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    That's Very sad from my perspective! However, you don't know what you don't know.
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    Doesn't surprise me in the least.

    Kind of like how many of the youngin's can't operate a shift stick in a car-----LET ALONE---A non synchronized transmission.

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    I learned a crash box in a half cab double decker bus in England.

    In England you have to pass your test in a manual to drive a stick, if you take your test in an automatic, thats all you can drive which is awkward because autos are few and far between in the UK unless you get something big.
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    I remember even using Morse code on the old pay phones for free calls. You know the ones that only disabled the tones till you paid.
    Could tap out the number on the hang up lever and free calls..
    Course no mandatory area codes back then, just 7 numbers to tap out..
    Had to save the quarters for pac man!
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    There are many things that are getting lost as things advance. However there is a ton of tech stuff that I don’t get, so I’m not going to throw any stones. The video was very entertaining. When I bought my car, only one of my kids could drive it because the others couldn’t drive stick. Mostly because when they were learning to drive no one wanted to drive my beast truck, everyone wanted to learn in moms nice little automatic car.
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    I did not post this to throw stones but thought it entertaining that even simple tech needs explaining in order to use it. Yea, there is a ton of tech stuff I don't understand that younger people take knowing for granted. Don't ever buy a new car when your old one is ten years old if you are not tech savvy or you could wind up in a love/hate relationship with it.

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    That reminds me. I was recently out on a course. I picked up a rental car at the airport. They don’t come with GPS options anymore. Just use your phone the guy says. It took me getting lost and having to pull over and watch a YouTube video and download Google maps in order for me to get it figured out. There were three USB jacks in the car, but only one of them is connected to the onboard system and Bluetooth connecting my phone only activated my phone and text. I was an hour and a half getting it figured out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BobH View Post
    Don't ever buy a new car when your old one is ten years old if you are not tech savvy or you could wind up in a love/hate relationship with it.
    I don't own a car... haven't, since 2012. The last time I rented a car (2016) I'd been driving a lot around town, and before returning it I needed to fill the gas tank. Well, how the heck to open the door to the filler cap? I looked for something underneath the dash on the driver's side, in the glove box, and and and then searched for the User Manual (couldn't find it -- it was in a plastic pouch, in the trunk, under the carpet, nestled with the spare tire -- and, no mention of how-to). I finally called the rental agency -- "Oh, just push on the door; it'll spring right open." Yup. Still smh.
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    The wifes car is like that. Push on the gas door and it pops open. I had to find out the hard way that you also have to turn off the engine before it would open. I about beet the hell out of that door until i yeld at the wife to turn the car off.
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