Why Drive a Stick Shift Car?
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Jumi Kim
Co-founder, President, CEO, Capital Dream Cars
www.capitaldreamcars.com
703-785-9357
jumi@capitaldreamcars.com
Jumi is a founding member, president and CEO of Capital Dream Cars— Washington, DC’s premier exotic car rental company as featured in The Washington Post, Goss’ Garage, and SpeedTV.com. The business was inspired by a hobby and a need. Apart from owning her own exotic cars, Jumi would travel to Formula One races with friends and family—to Montreal twice for the Canadian Grand Prix and to Indianapolis for the United States Grand Prix—but when she looked to rent a Ferrari locally, her search came up dry. So, after much pioneering determination, she and two business partners launched Capital Dream Cars in March 2006 to fulfill the “dream car” dreams of Capital Area car enthusiasts like them. Growing up, Jumi always enjoyed driving, but it wasn’t until she learned to drive stick about 15 years ago and bought her first stick vehicle—a little green Acura Integra GS-R that still takes up a spot in her garage (and still runs great at nearly 200k miles!)—that she understood driving on a whole different level, not just as a way of getting from here to there. And perhaps it was her own small way of rebelling against the gender stereotype that girls can’t drive, let alone drive stick. Although she doesn’t presume to be a great technical driver, she enjoys driving fun cars and sharing her enthusiasm with others, which is, after all, what car enthusiasm is all about.
Why Drive a Stick Shift Car?
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Hi, I am Jumi of Capital Dream Cars and I am showing you how to drive a manual transmission car. Before I explain how to drive a stick shift car it is worth discussing briefly why it is useful to know how to drive stick. In our age of modern conveniences including automatic transmissions, driving a manual transmission car can seem like a hassle or even an obsolete skill. But if you ask a car enthusiast he or she will tell you that driving stick gives you more control of the vehicle, better fuel efficiency when done correctly and the thrill that comes from feeling integrally connected to the operational mechanisms of the car. In fact, some of my exotic car clients insist on driving only manual transmission. If you want to experience how fun driving manual can be, then follow along as I walk you through the basics of driving stick.
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