From: Pi (pi@mideel.ath.cx)
Date: Thu Jun 19 2003 - 23:33:30 BST
Hello all. Curious about the subject line? :) Don't worry, this message is
not off-topic.
I am in the process of thinking which car to purchase when the time of
purchase rolls by. I typically plan important purchases to death and this
is no exception. So, I am looking at a certain sporty car, thinking if I
should go for an automatic transmission or just the standard, and I found
myself applying MoQ, as usual. Before I continue, let me point out that I
have absolutely no experience driving a standard transmission car. But I
am considering it because of the fun factor.
I was wondering what happens when I usually drive. After a certain
learning stage is over, I never consciously think about the actions I do
while driving the car. I do not think about braking, turning, signaling,
etc. Heck, when driving down a regular path, I don't even think of the
direction. It is like I am a passenger and the driver at the same time.
I would think that the intellectual patterns of how to drive a car have
slowly shifted away from being intellectual patterns to some lower static
pattern (perhaps biological)! It is just like walking or openning a door.
Once you have 'become good' at doing those things, you automatically do
them. You don't have to think about them. In fact, as an experiment, try
to think about every little movement you do while openning a door and then
do it. You may find that you forget steps! It happens to me.
Getting back to the car... my thought is that just like how driving an
automatic car, walking, closing and openning a door etc. have become
non-intellectual static patterns for me, over some time, why wouldn't a
standard transmission car become a non-intellectual pattern either?
Someone suggested that standard cars are annoying to drive through heavy
traffic (because of the amount of shifting), but so is walking through a
crowd if you think about every little movement you take.
I would appreciate your thoughts on my theory about shifting of static
patterns. Thoughts from people who drive standard transmission regularly
would also be appreciated. ;)
Cheers,
- Pi
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