Things that are pretty much obsolete.

[citizen_maine]

Mostly auto over here (Australia) but the wife and I both still drive manuals and you can still buy them. We semi jokingly refer to them as millennial anti theft devices as young kids who steal cars can’t drive a manual.
My kids will be learning in a manual, still a good skill to have

if you want them to be car thieves

 

[kaz7]

Do they still sell filofaxes? I recall when they were all the rage and carrying one around with you made you look super-important.

I remember Dell boy had one when he fell through the bar flap.

I was a yuppie and had one for work , loved it

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

I was a yuppie and had one for work , loved it

Must admit I had one for a short while but got bored carrying it around. You ladies are used to carrying bags, babies and grudges :)

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I was a yuppie and had one for work , loved it

Me too. I had this one...



I also had this one...

 

[kaz7]

My young employee laughed at me because I still send cheques out

Me too

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

I thought that was the case.
Last time I visited UK I ordered a hire car and forgot all about the manual thing.
Until I got in it. Had to remember to change gears.
They died out here many years ago through lack of demand.

I put my automatic in for a service. I sat in the courtesy car, revving the engine until one of the mechanics put his head through the open window and shouted "It's a f*cking manual". Embarrassed or what.

 

[idahoblues]

Can you still buy new manuals?

I tried to order some pick ups back in 07, wanted manual transmissions. Ford, chevy, Dodge and Toyota dealers all looked at me like I was crazy. The Dodge dealer was the only one that put a package together for me, as it happens I went with Toyota. 16 years down the road I would never touch a manual again, these new transmissions are incredibly good.

 

[Blue Mist]

I put my automatic in for a service. I sat in the courtesy car, revving the engine until one of the mechanics put his head through the open window and shouted "It's a f*cking manual". Embarrassed or what.

I was in Oz for 3 months last year seeing my grandson. I used my sons car every day.
I came home and was pleasantly suprised that my 13 year old car started first time as I was sure the battery would be flat. Unfortunately something had gone wrong with the gear box as it just would not go into drive.


And then I remembered I had a clutch which I had to press down, select first gear, bring the clutch slowly up until it met the revs of the accelerator that I was .........

 

[East Level 2]

I put my automatic in for a service. I sat in the courtesy car, revving the engine until one of the mechanics put his head through the open window and shouted "It's a f*cking manual". Embarrassed or what.

Didn't you notice there wasn't a D (or R) to shift it into before you started revving? Or do you usually drive a 1975 Daf 44?

 

[idahoblues]

Each town ,park use to have public toilets. Now we rely on fast food places to go to the toilet.

That's pretty sad, town centers don't do much to encourage people in. As I remember most of them were unusable anyway with all the vandalism