[TR] Learning to drive a TR

[Brian Jones]

"Once the basics of driving are ingrained, you have more brain free to deal
with learning the stick part."

Agreed. It also helps to have been a cyclist among traffic before you get to
drive a car.

Brian

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:27 AM, <pethier at comcast.net> wrote:

> ----- KingsCreekTrees at aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> I'm going to join with the group that thinks this is nonsense.
>
> I started on automatic.  Never drove a stick until after I had my license.
>  I have mostly sticks now.  A little bit of fooling around with a 1963 Chev
> station wagon and I had it figured out.
>
> Once the basics of driving are ingrained, you have more brain free to deal
> with learning the stick part.
>
> Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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> 1979 Caterham Super Seven
> 2004 Suburban 8.1
> 2007 Saturn Ion 3 2.4
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