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On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:28:56 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 23:11:17 +1100, Daniel70
> <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
> 
>>Having lost most of my right arm in a car accident(in a Manual car
>>almost 50 years ago), I HAVE TO drive an Automatic.
>>
>>In the almost 50 years since that accident, I have only driven a Manual
>>ONCE .... and the Car's owner was sitting in the Passenger seat to move
>>the gear stick when required.
> 
> Many years ago when I broke my right arm, I continued to drive my
> vehicle with a 5-speed manual by reaching across with my left arm. It
> wasn't a problem and I assume you could do the same if you had to.

You do what you need to do. When my left leg was in a cast I used a piece 
of PVC pipe and my left hand to run the clutch. It wasn't optimal but I 
managed.

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Re: Cars, engines... Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-12-17 23:11 +1100
  Re: Cars, engines... Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-12-17 12:28 -0600
    Re: Cars, engines... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-17 18:39 +0000
    Re: Cars, engines... c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-12-17 22:08 -0500
      Re: Cars, engines... Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-12-18 22:55 +1100
    Re: Cars, engines... pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2025-12-18 06:01 +0000

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