Taught the teen daughter how to drive today!

**njsteve** · #1 08-03-2010, 12:57 AM

First time ever behind the wheel, other than driving the lawnmower for the past 2 years. She actually did really well, other than obsessively concentrating on the turn signal and ignoring the brake pedal at times.

I had her drive her great-grandmother's Firebird that has been in the family since new. She was actually named after her Great Grandmother.

The really bizarre thing is that Grandma Rose use to have this weird habit of using her left hand to activate the console mounted shifter whenever she'd drive. And what happens when dear daughter gets in the car? She starts it up and then reaches over with her left hand to activate the console shifter! Cue the Twilight Zone theme now....

Here's a shot of her very first burn out on the gravel parking lot of her school....(allegedly unintentional, she claims). [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

**markjohnson** · #2 08-03-2010, 01:57 AM

That's funny about the left-handed shifting! So when will she get "Hemi-privileges", Steve?

**njsteve** · #3 08-03-2010, 02:41 AM

Ha! She asked if I would teach her how to drive a manual transmission.

I think first, she needs to master using the turn signal and brakes at the same time, before we throw another pedal in the mix.

**SS427** · #4 08-03-2010, 03:36 PM

Love to see her shift the manual trans with the left hand........... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif[/img]

**PeteLeathersac** · #5 08-03-2010, 04:10 PM

Cool stuff Steve!.
Any English roots and British cars in your family history?.

I'm through two of the six kids driving so far and laid stick cars on them within the first few drives..
After a few stalling starts and rough shifts they get onto things quickly!.

[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]
~ Pete

x Baldwin Motion · #6 08-03-2010, 05:19 PM

Oh, what fond memories that brings back. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif[/img] When it was time for my twinkies to start driving, (they're 30 now) only one of them attempted to drive my three on the tree Silverado. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/no.gif[/img] That didn't go well and opened the door for my first truck with an automatic.

Needless to say, boys are different. Never say " gas it up a little".

Good Luck Steve!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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