I love how Riley demonstrates an advantage a humanoid canine would have over a human: The ability to hold large objects in one's mouth.
Questions: What exactly does it say on the six-pack box? I can't quite make it out. So, one of them is steering and the other one is working the gears? Are they even able to synchronize the clutch and the shift stick that way without either loosing a lot of power with every shift or damaging the gearbox?
(Also, that reminds me of a news story from a couple of years ago, where an American Tourist came to Europe for a week and rented a car for the duration. Then, when she went to return the car, she complained about it "being incredibly slow and making strange sounds". A mechanical inspection revealed that she totaled the engine completely. Reason: She didn't realize that the vehicle had a manual transmission and spent the entire week driving around in first gear. I guess that she never had to use reverse...)
TORCHFIRE! I have an email of yours to reply to, as well... but I'll get to this comment first, because it's older. Again sorry for the delay!
Always happy to demonstrate our heroes' dogness, as sometimes it becomes easy to think of them as just a couple average dudes... although they are that too!
The sixpack Riley picked is a rather cheap one of Pawbst Blue Ribbon, it isn't very clear I know, but the label is simply a ribbon with a diagonal "PAWBST" spread across it.
It is actually possible to have a passenger change gears while the driver operates the clutch and throttle. When I was a kid, my dad had a little old Toyota pickup truck, and just for fun he would sometimes call out numbers to have me shift gears. As long as the clutch is down all the way, one can take several seconds to change gears if needed. A little bit of momentum would be lost, but no damage would happen as long as the clutch was held in at least until the gear was changed.
That anecdote reminds me of a scene from Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, heh! Though I have to admit it seems like it would be hard to pull off, as she would still need to know how to use the clutch just to get into first gear in the first place. Most of my cars have had manual transmissions, and from experience I find that the clutch and the throttle are actually a lot harder to master than the stick-shift itself, contrary to popular belief.
Anyway, I will reply further as soon as I can. In the meantime, rest assured that I AM working on drawing another page!
I love how Riley demonstrates an advantage a humanoid canine would have over a human: The ability to hold large objects in one's mouth.
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What exactly does it say on the six-pack box? I can't quite make it out.
So, one of them is steering and the other one is working the gears? Are they even able to synchronize the clutch and the shift stick that way without either loosing a lot of power with every shift or damaging the gearbox?
(Also, that reminds me of a news story from a couple of years ago, where an American Tourist came to Europe for a week and rented a car for the duration. Then, when she went to return the car, she complained about it "being incredibly slow and making strange sounds". A mechanical inspection revealed that she totaled the engine completely. Reason: She didn't realize that the vehicle had a manual transmission and spent the entire week driving around in first gear. I guess that she never had to use reverse...)
TORCHFIRE! I have an email of yours to reply to, as well... but I'll get to this comment first, because it's older. Again sorry for the delay!
DeleteAlways happy to demonstrate our heroes' dogness, as sometimes it becomes easy to think of them as just a couple average dudes... although they are that too!
The sixpack Riley picked is a rather cheap one of Pawbst Blue Ribbon, it isn't very clear I know, but the label is simply a ribbon with a diagonal "PAWBST" spread across it.
It is actually possible to have a passenger change gears while the driver operates the clutch and throttle. When I was a kid, my dad had a little old Toyota pickup truck, and just for fun he would sometimes call out numbers to have me shift gears. As long as the clutch is down all the way, one can take several seconds to change gears if needed. A little bit of momentum would be lost, but no damage would happen as long as the clutch was held in at least until the gear was changed.
That anecdote reminds me of a scene from Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, heh! Though I have to admit it seems like it would be hard to pull off, as she would still need to know how to use the clutch just to get into first gear in the first place. Most of my cars have had manual transmissions, and from experience I find that the clutch and the throttle are actually a lot harder to master than the stick-shift itself, contrary to popular belief.
Anyway, I will reply further as soon as I can. In the meantime, rest assured that I AM working on drawing another page!