Quis ([info]quistak) wrote in [info]stick_shift,
2005-10-13 22:36:00
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Stickshift station wagons and minivans....

Hi y'all! Quis here, graduate student in chemistry, going for my Ph.D....

My first beloved car was a stickshift 1983 Toyota Tercel hatchback... my mom also had a stickshift VW Rabbit. When that died, she got a 1987 Toyota Camry stickshift station wagon. In 1991, we got a stickshift MINIVAN that was mistakenly shipped here instead of somewhere else from Japan! And now my mom's got a stickshift Pontiac Vibe, my stepdad still has his beloved minivan, and I have a nice little 2000 Toyota Camry, a stick, naturally. So basically, all my family has ever owned are stick cars.

I've found that driving a stick helps you immensely. I've had to drive in Europe (an old 1989 Czechoslovak Skoda, EEK!), and it is just so convenient to know how to do it. Plus, it saves gas and gives you more speed control and power control. I love all of my miscellaneous stickshifts!!!!

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[info]cowbert

October 14 2005, 03:21:14 UTC 6 years ago

Whoa, this is like the second cross over person on my flist! I think I've seen you in either [info]chemistryinfo or [info]lab_gripes. So you're a chemistry geekgirl and stick driver. Mind if I friend you?

[info]quistak

October 14 2005, 19:06:00 UTC 6 years ago

Sure, always good to talk to awesome chem people!

[info]cowbert

October 14 2005, 19:23:11 UTC 6 years ago

well I'm not chem, per se, more structural biology (which you can probably argue is applied chemistry)

[info]i_c_the_light

October 14 2005, 04:08:53 UTC 6 years ago

Same here, apart from one thing. My stepdfather recently got an auto Primera after I wrote off his stick Corolla. He doesn't really care what's in it, because he's been using manuals ever since he first started driving, like my mum. My biological father has an auto now, but he's more of a manual guy, but on two wheels. He's spent most of his years with manual sequential gearboxes riding motorcycles.

[info]nexa

October 14 2005, 04:45:50 UTC 6 years ago

awesome! i'm applying to grad school right about now :P where are you at?

[info]quistak

October 14 2005, 19:06:58 UTC 6 years ago

I'm at Penn State doing analytical/inorganic/biochem/physical. Basically everything except organic. Where are you applying to?

[info]nexa

October 17 2005, 05:31:51 UTC 6 years ago

I'm applying to anything related to synthetic organic ;) I'm applying to Stanford, Cal, UCSD, Scripps, Yale, Harvard, MIT, UI Urbana-Champaign, UW Madison, and UT Southwestern..

[info]numberoneblind

October 22 2005, 23:14:29 UTC 6 years ago

hooray for stickshift station wagons!



1993 Toyota Corolla wagon. :)
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