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68 Z/28 · 05-24-2010, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by NoUCantDriveIt

My son just got his license, and hasn't driven a manual yet. One of these weekends we'll go out and break in his clutch leg.

I think it will be cool that years from now he'll say "Yeah, it was my mom that taught me how to drive stick on a 2010 Camaro SS. Back when they made V8's with muscle. And man alive!... could that car GO!!!"

NoUCantDriveIt · 05-24-2010, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by 68 Z/28

What? 68, you know how much I love my car, and yessss learning on a beater car would be better... but my "beater" is an automatic.

Besides, I can replace the car or anything that breaks on it... I can't replace the opportunity for him and I to make a memory.

Well... that and I need to put the deck in my favor, he's my only child so he'll be picking my nursing home.

NoUCantDriveIt · 05-24-2010, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by sugar'n'spice

Oh, wow! I am not looking forward to when my kids get their's.
My daughter who already 16 is in no rush to start. Too busy concentrating on school work. My son, on the other hand as soon as he turns 16 he will def ask the hubby. I can't look!

lol.. it's not THAT bad!

68 Z/28 · 05-24-2010, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by NoUCantDriveIt

What? 68, you know how much I love my car, and yessss learning on a beater car would be better... but my "beater" is an automatic.

Besides, I can replace the car or anything that breaks on it... I can't replace the opportunity for him and I to make a memory.

Well... that and I need to put the deck in my favor, he's my only child so he'll be picking my nursing home.

Well in that case go get a Vette

68 Z/28 · 05-24-2010, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by NoUCantDriveIt

lol.. it's not THAT bad!

Sheesh I still remember teaching my X wife to drive stick , ended up in a corn field in Pa.

BOETIE · 05-24-2010, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by NoUCantDriveIt

My son just got his license, and hasn't driven a manual yet. One of these weekends we'll go out and break in his clutch leg.

I think it will be cool that years from now he'll say "Yeah, it was my mom that taught me how to drive stick on a 2010 Camaro SS. Back when they made V8's with muscle. And man alive!... could that car GO!!!"

Shit honey, your son has his uncle Bo ta thank....he could be learning to drive a Camaro station wagon with A-6.....stick tung out /w Fart noise....

NoUCantDriveIt · 05-25-2010, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by 68 Z/28

Well in that case go get a Vette

If I had the choice of Vette or Camaro, I'd still pick the Camaro.

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Originally Posted by 68 Z/28

Sheesh I still remember teaching my X wife to drive stick , ended up in a corn field in Pa.

Now why do I think ending up in the corn field was intentional on your part...

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Originally Posted by BOETIE

Shit honey, your son has his uncle Bo ta thank....he could be learning to drive a Camaro station wagon with A-6.....stick tung out /w Fart noise....

68 Z/28 · 05-25-2010, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by NoUCantDriveIt

If I had the choice of Vette or Camaro, I'd still pick the Camaro.

Now why do I think ending up in the corn field was intentional on your part...

but she was driving

sugar'n'spice · 05-25-2010, 01:48 PM

NoUCantDriveIt · 05-25-2010, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 68 Z/28

but she was driving

uh-huh.. and she was probably doing well going past that corn field until your hand was on her....

lightning · 05-25-2010, 02:28 PM

Ok, so when my son turned 15 I would take him for a driving lesson about once a week. We'd go on Sunday afternoon and find a parking lot of a church or a store that was closed and had no parked cars. Then we'd practice; backing up, parking, even parallel parking. After he got pretty good at it we switched to the car that had a manual. He took to it like a duck to water.

A couple of years later my daughter turned 15. I knew she would be a different story. She'd never really had an inclination to know how things worked and why they worked and mostly didn't care. To her, you just put gas in it, turn the key on, start it and go.

So she and I get to an empty parking lot of a store one Sunday afternoon. We're practicing parking. She's having a little trouble getting between the lines straight so I just keep having her do it over and over. At one point I directed her to a parking spot where there is a little hamburger stand next door. The parking lot we're in is about 10 feet higher than the parking lot for the hamburger stand. They had two retaining walls between the two parking lots. One that drops about 5 feet down, a planter area that extended about 4 feet out and then another wall with a drop of about 5 feet.

There was one of those movable concrete stops at the end of each parking spot to keep people from pulling too far forward. I see that she's approaching the parking spot a little too fast and her foot isn't even on the brake yet. So I gently suggested that she start slowing down. She got a little flustered and hit the gas instead of the brake.

We vaulted that concrete stop and went airborne over the first retaining wall. Since the car was front wheel drive we lost all forward drive. The car hesitated midair and the front dropped straight down. We ended up with the rear wheels still on the upper parking lot, the front wheels dangling in the air and the oil pan hanging on the lower retaining wall.

A bystander called the cops. When they got there they called a tow company for me. The cop was laughing his head off. All he wanted to do was take a few pictures of the car dangling in the air. He said he wished he'd been there with a video camera. It took two tow trucks to lift the car back up to the upper parking lot and move it slowly back so all four wheels were on pavement. The only damage --- a crease in the car's oil pan that leaked oil. Had to get it replaced - only cost me $60 bucks for the repair. About $150 for the two tow trucks.

After that we picked other parking lots to practice in.

Mr Twisty · 05-25-2010, 02:42 PM

Clutch in, brake in, ok start it.
Good... now brake out, give it a little gas... not THAT MUCH gas!
<stop yelling at me!>
I'm not yelling, I'm just talking loud.
Try it again...
(stall)
It's ok, we all stall sometimes.... Try again.
(stall)
No really, it's ok, just let the clutch out slower next time.
(gets it going with a jerk-jerk-rev-jerk-rev)
<laughing> It's ok, we all do that too the first time too.
Ok, stop and try it again.
(stall)
You have to push the clutch in BEFORE you stop!
<you didn't tell me that>
Yeah, well I JUST DID!
<stop yelling at me!>
I'M NOT YELLING!

(to be continued)

lightning · 05-25-2010, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoUCantDriveIt

uh-huh.. and she was probably doing well going past that corn field until your hand was on her....

NoUCantDriveIt · 05-25-2010, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MisterCamaro69

Clutch in, brake in, ok start it.
Good... now brake out, give it a little gas... not THAT MUCH gas!
<stop yelling at me!>
I'm not yelling, I'm just talking loud.
Try it again...
(stall)
It's ok, we all stall sometimes.... Try again.
(stall)
No really, it's ok, just let the clutch out slower next time.
(gets it going with a jerk-jerk-rev-jerk-rev)
<laughing> It's ok, we all do that too the first time too.
Ok, stop and try it again.
(stall)
You have to push the clutch in BEFORE you stop!
<you didn't tell me that>
Yeah, well I JUST DID!
<stop yelling at me!>
I'M NOT YELLING!

(to be continued)

05-25-2010, 02:28 PM	#11449
lightning Lightning & Thunder Drives: 2010 SIM 1SS Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Utah Posts: 2,691 View My Garage	Ok, so when my son turned 15 I would take him for a driving lesson about once a week. We'd go on Sunday afternoon and find a parking lot of a church or a store that was closed and had no parked cars. Then we'd practice; backing up, parking, even parallel parking. After he got pretty good at it we switched to the car that had a manual. He took to it like a duck to water. A couple of years later my daughter turned 15. I knew she would be a different story. She'd never really had an inclination to know how things worked and why they worked and mostly didn't care. To her, you just put gas in it, turn the key on, start it and go. So she and I get to an empty parking lot of a store one Sunday afternoon. We're practicing parking. She's having a little trouble getting between the lines straight so I just keep having her do it over and over. At one point I directed her to a parking spot where there is a little hamburger stand next door. The parking lot we're in is about 10 feet higher than the parking lot for the hamburger stand. They had two retaining walls between the two parking lots. One that drops about 5 feet down, a planter area that extended about 4 feet out and then another wall with a drop of about 5 feet. There was one of those movable concrete stops at the end of each parking spot to keep people from pulling too far forward. I see that she's approaching the parking spot a little too fast and her foot isn't even on the brake yet. So I gently suggested that she start slowing down. She got a little flustered and hit the gas instead of the brake. We vaulted that concrete stop and went airborne over the first retaining wall. Since the car was front wheel drive we lost all forward drive. The car hesitated midair and the front dropped straight down. We ended up with the rear wheels still on the upper parking lot, the front wheels dangling in the air and the oil pan hanging on the lower retaining wall. A bystander called the cops. When they got there they called a tow company for me. The cop was laughing his head off. All he wanted to do was take a few pictures of the car dangling in the air. He said he wished he'd been there with a video camera. It took two tow trucks to lift the car back up to the upper parking lot and move it slowly back so all four wheels were on pavement. The only damage --- a crease in the car's oil pan that leaked oil. Had to get it replaced - only cost me $60 bucks for the repair. About $150 for the two tow trucks. After that we picked other parking lots to practice in. __________________ Time is the only thing we really own. Use yours wisely.

05-25-2010, 02:42 PM	#11450
Mr Twisty Drives: the 2nd amendment home Join Date: May 2008 Location: OK Posts: 14,763	Clutch in, brake in, ok start it. Good... now brake out, give it a little gas... not THAT MUCH gas! <stop yelling at me!> I'm not yelling, I'm just talking loud. Try it again... (stall) It's ok, we all stall sometimes.... Try again. (stall) No really, it's ok, just let the clutch out slower next time. (gets it going with a jerk-jerk-rev-jerk-rev) <laughing> It's ok, we all do that too the first time too. Ok, stop and try it again. (stall) You have to push the clutch in BEFORE you stop! <you didn't tell me that> Yeah, well I JUST DID! <stop yelling at me!> I'M NOT YELLING! (to be continued) __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin lib·er·ty /ˈlibərdē/ noun 1. the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views

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05-25-2010, 01:48 PM	#11447
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