Today, I drove my new car with a manual transmission for the first time by myself. I was at a stoplight and saw a cute guy in the car next to me. He looked my way and gave me "the nod". The light turned green and I tried to go but I stalled out, lurching my car forward right into the car next to me. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, while at work, I was driving a manual car for the third time ever. I managed to stall it and jolt forward, bumping the horn at the same time in front of a group of people. FML
Today, I stopped at a red light, when I noticed the car in front of me was in reverse. I honked at the driver, hoping he'd realize and place the car in drive. He thought the light turned green and immediately backed into me. FML
Today, I've only just got my license and waved someone through at a four-way stop because I was nervous. They waved back. We both kept waving while traffic built up behind us. Someone finally honked, and we both panicked and went at the same time. I stalled the car in the intersection. FML
Today, I was driving home and stopped at a light. A cute guy in the truck ahead of me waved me forward and told me to roll down my window. It was the first time a cute guy had talked to me in a while so I was pretty excited. He told me to turn my lights on. FML
Today, I bought my very first car that I spent years saving for. A few hours after I signed all the papers, I let my boyfriend go for a test drive. He totaled it. FML
Today, I took my driving test. It was all going well until out of habit from driving with my boyfriend, I reached over and held my instructor's hand. FML
Today, I noticed I parked behind a boy I like. Trying to impress him with my driving skills, I ended up forgetting to put the car in reverse and rear-ended him. FML
Today, I was driving in my very own car that I bought and paid for myself, when I stopped at a stop light. Then I noticed the truck in front of me turn on his reverse lights. I honked desperately. He hits me, looks out the window and says, "I see no damage" and drives away. FML
Today, a stoplight turned yellow as I was approaching it. I was about to go through but saw a cop, panicked, and slammed on the brakes. I ended up in the middle of the intersection and had to reverse. Soon the light turned green, and I stepped on the gas. My car was still in reverse. FML
Today, while arguing with my boyfriend about how I wasn't a bad driver and could parallel park, I thought it would be easier to just let him do it. Unfortunately, while getting out of the car to switch seats, I forgot to take the car out of drive and it ran into the car in front of us. He was right. FML
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xladylarienx 18
YDI for not knowing how to drive a stick shift.
YG27 0
@4, have you ever stalled a car in gear? She prob popped the clutch without giving enugh gas which causes the car to launch forward and then stall fr not giving enough gas. So yes you can stall a car and lurch it forward, still though YDI for trying to race without practice.
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Comments (66)
barraCUDA28 0
also, I'm a woman and I taught myself how to drive a stick at 13. I have also been drag racing since 12 and race top dragsters so cut that shit about women drivers
Brey1013 0
Congratulations. This doesn't change the fact that in general, women are far worse drivers than men.
Ascaryrobot 0
Wow, someone needs to take their medicine and get back into bed... I didn't think the criminally insane could use computers.
Brey1013 0
YDI for being american and not knowing how to drive manual transmission
trustno1fox 0
YD for being a woman driver. Woman should leave technical stuff to guys. They aren't good with tech.
vev_fml 0
How did you lurch "forwards" and into the car "next to you"?
YG27 0
@71 too much gas not enough clutch wouldnt stall the car.. itd just be a jerky ride or a nice burnout. my proof of this? Im constantly burnin out in my civic si... by revving high then releasin the clutch
amayachan 0
I'm a bit confused by this, but I do find the "Women can't drive lol" comments disgusting. A big **** you to everyone who says such things, especially the guy who said that women aren't good with technical stuff.
starzchick 0
not all women are bad drivers! I learned how to drive stick at age 17, and taught my husband how to drive stick too. If you weren;t comfortable with driving stick yet, you should have gone to a parking lot or something and practised.. driving around town and not knowing how to properly control a stick shift can be very dangerous, especially when trying to cross over intersections and such.
craig_a_leg 0
Good for you for buying a manual transmission! You might not be used to the clutch yet but most of these people deriding you couldn't even start the engine. You still deserved it.
The_White_Rabbit 0
Agreed, yay for driving stick. However, leave more space b/t you and the car in front next time...
Candide_fml 0
You need to stop driving cars in the kitchen.