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Re: Stick shift school

To: "ROBERT G. HOWARD" <mgbob@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Stick shift school
From: Brian & Patricia LaVoie <BPLAVOIE@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 21:22:33 -0700
ROBERT G. HOWARD wrote:
> 
> 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
Good point. Guess I should keep my mouth shut in the future. What do I
owe ya to keep quiet?  - Brian

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