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+date: 2023-10-20T03:46:09+0000
+title: Leveled Up With Truck Driving
+slug: leveled-up-with-truck-driving
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+I bought my car, a 2010 Mazdaspeed3, without knowing how to drive a manual tranmission.
+Thanks to my buddy Jake driving it home, we brought it back.
+I got a late night crash course in a parking lot, and this saw me through the first month.[^crashcourse]
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+I might have killed the engine a few times[^killedit].
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+So this last week, I drove another stick for the first time.
+Despite all this time, I realized I'd only driven my Mazdaspeed3.
+It's a very touchy and tight sports clutch.
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+I had to dry a 1998 Ford F150 for the first time and felt like I leveled up.
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+Didn't kill it once.
+Listened to the rumble of the truck.
+Checked out the cassette player.
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+Back to my car now.
+I was a real man for a bit.
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+[^crashcourse]: He might have aged a few years and had some blood pressure issues from the experience.
+[^killedit]: Well, more like every trip...