On Sun, 27 Jul 1997 18:39:18 -0700 Brian & Patricia LaVoie
<BPLAVOIE@worldnet.att.net> writes:
>Bob De Weese wrote:
>>
>> Well, I finally did it. I took Theresa, (my wife) out to teach her
>how
>> to drive the B.
>>
>> Beleive it or not, we didn't have one single fight. While she did
>> fairly well for someone who's never really driven a clutch before, I
>did
>> a SUPER job of not "losing it". I smiled the entire time, and never
>> once let her see of feel my horror.
>>
>> What a feeling of accomplishment! No. Not her. ME! Do you have
>any
>> idea what it takes to sit there, smile, and keep saying "Good job,
>> hon", (with an ever increasingly bad case of whiplash)?
>>
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA what it takes to keep repeating the phrase
>"Clutch
>> in, shift gear, litlle gas, clutch out S L O W L Y", over and over
>and
>> over and over.... It's not hard to say. It's just hard to keep
>from
>> saying it through your teeth!
>>
>> BTW - I discovered a couple of things in the prossess. The head
>rest is
>> much further back than I thought, and the windscreen in much closer.
>>
>> B o b b y 8-()
>> 77 MGB Roadster < with the garage doors barracaded from the inside
>> --
>> Bob De Weese
>> Certified Professional Locksmith
>> bearlock@bigfoot.com
>>
>> *******************************************************************
>> * "The secret to effective communication is knowing what to say, *
>> * how to say it, and whom to say it to." *
>> *******************************************************************
>My wife learned to drive stick on the B about a year ago. She was
>terrible in the Geo, but the B had so much low-end torque she couldn't
>stall it. If she let out the clutch slowly enough, no gas was needed
>to
>get underway. Unfortunately, she doesn't seem to be improving on any
>non-MGB...
>
>Brian LaVoie
>'74 MGB
>'97 Honda
>
Brian,
That's a dangerous message you sent. What's to keep a totally
unscrupulous person (such as myself) from printing that message and
extorting vast sums from you to not mail it to Patty?
Bob
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