When I was 16, I had somehow managed to convince my parents to buy me a bimmer that was a few years old. I loved the shit out of that car, it was absolutely beautiful and way too cool for 16 year old me to have. 

The thing about this car was that it was stick. Now I had never been training in driving manual transition, so I pretty much taught myself how to do it on that car (Horrible Idea)

Fast forward a month: My friends and I had been recruited by the mother of a girl from a local all girls school to be prom dates for her daughter + her friends. We arrived at the girl's house on gameday only to find out that there were 2 too many people for the Limo. I said its alright, I'll drive my own car. So my buddy and I are driving in my car to the location. **This is where dumbness takes over.**

I figured if we were driving separately, we should have some fun by getting a little speed going. Generally when driving stick, people will shift down a gear to get a little speed increase. I decided 1 wasn't enough, and to shift down 2 gears from 5th to 3rd. However, things get dumber. I make the shift.... and end up going from 5th-1st. You never go from 5th to 1st. Cue intense shaking and loud noises and me thinking "WTF WTF WTF WTF".

In the end, I blew out the transition on this newish bimmer I had just received. 

But we made it to the Prom still...
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When I was 16, I had somehow managed to convince my parents to buy me a bimmer that was a few years old. I loved the shit out of that car, it was absolutely beautiful and way too cool for 16 year old me to have. 

The thing about this car was that it was stick. Now I had never been training in driving manual transition, so I pretty much taught myself how to do it on that car (Horrible Idea)

Fast forward a month: My friends and I had been recruited by the mother of a girl from a local all girls school to be prom dates for her daughter + her friends. We arrived at the girl's house on gameday only to find out that there were 2 too many people for the Limo. I said its alright, I'll drive my own car. So my buddy and I are driving in my car to the location. **This is where dumbness takes over.**

I figured if we were driving separately, we should have some fun by getting a little speed going. Generally when driving stick, people will shift down a gear to get a little speed increase. I decided 1 wasn't enough, and to shift down 2 gears from 5th to 3rd. However, things get dumber. I make the shift.... and end up going from 5th-1st. You never go from 5th to 1st. Cue intense shaking and loud noises and me thinking "WTF WTF WTF WTF".

In the end, I blew out the transition on this newish bimmer I had just received. 

But we made it to the Prom still...
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I blew out the stick on my
assistant