learning to drive
01-17-2017, 05:04 PM
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St. Jude Donor '14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19-'20-'21-'22-'23-'24
Later though, I agree, the four on the floor cars were the "hot" cars.
01-20-2017, 01:00 PM
#42
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learning to drive
Yesterday, I surprised my 16 year old son by letting him drive around in an industrial park. Last December, he just got his learner permit. He has not driven that much since mostly raining and early sunsets. It was fun for him since he has driven his 66 1 ton dually up and down a dirt road for comparison.
Overall he did well. He did not know how far to let the clutch out before the gears would grab. His shifting needs some work. I think he was not used to the shifting gate nor the clutch.
The most he got up to was 3rd gear. This was something I was looking forward to doing for quite some time.
Anyone else taught someone to drive in their corvette?
Overall he did well. He did not know how far to let the clutch out before the gears would grab. His shifting needs some work. I think he was not used to the shifting gate nor the clutch.
The most he got up to was 3rd gear. This was something I was looking forward to doing for quite some time.
Anyone else taught someone to drive in their corvette?
01-20-2017, 01:12 PM
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In driver's education class in high school in the '70's, we were taught to drive with simulator booths that were '3 on the tree'. The emphasis was to get it in high gear asap to save fuel and to be easy on the equipment. We did hand signals, too. There were still a fair amount of vehicles on the road at that time with 3 speed on the column shifting, mainly pickups.
