- Joined
- Aug 29, 2010
- Posts
- 47,128
- Reaction score
- 9,299
- Location
- OKC, OK
- First Name
- HotRod
- Truck Year
- 85 K20 LWB
- Truck Model
- Silverado
- Engine Size
- 454 - Turbo 400 - 3.73
I'd love to have a 5 speed but the wife can't drive a 5 speed so whatever we have has to be auto FML!!!
I'd be thinking Goody, I can finally have my very own truck. When I met my wife, she was 18, I was 29. I had 3 trucks at the time. One of them being a 95 F150 5 speed 300 I6. It was brand new, as was my 95 Silverado Xcab, then I had the 64 GMC which has a Quicksilver ratchet shift, and lots of horsepower that I wasn't going to let this little 95lb 18yo girl drive. I figured all she could drive was my brand new 95 Silverado Xcab. So it pretty much became her truck to drive for about 5 months, then I drove the New Ford F150 gear shifter truck. One day, I was changing the oil and rotating tires on the 95 Silverado, she needed to go pick up my daughter from school and just asked for my keys. I busy and not thinking, just gave her my keys and she drove off in the Ford. 15 minutes later, she comes back home. By that time, I realized, WTF ? She can drive a manual trans? And I've been driving this damn gear shifter truck all this time everyday, even when I wanted a break and drive my nicer truck occasionally. Needeless to say, I ended up getting to drive my nicer truck a bit more frequently and she didn't mind shifting gears on occasion and thought it was fun to drive.