[TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 4, Issue 117

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Here's how I taught my wife to drive a standard tranny.  I sold her  1972 
Buick Skylark (in 1976) and bought a 4-speed 1972 Boss 351  Mustang.  I 
already had a 1972 Mustang 4-speed coupe.  She had no  choice but to learn.  She 
was/is a good student and car nut so she did  pretty good.  I came home from 
work one day and she took me to show me how  good she could drive.  We went 
to a burger joint and on the way home we  were merging with traffic on I-44 
when I got quite a ride.  It was misting  rain at the time and the car next 
to us didn't want to move over to let us in so  she floored it.  When the 
cam came on the car started to spin to the left  then the right and back to 
the left where she locked the brakes and we slid  sideways down the 
interstate in rush hour traffic.  The only thing I  said/yelled was "get your foot 
off the freeking brake!".  I was looking  into the oncoming traffic as we slid 
to a stop.  We couldn't go straight  because of a big embankment and 
couldn't back up because of the oncoming traffic  zooming by us.  A trucker 
finally stopped and let us back up and we were on  our way home.  I never said a 
word all the way home.  She took to the  TR's like a duck to water.  We are 
still married today.
 
Sam Clark