Each Decade That Passes, Fewer People Report Knowing How to Drive Stick Shifts

Re:Each Decade That Passes, Fewer People Report Knowing How ... by throwaway0a5e on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:45PM (#26183004)

Everybody who has a piece of small power equipment with a manual choke knows how to operate any other thing with a manual choke.

I suspect that the number probably peaked in the last 20yr.

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Re:Each Decade That Passes, Fewer People Report Knowing How ... by eesmith on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:29PM (#26183588)

Years back, in South Africa, I rented a car with a choke.

It was a cold morning, and wouldn't start.

The issue wasn't not knowing how to use a choke, but not knowing that it had a manual choke.

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Re:Each Decade That Passes, Fewer People Report Knowing How ... by hedora on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:50PM (#26183896)

Yeah. Our generator has a choke. However, everything smaller than that is electric or an anachronism.

Arguably, the generator is an anachronism, but a comparably powered battery + solar cell would be $10,000’s, and the generator was << $1000.

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Re:Each Decade That Passes, Fewer People Report Knowing How ... by falcolas on Thursday February 18, 2021 @02:20PM (#26184240)

Ironically, you'll still find a non-insignificant number of new motorcycles with carburetors and chokes.

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