, so unless your parents are rich and/or generous enough to give you a car there's not much point

Get a real job and stop working at Starbucks.

cool tree bro
Jul 27, 2010

Dick Fagballzson posted:

Get a real job and stop working at Starbucks.

you can pickup a shitbox for less than 2000 dollars and keep it insured for 20-50 bucks a month.

its not really that expensive he just wants to drive an m3 or something

Dangit Ronpaul
May 12, 2009

Dick Fagballzson posted:

Get a real job and stop working at Starbucks.

well yeah once you enter the real world and get a grownup job you have to either a)move someplace where going carless is easy b)get your license or c)accept being a poor, im just saying for your average 16 year old there's not really a lot that having your license gets you other than not having to get it later which is why you see so many millenials without them

cool tree bro posted:

you can pickup a shitbox for less than 2000 dollars and keep it insured for 20-50 bucks a month.

its not really that expensive he just wants to drive an m3 or something

where are you from that a 16yo can get insured for $50 a month and you can buy a car for $2000 that doesn't need regular repairs to keep it running?

Jesus Christ
Jun 1, 2000

mods if you can make this my avatar I will gladly pay 10bux to the coffers

Dangit Ronpaul posted:

im just saying for your average 16 year old there's not really a lot that having your license gets you other than not having to get it later which is why you see so many millenials without them

bangin' bitches

My Q-Face
Jul 8, 2002

A dumb racist who need to kill themselves

Jesus Christ posted:

I have both a US and EU drivers license so I'm better than pretty much 99.9% of people here.

I also have both, and I drive a standard and I know why Euro stoplights turn yellow before they turn green. I'm just cheesed that Audi doesn't put manual transmissions into their U.S. Spec cars.

DeepQantas
Jan 13, 2008

Ah, to be a Hero... Keeping such company...
Lol if you still drive wheels instead of hover. What a third dimension is too hard to grasp?


e. Realized afterwards that I posted this from a bus, using their free wifi. Couldn't have done it if I'd taken the car

DeepQantas fucked around with this message at 14:14 on Apr 21, 2015

Origin
Feb 15, 2006

Although I'm seriously biased by the fact that the only vehicles with manual transmissions I've ever driven have been from the 1920-40s, serious the automatic transmission is the greatest thing ever. gently caress having your car stall because you refused to put a labor-saving device in an even larger labor-saving device.

Jesus Christ
Jun 1, 2000

mods if you can make this my avatar I will gladly pay 10bux to the coffers

Origin posted:

Although I'm seriously biased by the fact that the only vehicles with manual transmissions I've ever driven have been from the 1920-40s, serious the automatic transmission is the greatest thing ever. gently caress having your car stall because you refused to put a labor-saving device in an even larger labor-saving device.

If you're stalling your car after maybe the first couple weeks of you first learning how to drive a standard then you probably shouldn't be driving in the first place, even with an automatic.

DeepQantas
Jan 13, 2008

Ah, to be a Hero... Keeping such company...
What's your MMR?

kecske
Feb 28, 2011

it's round, like always

Only counts if you can drive manual

Automatics :getout:

To be fair...
Feb 3, 2006
Film Producer
Public transit in the US is for people with a high tolerance for smelly people. Driving is where it's at. You are only a manbaby is your parents still pay your insurance.


Also, manuals are for special snowflakes who think that they are better than other people but in reality are too poor for modern technology.

ass cobra
May 28, 2004

by Azathoth
How much does it cost to get your license in the us?

Here in Norway people typically spend something like $5000 altogether with all the mandatory classes and lessons and stuff.

My Q-Face
Jul 8, 2002

A dumb racist who need to kill themselves

rear end cobra posted:

How much does it cost to get your license in the us?

Here in Norway people typically spend something like $5000 altogether with all the mandatory classes and lessons and stuff.

:laffo:, like $300.00. Maybe. If you take a formal Drivers Ed course in high school or something. If you don't, then usually just $15.00 for the learner's permit and another $25 for the license. There is no mandatory formal education, it's "study the manual, pass the test".

American Drivers Suck, by the way.

SHISHKABOB
Nov 30, 2012

Fun Shoe

Hobohemian posted:

If your car isn't manual transmission you're basically driving a toy. Have fun in your little cars by Mattel, losers. Who gives a gently caress if you have a license or not. Don't need a license to drive a car unless you're a total pussy like the OP.

Actually I drive a manual and it's really not useful at all. Next car will be automatic.

Riot Bimbo
Dec 28, 2006


manuals are good for going VRROM VROOOOM BWAAA CHTCHS PEOIGN and trying to outrun the cops like you're in the fast and the furious but if you're not a total fag an automatic is a lot better

wilfredmerriweathr
Jul 11, 2005

Izumi Konata posted:

automatic transmission is a terrible waste of a car

wilfredmerriweathr
Jul 11, 2005

hemophilia posted:

manuals are good for going VRROM VROOOOM BWAAA CHTCHS PEOIGN and trying to outrun the cops like you're in the fast and the furious but if you're not a total fag an automatic is a lot better

looks like somebody doesn't regularly drive in icy/snowy weather

manuals are vastly superior in those situations, and no telling your auto to kick down into a gear is not the same thing

Cactus Ghost
Dec 20, 2003

you can actually inflate your scrote pretty safely with sterile saline, syringes, needles, and aseptic technique. its a niche kink iirc

the saline just slowly gets absorbed into your blood but in the meantime you got a big round smooth distended nutsack

gggiiimmmppp posted:

lol if you dont just get uber to drive your fat rear end around

peasant

sorry about the autism

SHISHKABOB
Nov 30, 2012

Fun Shoe

OMGVBFLOL posted:

sorry about the autism

You are forgiven

Cactus Ghost
Dec 20, 2003

you can actually inflate your scrote pretty safely with sterile saline, syringes, needles, and aseptic technique. its a niche kink iirc

the saline just slowly gets absorbed into your blood but in the meantime you got a big round smooth distended nutsack

SHISHKABOB posted:

You are forgiven

lol

HATECUBE
Mar 2, 2007

you are going to spend the money
you are going to spend time in in
and your are going to pay to keep it on the road

man the gently caress up and get a fun car thats fun to drive and be in
learn to drive a god drat manual and enjoy it
then learn how to fix it

faggots

Cute as heck
Nov 6, 2011

:h:Cutie Pie Swag~:h:
british are fuckind stupids

Cactus Ghost
Dec 20, 2003

you can actually inflate your scrote pretty safely with sterile saline, syringes, needles, and aseptic technique. its a niche kink iirc

the saline just slowly gets absorbed into your blood but in the meantime you got a big round smooth distended nutsack

Bacon Hat posted:

you are going to spend the money
you are going to spend time in in
and your are going to pay to keep it on the road

man the gently caress up and get a fun car thats fun to drive and be in
learn to drive a god drat manual and enjoy it
then learn how to fix it

faggots

or if you don't care about it being fun to drive just buy a prius and enjoy roomy interior, lots of useful features, 50mpg, cheap insurance & maintainance, solid resale

there's no reason to drive anything in between. either buy for fun or buy for utility but don't half-rear end it trying to do both and ending up with neither

Cute as heck
Nov 6, 2011

:h:Cutie Pie Swag~:h:
*sucks off gear shifter* LOOK ATM ME IM BRITISH I LOVE CARSSSS

Cactus Ghost
Dec 20, 2003

you can actually inflate your scrote pretty safely with sterile saline, syringes, needles, and aseptic technique. its a niche kink iirc

the saline just slowly gets absorbed into your blood but in the meantime you got a big round smooth distended nutsack
even the prius now is starting to be advertized with "sporty" options

gently caress off, if i wanted anything but efficiency and utility i wouldn't be looking at a loving prius you morons. oh lets take that smooth quiet ride and jam a loving sway bar and lowering springs on it to make sure the ride becomes loud and bumpy, that sounds like an excellent $4000 upgrade

SHISHKABOB
Nov 30, 2012

Fun Shoe

OMGVBFLOL posted:

even the prius now is starting to be advertized with "sporty" options

gently caress off, if i wanted anything but efficiency and utility i wouldn't be looking at a loving prius you morons. oh lets take that smooth quiet ride and jam a loving sway bar and lowering springs on it to make sure the ride becomes loud and bumpy, that sounds like an excellent $4000 upgrade

Wow quit being so bitchy. How bout u bitch some more that a bunch of east coast video game nerds don't play at midnight.

Tashan Dorrsett
Apr 10, 2015

by Deplorable exmarx

Origin posted:

Although I'm seriously biased by the fact that the only vehicles with manual transmissions I've ever driven have been from the 1920-40s, serious the automatic transmission is the greatest thing ever. gently caress having your car stall because you refused to put a labor-saving device in an even larger labor-saving device.

its pretty hard to stall a remotely modern manual, if you've been driving stick longer than a month & your car doesn't have mechanical issues. i like manuals so i would probably only ever buy a car with the right amount of pedals but i'll be the first to admit that modern automatics have just began to eclipse manuals in terms of performance and aren't too far off in reliability. anything older than like a 3-5 year old design? lol hell no with a few exceptions automatic transmissions are underperforming reliability nightmares. even now yeah an automatic can get better 0-60 stats on paper, but at the end of the day they're limited by being reactive in nature while someone driving a manual transmission can see the road ahead of them & shift accordingly. modern autos are a lot better about it but they still gear hunt, and you have to be careful because almost every major car manufacturer still puts 20 year old shitbox automatic transmission designs in some of their cars.

Dangit Ronpaul posted:

where are you from that a 16yo can get insured for $50 a month and you can buy a car for $2000 that doesn't need regular repairs to keep it running?

if they have a good driving history $50 or less isn't unreasonable to insure a shitbox on their parents insurance. craigslist is an endless well of good running $1000-2000 ish cars if you have patience and know how to spot a good car. i had plenty of shitboxes as a teenager which i mercilessly ran into the ground with bare minimum maintaience and most of them survived at least 40-60,000 miles of neglect before i ran them into the scrapyard. hell you can actually get some really good cars for under $2000 if you look.

Cactus Ghost
Dec 20, 2003

you can actually inflate your scrote pretty safely with sterile saline, syringes, needles, and aseptic technique. its a niche kink iirc

the saline just slowly gets absorbed into your blood but in the meantime you got a big round smooth distended nutsack

SHISHKABOB posted:

Wow quit being so bitchy.

what else is the internet for

besides porn

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Lufiron
Nov 24, 2005
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlyoYf0NoH0

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