money was tight* so buying an automatic to replace a vehicle my parents already had wasn't an option.
* This was during the mid 80s oil slump - my dad's a helicopter pilot and worked for a company that did a lot of flying to the rigs in the gulf.
Ben started driving today
- (broomberg)
- (48)
- May 10, 2006, 10:47:02 PM EDT
Gee, I didn't know my driving affected you that much :-P
- (ben_tilly)
- May 11, 2006, 01:02:39 AM EDT
My dad had trouble teaching my sister
- (SpiceWare)
- (7)
- May 11, 2006, 11:01:46 AM EDT
My daughters think they can learn my thinking about it.
- (jbrabeck)
- (1)
- May 11, 2006, 11:14:53 AM EDT
Ben spent 3 hours driving yesterday
- (broomberg)
- May 11, 2006, 12:01:32 PM EDT
1st?
- (broomberg)
- (4)
- May 11, 2006, 12:07:58 PM EDT
not so silly
- (SpiceWare)
- May 11, 2006, 01:01:28 PM EDT
Either way works
- (ben_tilly)
- (2)
- May 11, 2006, 05:04:28 PM EDT
That is a very smart idea
- (imqwerky)
- (1)
- May 11, 2006, 05:22:00 PM EDT
Where I got it from...
- (ben_tilly)
- May 11, 2006, 06:06:23 PM EDT
BTDT with Child #1, Child #2 starts driver's ed in June
- (imqwerky)
- (1)
- May 11, 2006, 01:49:12 PM EDT
Not a good idea, querk!
- (jb4)
- May 11, 2006, 02:08:09 PM EDT
If you don't participate, you'll miss some stories to tell.
- (a6l6e6x)
- (35)
- May 11, 2006, 04:17:45 PM EDT
I'll be learning to drive a manual / stick / standard soon.
- (Meerkat)
- (34)
- May 11, 2006, 07:53:15 PM EDT
Couple thing to remember
- (broomberg)
- (32)
- May 11, 2006, 08:00:41 PM EDT
You forgot the #1 rule: If you can't find it, grind it! :-D
-NT
- (imqwerky)
- (4)
- May 11, 2006, 10:01:59 PM EDT
You can't really say you drive stick . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (3)
- May 11, 2006, 11:47:02 PM EDT
Oh, I dunno about that
- (drewk)
- May 12, 2006, 08:38:41 AM EDT
Did that years ago.
- (folkert)
- (1)
- May 12, 2006, 10:12:48 AM EDT
You must have had synchro on 1st.
- (Andrew Grygus)
- May 12, 2006, 11:57:29 AM EDT
Re: Couple thing to remember
- (pwhysall)
- (26)
- May 12, 2006, 01:50:27 AM EDT
It'll all be flat (and quiet!) roads to start with.
- (Meerkat)
- (3)
- May 12, 2006, 02:14:28 AM EDT
What's wrong with your BlueBird?
-NT
- (static)
- (2)
- May 12, 2006, 03:02:43 AM EDT
Still works, but it's old. Bit bored after 5 years of it.
-NT
- (Meerkat)
- (1)
- May 13, 2006, 10:42:59 PM EDT
Ah.
- (static)
- May 15, 2006, 03:19:58 AM EDT
handbrake my arse
- (boxley)
- (17)
- May 12, 2006, 08:23:39 AM EDT
Ar.
- (admin)
- (11)
- May 12, 2006, 09:00:42 AM EDT
5 feet slippage?
- (pwhysall)
- (10)
- May 12, 2006, 09:45:23 AM EDT
Never used one.
- (admin)
- (8)
- May 12, 2006, 09:48:52 AM EDT
You can't control the space behind you.
- (pwhysall)
- (7)
- May 12, 2006, 09:55:36 AM EDT
No, but I can make my needs known.
- (admin)
- (6)
- May 12, 2006, 09:58:24 AM EDT
Footbrake in queue = antisocial
- (pwhysall)
- (5)
- May 12, 2006, 10:02:23 AM EDT
You have the oddest ideas sometimes...
- (admin)
- (1)
- May 12, 2006, 10:19:36 AM EDT
I don't rely on lights to work out whether a car is stopped.
- (pwhysall)
- May 12, 2006, 10:23:13 AM EDT
Also, footbrake casuing lights to go on ==
- (folkert)
- May 12, 2006, 10:34:06 AM EDT
you dont have those brake lites on sunshine
- (boxley)
- (1)
- May 12, 2006, 01:01:32 PM EDT
You make no sense
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- May 12, 2006, 06:51:39 PM EDT
Wot's a handbrake?
- (jbrabeck)
- May 12, 2006, 09:55:21 AM EDT
Complete crap.
- (pwhysall)
- (4)
- May 12, 2006, 09:13:02 AM EDT
makes up for the highbeams theyre shining into my dash
-NT
- (boxley)
- May 12, 2006, 01:03:33 PM EDT
Must admit I've never noticed this problem.
- (Meerkat)
- (2)
- May 13, 2006, 10:37:57 PM EDT
Do you ever get fog in Sydney?
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- May 14, 2006, 04:47:36 AM EDT
A few nights a year, if you're (un)lucky.
-NT
- (Meerkat)
- May 14, 2006, 08:32:41 PM EDT
Just don't think TOO smooth.
- (admin)
- (3)
- May 12, 2006, 09:55:39 AM EDT
Ar
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- May 12, 2006, 10:00:39 AM EDT
Eh?
- (Another Scott)
- May 12, 2006, 01:24:18 PM EDT
Air brakes are fun too, for the unprepared :-)
- (ben_tilly)
- May 12, 2006, 07:49:55 PM EDT
advice deja vue
- (boxley)
- May 11, 2006, 09:01:07 PM EDT
Can totally relate...
- (slugbug)
- May 12, 2006, 11:54:18 PM EDT