So my wife calls me last night....
12-23-2004, 07:06 AM
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So my wife calls me last night....
She's freakin out and says....do I need to let this car (the TSX) warm up before driving it....mind you it's about 30 something outside and she's shopping with her little sister. I say, no, you shouldn't. And she says, "The thing feels like it wants to die on me and just stop, so I've pulled off to the side of the road. I'm gonna sit here for a while and let the car warm up." I just say, okay. What could I do...she's just down the road. Then after we hang up....BOOM...it hits me like a ton of bricks....I call back and ask...."You don't have the thing on Manual Shift do you...you know where you shift the gears into drive...where you can put it into Manual Shift mode....then all I hear is...hey stupid...you knocked the bag into the gear shift. Well, it turns out, her dumb little sister knocked it into the Manual Shift mode, and neither one of them caught it. She must have been revving the f*ck outa the car. So I say, "Hey, that's great...you just broke the new car." And all I could hear was laughter from the other end of the phone.....women....can't live with em.....can't bury em in the back yard...
Women...
12-23-2004, 07:21 AM
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Keys should be taken away now.
12-23-2004, 07:44 AM
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Funny thing is that alot of people who don't know what it is do that by mistake. My grandmother has a 2001 TL and went on some trip with an niece. When they came back, my grandmother goes "my car was acting funny, it seemed like the engine was trying really hard and there was a 2 on the dash". Needless to say, I had to explain what it meant. I think they should give you something to stick in the slot, just in case someone else drives your car.
12-23-2004, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by slobeatz
. I think they should give you something to stick in the slot, just in case someone else drives your car.
Damn thats a good idea
mom did same with mine, she calls me on the cell and goes, "your car really revs a lot, is that normal?"
"mom please move the stick over to the right one notch"
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12-23-2004, 07:52 AM
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LOL, that's awesome...well, not awesome, but extremely funny since its not my car. Its kinda like that Blonde Star commercial that I hear all the time on the radio...you know how the woman locked herself in the car and had the keys in the car...funny stuff!
Hopefully she didn't drive on it for too long with it in manual mode.
Hopefully she didn't drive on it for too long with it in manual mode.
12-23-2004, 08:22 AM
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I know it sux that the tranny goes nutz when it goes to sport shift mode when you dont shift properly... thats why I prefer my family to not drive my car since they have no clue how to shift back to right. . . they said it may break ... lol ... It even sux when you're driving 40 then some jerk off friend of mine hit the sportshift to left by accident with his bag.
'em? 
12-23-2004, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by kurt_bradley
This is why you should have bought a 6MT in the first place. 
oh yeah even better so when the lady freinds go to drive they go ooops i shifted down instead of up.... is that bad?
only a select few drive my car and they went through intenstive lessons b4 they got behind the wheel. and still my dad likes to try n start the car 3 4 times realizing you hafta HOLD the damn key till it comes alive.
thats why im the only one who drives my baby
12-23-2004, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by fraga
women....can't live with em.....can't bury em in the back yard...
Ah, you gotta love em, as long as they don't fuck up the car too bad
12-23-2004, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by fraga
And all I could hear was laughter from the other end of the phone.....women....can't live with em.....can't bury em in the back yard...
12-23-2004, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by darth62
And, exactly why can't you bury them in the back yard?
If you buried them in your neighbour's yard, that'd be a smarter thing to do.
12-23-2004, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by dallison
give em a dummmy proof car so they cant screw it up
my suggestion is that...built a gear shift gate so it cant be move to theleft accidently unless you lift the gate up and sport shift it.
12-28-2004, 10:42 AM
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Well, at least she's smart enough to know that when it revved up high...she just pulled over cause it scared the sh!t outa her. That's when I got the call.
Dammit if she wasn't so beautiful....she'd be battered....battered I say....
Dammit if she wasn't so beautiful....she'd be battered....battered I say....
12-28-2004, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by fraga
Well, at least she's smart enough to know that when it revved up high...she just pulled over cause it scared the sh!t outa her. That's when I got the call.
Dammit if she wasn't so beautiful....she'd be battered....battered I say....
Dammit if she wasn't so beautiful....she'd be battered....battered I say....
12-28-2004, 01:59 PM
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I'd say cut her some slack. If you never went over it with her and she is like my wife, then she wouldn't know what it is. My wife couldn't care less about the sport shift, but she does know what it does since I play with it every time I get to drive her ride. I know it's hard, but your relationship will last a lot longer with some restraint. I too am learning this. 
12-28-2004, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by billz260
I'd say cut her some slack. If you never went over it with her and she is like my wife, then she wouldn't know what it is. My wife couldn't care less about the sport shift, but she does know what it does since I play with it every time I get to drive her ride. I know it's hard, but your relationship will last a lot longer with some restraint. I too am learning this.