In a message dated 7/31/00 6:18:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
cfrench@cybertours.com writes:
<< Can anyone put shifting into words or know of a URL I could
get to for help on this. >>
Just tell him to pretend that he's sneeking in after curfew, and needs to
keep the wooden floorboards from creaking. As he slowly puts one foot down,
he slowly lifts the other up...
I wonder if it would help to put the rear axle up on jack stands (oops,
forgot, Rabbit, front-wheel drive). Okay, so put the front up on jack
stands, and let him practive starting in first, shifting to second, slow
acceleration, shift to third, accelerate, decelerate, downshift,...etc.
The reason I thought of this is when I learned on a Mazda RX-2, it was dead
of winter and the car was on a frozen gravel drive with ice three or four
inches thick. With wheels spinning, my sisters boyfriend taught me how to
drive a stick on the ice, without ever going anywhere.
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