Originally Posted by
mazdaspeed
My dad calls road bikes "ten speeds" and every once in a while calls cars with manual transmissions "four speeds"
I got blank stares from my kids and their friends when I was talking about an old car with "three on the tree".
I had to explain how they used to put the gear shift there, and the car had three forward speeds, usually not synchronized in first so you couldn't shift back without double clutching. More explaining.
My daughter's boyfriend, also 22, is an auto technician and did not know what points and condenser were.
*sigh*