Topic: Should I learn to drive a manual transmission???
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[QUOTE=Jeffm]
Is your husband a patient man?
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Not really... I had never sailed before I met him. Fell in love with it (and him) but soon realized I better take some classes! I took 2 sailing classes and things went a lot smoother from then on. So, I'm a little leary of gettin behind the wheel with him as the teacher! I could be wrong, though...he lurks around here occasionally...maybe he'll throw in his $.02.
Karen
kkfinch 2007-03-19 19:20:20
Is your husband a patient man?
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Not really... I had never sailed before I met him. Fell in love with it (and him) but soon realized I better take some classes! I took 2 sailing classes and things went a lot smoother from then on. So, I'm a little leary of gettin behind the wheel with him as the teacher! I could be wrong, though...he lurks around here occasionally...maybe he'll throw in his $.02.
Karen
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Yes, you should learn to shift a manual.
Don't try it with a heavy-duty clutch though.
And don't start out on a hill at the stop light.
Go to the empty plaza on a Sunday evening.
You might want to ask a friend or co-worker rather than your husband.
After an hour, you will be smooth as glass.
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You will be ok......don't worry.......it's not that hard. I learned on a Toyota Pick Up kind of. I drove it 4 times. The first time I had trouble stoping it and ended up being stoped by a bush by the side of the house. 
Didn't hurt the truck. 
I was 19 or 20.
Didn't hurt the truck. I was 19 or 20.
A couple of month's later, I bought my first Corvette, the '65 Vert Roadster and it was a 4 speed. Man, I had no problem shifting it, in fact I actually learned how to shift in that Vette.........it was a piece of cake!
So go strip those gears in your hubby's Musturd. 
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[QUOTE=greypoupon69]
Hey now!!! That pony car still runs the socks off the "girl" car.
Karen: I told you!!
Thanks all.
So go strip those gears in your hubby's Musturd.
[/QUOTE]Hey now!!! That pony car still runs the socks off the "girl" car.
Karen: I told you!!
Thanks all.
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[QUOTE=ParrotHead] [QUOTE=greypoupon69]
Hey now!!! That pony car still runs the socks off the "girl" car.
Karen: I told you!! [QUOTE]
So go strip those gears in your hubby's Musturd.
[/QUOTE]Hey now!!! That pony car still runs the socks off the "girl" car.
Karen: I told you!!
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"Girl Car?" 
OMG, your callin' a Vette, a "Girl Car?" 
Hey guys, did I read that correctly? Ok, ok......drive your "Pony Car" to NV & Karen can drive her "Girl Car." When I arrive in my "Greypoupon Girl Car",....I'll take ya' on..... we'll have us a nice little race on a drag strip (surely there's one somewhere - maybe by that Bunny Ranch"). You won't be callin' any more Vette's a "Girl Car"......deal? 
OMG, your callin' a Vette, a "Girl Car?" Hey guys, did I read that correctly? Ok, ok......drive your "Pony Car" to NV & Karen can drive her "Girl Car." When I arrive in my "Greypoupon Girl Car",....I'll take ya' on..... we'll have us a nice little race on a drag strip (surely there's one somewhere - maybe by that Bunny Ranch"). You won't be callin' any more Vette's a "Girl Car"......deal? I hope your husband's a good sport, Karen........
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Yeah, he's a good sport. I believe by "girl car" he meant automatic transmission (vs the boy car which is manual transmission...has a stick 
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Now he's saying "Maybe we should rent one" (to teach me that is.) I'm gettin the feelin this ain't gonna happen....
)Now he's saying "Maybe we should rent one" (to teach me that is.) I'm gettin the feelin this ain't gonna happen....
Specifically, I meant the wife's car. It's a 77 and not very fast. I got beat by a Blazer going up our hill. That would NEVER happen in the 'stang. All things considered, a "boy" vette (w/manual tranny) might have done a little better. I love to drive the vette though. It corners much nicer where the 'stang understeers, but will spin out if you are not gingerly on the gas. Plus, I don't get the waves, stares, or "nice car"s in the 'stang - but it is fast.
Attitude - The difference between ordeal and adventure.
He got pulled over by a cop once for spinning his wheels in front of Gresham High School. I think the cop was expecting to see a teenager behind the wheel. When he saw Mike he asked "Is the car too much for ya???"
kkfinch 2007-03-24 13:45:12
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