Steve O'wellington

I see a lot of people on the internet using the adjective crisp, but what exactly does that mean? Does it just mean that the shift is quick?

There is a single knock that is coming from the front driver's side after abruptly releasing the accelerator pedal regardless of the amount of acceleration. Prior to this problem, I was downshifting with a manual transmission to first gear, but I had released the clutch while the stick knob was mid-way into the gear. It resulted in a loud noise, much like a boom, and the stick knob returning to neutral. What could be the problem?

Thanks for your help!

She knows I like her and I know she likes me. This is the conclusion I made after we stared at each other and she smiled at me several times. My opinion about love is that you should always, or at least try to, look at them at every opportunity. This isn't the case with her, but she does reassure me with occasional glances and smiles. The only time she kept looking back at me was in a class in which we sat close to each other. So far, classes together with her have been where we sat far away from each other. She, too, wears glasses like me to see distant objects, but she takes them off when she doesn't need them. Am I overreacting?

She's shown interest in me in a class we sit close to each other. Now, I keep staring at her and she occasionally glances at me and, more rarely, smiles at me. I've never smiled while staring to her. I couldn't possibly do that as I'm shy, and, more lately, sad that she hasn't shown me a lot of interest in me (e.g. she keeps her attention toward her friends). Is it because she's shy? She doesn't seem that way when she looks at me and smiles. I'm trying to overcome my nervousness to approach her, but I'm starting to have doubts of her interest in me despite me knowing she likes me.

If you know she likes you and she knows I like her and I were to approach her? Alone? With her friends?

I know she likes me because I keep staring at her and she keeps staring back at me and smiling. The problem is I'm too shy to talk to her. I've made several attempts at saying hi to her, but every time, I lose my nerve and I end up not doing anything at all. I'm afraid she will lose interest in me because I never try to approach her. Furthermore, I'm struggling to keep staring at her as I'm becoming more and more tired due to lack of sleep caused by always thinking about her at night. I haven't even smiled to her once either because of my shyness.

I'm a silent guy. Many opportunities have arisen to introduce myself to her. A guy I used to be friends with is friends with her. The problem is, the only reason I was friends with him last year was that we were in the same class (even so, I really only talked to him during team projects and work). Thus, this year, I did not talk with him at all... I feel so selfish if I suddenly become friends with him again... I know I'm a coward, but I can't help it lol it's just who I am: an introvert. Maintaining relationships tire me, so I just stick with the ones where you work together in school. I'm such a coward aren't I? I can't possibly deserve such a relationship :(

There's this girl I have a crush since the beginning of the year. I noticed a couple of times throughout the year her staring at me. Me being an introvert and most of all having low self esteem, I ignored her. What I notice after days that she stare at me, she completely ignores me the next days. Thus, I feel like it's only my imagination and that she can't possibly like someone like me. So, what's the deal? Read below if you want more details about the staring/ignoring thing. (optional)

Just a day ago, she was sitting in front of me in class. She usually sits farther in that class. That day, I had no confidence whatsoever. When two guys came to tease/try to befriend me, the girl turned her head and looked at me. I didn't say anything to the guys. When I gave them a ''wtf?'' look, the girl laughed. Today, thinking that she liked me, I gained back all my confidence. In the morning, I kept looking for signs of her liking me in class. It was the only class in which we were together today. I stared at her, but not one time did I see her staring at me. So you can imagine how I feel about her now: she's too good for me and it has all been only my imagination.

Driver A sees an imminent accident involving another car cutting his lane. He immediately applies the brakes. In doing so, he manages to avoid the collision, but gets rear-ended by the car behind him. Whose fault is it?

So, I was test driving a 2004 Toyota Corolla and I was going around 50 km/h (31 mph) in third gear. There was a stop ahead, so I downshifted into the second gear to use the engine braking. Then, I heard a horrible grinding noise. Is something wrong with the car? Or is it that I let out the clutch too quickly or I didn't press on the gas pedal as I let the clutch out? I'm not very experienced with MT cars, so thank you very much.

The reason I ask is because I've found some residential internet packages that would suit better my needs.

I can't say I haven't felt the feeling of someone being in love - the butterflies feeling in your belly, the fast heartbeat, the constant thinking of the one you love... However, I am merely but a teen in high school.

I am a very quiet person and I am sensitive to the feelings of others. If I were to show my love, me being only a teenager, it would feel like I'm hurting the other counterpart because of my own selfishness...

I am aware that successful teen love relationships are rare, and I am not even sure if I want to live with the person I have a crush on for the rest of my life... It's already been a whole year... The feelings of butterflies in belly, the fast heartbeat and the constant thinking are already gone.

For a whole year, I ignored the feelings because I could as a quiet person... It's already been one year and I still keep wondering if I really love her. All the previous feelings are gone, but I feel like something is missing. I noticed just now that I began to wander aimlessly in my mind a few days ago, trying to answer myself what should of been an obvious question - to love her or to ignore her.

I began to notice in the previous year that someone else loved me. I kept ignoring her, hoping that she would forget me. The next year, she did. But now, I realised that she wasn't the only girl that loved me.

In the previous years, other girls loved me without me realising it. Only now have I been able to be aware of their feelings. A girl I met in 9th grade loved me from that moment. It's now 11th grade and I have the feeling she still has those feelings... Another girl I met in 7th grade showed signs of loving me, without me being aware of them, she would randomly hug me for no reason and talk to me... I still remember another girl that kept teasing me and would talk to me even though I rarely initiated the conversation with her.

To those girls still having feelings for me, wouldn't it be heartbreaking if I were to show my feelings to the girl I love? Wouldn't it be like indirectly telling them that I've been rejecting them for all those years?

I do not wish to make anyone sad, less the person I love the most. I know teenager love relationships inevitably end sadly and I wouldn't want to love her, knowing that I'm going to hurt her later...

I am a quiet person in high school. I used to be more outgoing, but now I feel that all relationships are meaningless. It's been like this for some years now. What could a love relationship possibly bring to me, beside satisfying my own selfishness?

I have a part-time job and what I usually do with my free time is playing video games... If I were to love her, how would I be able to satisfy her needs by being with her all the time, or spending all my money on dates? I have been saving money to buy a car...

My opinion about teen love relationships has not changed, however my feelings still keep me clinged to the possibility of loving her... If I were to love her, I would have to be outgoing again - to her friends and to everyone else.... How would I cope up with such a sudden change from my usual self...?

Sorry for the long text, but I feel this is the best way to understand me...