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One of my scariest Healey moments was driving up Gough--pronounced
'Goff' I'm told--which is the backside approach to the famous Lombard
Street ('The Crookedest Road in the World'). There are several 4-way
stops to the 'summit.' Expecting the worst, I made sure to stop a car
length or more behind the cars in front of me but on one there was a
woman in a Volvo station wagon--you know the type ;)--who, when she
tried going through the intersection couldn't get traction and started
rolling back towards with her front tires spinning wildly toward my BJ8.
My first thought was: "Hmmm, I didn't know Volvo made FWD cars," which
immediately changed to: "Oh shit! She's going to front-end me!" I don't
recall if there was a car behind me, but I probably couldn't have
reacted in time anyway but, when she was just a foot or so away from my
front bumper she was finally able to pull away, front tires still spinning.
My Mustang has 'hill assist,' and it's kind of cheating but I use it; I
still get plenty of practice in my Healeys. The big drums in back make
better parking/emergency brakes than most modern cars have (including my
Mustang, whose p-brake is pretty wimpy).
On 3/7/2024 8:20 PM, cgmoog wrote:
> The story of my father prepping my mother for her driver's test. After
> teaching mom to drive, my father drove the test area with her riding
> shot gun, NYC tests new drivers on the street in designated
> neighborhoods. There was a stop sign at the top of a hill. There was
> also a recently filled in utility trench, creating a depression on the
> right side of the travel lane. His instructions to mom were to place
> the right front wheel in the depression so that there would be no roll
> back (a failing offense) when stopping during the test.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: ahbn6--- via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 3/7/24 1:34 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: 'HealeyRick' <healeyrik@gmail.com>, 'Simon Lachlan'
> <simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com>
> Cc: 'Healeys' <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] [O/T] Manuals
>
> *I have a better one for you. Early in our marriage our Lincoln
> Continental gave out and I bought my wife a Honda Civic stick
> shift (I drove a company car). Anyway I had a devil of a time
> teaching her to drive a manual transmission. She drove her
> daughter to school. We lived at the bottom of a hill and the
> school was at the top. There was a depression at the top to
> channel water and she finally learned to go up the hill and stop
> at the channel and stop there resting her front wheels there until
> traffic cleared without sliding back.*
>
> **
>
> *John Sims*
>
> *www.healey6.com <http://www.healey6.com>*
>
> *Matawan, NJ*
>
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One of my scariest Healey moments was driving up Gough--pronounced
'Goff' I'm told--which is the backside approach to the famous
Lombard Street ('The Crookedest Road in the World'). There are
several 4-way stops to the 'summit.' Expecting the worst, I made
sure to stop a car length or more behind the cars in front of me but
on one there was a woman in a Volvo station wagon--you know the type
;)--who, when she tried going through the intersection couldn't get
traction and started rolling back towards with her front tires
spinning wildly toward my BJ8. My first thought was: "Hmmm, I didn't
know Volvo made FWD cars," which immediately changed to: "Oh shit!
She's going to front-end me!" I don't recall if there was a car
behind me, but I probably couldn't have reacted in time anyway but,
when she was just a foot or so away from my front bumper she was
finally able to pull away, front tires still spinning.<br>
<br>
My Mustang has 'hill assist,' and it's kind of cheating but I use
it; I still get plenty of practice in my Healeys. The big drums in
back make better parking/emergency brakes than most modern cars have
(including my Mustang, whose p-brake is pretty wimpy). <br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/7/2024 8:20 PM, cgmoog wrote:<br>
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The story of my father prepping my mother for her driver's test.
After teaching mom to drive, my father drove the test area with
her riding shot gun, NYC tests new drivers on the street in
designated neighborhoods. There was a stop sign at the top of a
hill. There was also a recently filled in utility trench, creating
a depression on the right side of the travel lane. His
instructions to mom were to place the right front wheel in the
depression so that there would be no roll back (a failing offense)
when stopping during the test.
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<div>From: ahbn6--- via Healeys <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";><healeys@autox.team.net></a> </div>
<div>Date: 3/7/24 1:34 PM (GMT-05:00) </div>
<div>To: 'HealeyRick' <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com";><healeyrik@gmail.com></a>, 'Simon
Lachlan' <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com";><simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com></a>
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<div>Cc: 'Healeys' <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";><healeys@autox.team.net></a> </div>
<div>Subject: Re: [Healeys] [O/T] Manuals </div>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"
class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">I have a better
one for you. Early in our marriage our Lincoln
Continental gave out and I bought my wife a
Honda Civic stick shift (I drove a company
car). Anyway I had a devil of a time teaching
her to drive a manual transmission. She drove
her daughter to school. We lived at the bottom
of a hill and the school was at the top. There
was a depression at the top to channel water
and she finally learned to go up the hill and
stop at the channel and stop there resting her
front wheels there until traffic cleared
without sliding back.</span></b></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"
class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Â </span></b></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"
class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">John Sims</span></b></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"
class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"><a
href="http://www.healey6.com";
moz-do-not-send="true">www.healey6.com</a></span></b></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"
class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Matawan,
NJ</span></b><span
lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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