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Originally Posted by ayao
I just experienced this for the first time last week. I started -trying- to roll backwards on the incline just so my senses could sort it all out. Can you imagine if we had all learned to drive stick with that feature??
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I learned to drive in 1964 in a 1957 Studebaker with flathead six, a three-speed stick shift on the floor and a hill-holder. Not quite as exciting as my 1M, but far less complex. It had a dipstick, no engine cladding and a clear view of the ground when you popped the hood. I rebuilt the engine without pulling it out of the car - just removed the head, dropped the oil pan, unbolted the rods from the crankshaft, shoved the pistons out the top, slapped new rings on them, honed the cylinders with a drill attachment and slapped it all back together in the driveway. Ah, the education one gets just by being young and broke.