I will strenuously disagree with this opinion.
both my kids learned to drive on an automatic - we felt it was asking too
much to learn to shift while learning to drive - and both now are driving
manual gearboxes and will never go back.
if the kid has some coordination, and a good teacher, they will learn very
quickly. I wouldn't fret about using the TR to train them.
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From: <KingsCreekTrees@aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 8:12 AM
To: <pcaffrey@ymail.com>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR
> Hi Pat; if your niece has been driving for a little while already, but on
> an automatic, I think it is going to be very difficult to teach her how to
> drive a manual gearbox correctly. We were in the fortunate position of
> owning 45 acres and when my son was 14 I bought an old wreck of a 4WD
> with a
> standard transmission, so he could go off in the woods and through the
> field
> whilst learning how to drive a manual gearbox. He's 21 now and drives a
> 1982
> Volvo 242 (60,000kms from new) with a 4-speed. For nearly a year he has
> been trying to teach his girlfriend how to drive the car, but she just
> can't
> get it. Maybe it's just her, but I have always felt that the only way to
> learn how to drive a car with a manual gearbox is to not drive an
> automatic
> first.
>
> Definitely, if you want to go through with this they you will need to
> borrow or rent manual gearbox car but it will be a long and arduous
> process.
>
> Tim
>
> Tim Dyer, Kings Creek Trees and Ornamentals
> 427 Kings Creek Road, RR3
> Ashton, ON K0A 1B0
> Canada
> Phone/fax: 613 253 4126 Website: _www.kingscreektrees.com_
> (http://www.kingscreektrees.com/)
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