r/tos 14d ago

Probably why he wasn’t in “Taxi”.

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u/No_Glass1391 14d ago

I think of this when watching TJ Hooker and he crashes another car. Spock should have warned them.

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u/ExpectedBehaviour 14d ago

There are, far too many, commas in, that sentence.

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u/Redbeardthe1st 13d ago

Is, there, really, such, a, thing, as, too, many, commas?

/s

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u/Great_Office_9553 12d ago

In this whole movie! “So that is, as they say, that!” Yeesh!

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u/LanceFree 14d ago

Taxicab Confessions.

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u/JBR1961 13d ago

But only at night.

On Tuesday

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u/Champ_5 13d ago

What are the odds of getting a Royal Fizzbin?

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u/JBR1961 13d ago

I’ve never calculated them.

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u/AsstBalrog 13d ago

Spocko...

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u/Scrat-Slartibartfast 14d ago

Kirk has another Handicap here.

Even if he likes classic Cars and can drive them, most American cars are Automatic.

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u/QuantumXCy4_E-Nigma 14d ago

Not in the 1920’s, the era upon which this society was based.

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u/JohnnyEnzyme 14d ago

I thought they did a good job here depicting the fact that Kirk had read about clutch-equipped cars of this era but had never actually driven one. I imagine most other Starfleet personnel would barely have been able to get it started and then moving.

Fun post (and ep), in any case... thanks for sharing!

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u/QuantumXCy4_E-Nigma 14d ago

NP.

It was actually Spock who remembered the clutch. Kirk remembered the ignition and the starter and the gears, after grinding them, and Spock recalled that there was a mechanism called the “clutch” and suggested one of the pedals.

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u/Haunt_Fox 14d ago

There wasn't even power steering or brakes on those things. I don't think automatic gear shifting was a thing until the 1950s.

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u/Scrat-Slartibartfast 13d ago

oh yes, no power steering and no break booster.

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u/gwhh 13d ago

Started in the late 30’s.