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
>
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> * "The secret to effective communication is knowing what to say, *
> * how to say it, and whom to say it to." *
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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
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