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Moms first AT car(No LBC)

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Subject: Moms first AT car(No LBC)
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 12:57:33 -0700 (PDT)
Reading the thread about kids and stickshifts reminded me about my Mom getting 
a new car with Auto.  Mom drove us around in a 1957 Chevy wagon with 3 on the 
tree, no AC, no radio, no seat belts, none of the comforts that are now 
standard on todays cars.  Anyway in 1969 after much pleading to Dad, Mom got 
her wish.  A new Buick LeSabre with all the goodies of the day.  It was a jewel 
of american iron.  Being used to shifting the gears in the old chevy on her 
first trip in the Buick, Mom started out from the traffic light pulling the 
shifter all the way down into low gear and then went to up shift, slammed on 
the power brakes, about the same time she jammed the car into park.  Lucky for 
me riding in the passenger side she had made me strap in with the seat and 
shoulder belts.  In the next few months she did get the hang of the automatic 
and the warantee fixed the transmission she destroyed.

Lon /RedMidget
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