Test drive this afternoon

That is awesome....I am glad to see you are enjoying the new toy and the Mrs. Is enjoying as well.

Congrats!

SSREAPER

HAPPY WIFE....HAPPY...oh hell that BS!!

SSreaper

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Nancy loves the SS. Much more than any of the two wheelers we have ever owned. She can see where we are going and we can communicate much easier.

I'm very glad all that concern about missing the Goldwing turned out to be rubbish.

Nice weather and pictures ….

One of these days I need to teach my wife to drive with a manual transmission. Does anyone know if it is still possible to rent a car that is not an automatic? back in the 60's my dad taught me in a rental car so I wouldn't hurt his car - always seemed like a good idea

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One of these days I need to teach my wife to drive with a manual transmission. Does anyone know if it is still possible to rent a car that is not an automatic? back in the 60's my dad taught me in a rental car so I wouldn't hurt his car - always seemed like a good idea

Yes you can....they are ferrari's and lamborgini's

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Yes you can....they are ferrari's and lamborgini's

I was thinking more along the lines of a fiat 500

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I was thinking more along the lines of a fiat 500

Well you can....but what fun would that be?

SSreaper

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Well you can....but what fun would that be?
SSreaper

if I rented the vehicles you suggest there would be a very good chance I might forget it was to teach my Sara

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if I rented the vehicles you suggest there would be a very good chance I might forget it was to teach my Sara

TEACH WHAT?!?

SSREAPER

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One of these days I need to teach my wife to drive with a manual transmission. Does anyone know if it is still possible to rent a car that is not an automatic?

LOL, Justina gets almost as much left seat time as I do, but, back to topic, stupid question here, why not just teach her in the Slingshot?

Bill

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LOL, Justina gets almost as much left seat time as I do, but, back to topic, stupid question here, why not just teach her in the Slingshot?
Bill

less wear and tear, plus I think she would be more relaxed knowing if she messed up it wouldn't hurt anything that she cares about

when my dad taught me in a rental it was so he could be more relaxed knowing I wouldnt hurt his porsche so it could be for me as well

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less wear and tear, plus I think she would be more relaxed knowing if she messed up it wouldn't hurt anything that she cares about
when my dad taught me in a rental it was so he could be more relaxed knowing I wouldnt hurt his porsche so it could be for me as well

One of these days I need to teach my wife to drive with a manual transmission. Does anyone know if it is still possible to rent a car that is not an automatic?

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less wear and tear, plus I think she would be more relaxed knowing if she messed up it wouldn't hurt anything that she cares about
when my dad taught me in a rental it was so he could be more relaxed knowing I wouldnt hurt his porsche so it could be for me as well

In a large parking lot with no other cars in it, on a Sunday afternoon would work real well

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One of these days I need to teach my wife to drive with a manual transmission. Does anyone know if it is still possible to rent a car that is not an automatic?

In a large parking lot with no other cars in it, on a Sunday afternoon would work real well

I agree - my father taught me in the parking lot of the Santa Anita race track - when the time comes to teach my Sara we have a mall that is closed with a parking lot that should be a good place to start

Very nice.... The home built is cool. Interesting use of VW bug front fenders.

I was never formally taught how to drive a stick shift where my first "lessons' were when my uncle and I would go fishing in his pickup. He would stop along a favorite fishing creek, get out and tell me to take the pickup down to a certain point, and then he would take off fishing. I would then jackrabbit, kill the engine, whatever down the dirt road to that point, drop off the truck and fish on downstream to where he would leave the truck for me. That that is how we would spend the day and eventually I finally got the hang of it. But then, I was driving grain trucks by the time I was 12 or 13, there is an advantage to growing up in a rural environment.

Bill

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I was never formally taught how to drive a stick shift where my first "lessons' were when my uncle and I would go fishing in his pickup. He would stop along a favorite fishing creek, get out and tell me to take the pickup down to a certain point, and then he would take off fishing. I would then jackrabbit, kill the engine, whatever down the dirt road to that point, drop off the truck and fish on downstream to where he would leave the truck for me. That that is how we would spend the day and eventually I finally got the hang of it. But then, I was driving grain trucks by the time I was 12 or 13, there is an advantage to growing up in a rural environment.

Bill

before my father taught me in a car I had actually learned the general principals riding a motorcycle. Bought my first, a Honda 100 at the dealer, and had to learn it to ride it home. I think it made learning in a cam much easier.