I attended the BMW Ride and Drive today and had loads of fun. This is a charity event sponsored by corporate BMW corporation for the Susan B. Korman Breast Cancer Foundation. Basically, you show up to the car dealership and you can drive any of the available BMW's on a set 10 mile track around the city. For every mile you drive BMW donates $1 to the charity. They provide food and drinks for the entire day. I was able to drive three different models, enjoy the benefits of driving a $80,000 (one that I could never afford or want to spend so much money on) and do something for a worthwhile cause.
When I returned to work I was telling my friends about lunch time adventure, basically only the boys were interested in listening. So this new guy at work who is a summer intern, looks at me with a bit of disbelief in his eye and condemnation in his voice and says, "Aren't all of the BMW's manual transmission cars?" I say no...but I am able to drive a manual transmission. Apparently in his short life he has yet to encounter a female who can drive a manual transmission auto. I explained to him that women are allowed to drive BMW's and even manual transmission cars. I think that he has the idea now.
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