I hope you are so lucky.Originally Posted by CosmosMpower
On the track, I am fearless.
If you were as slow as me, you wouldn't be afraid either.
1994 M Edition
CSP 67
Yep... I owned a '56 GMC Suburban Carrier pickup with 3 on the tree. I bought it with my paper route money for when I was 14 hoping to hotrod it but Dad insisted on a stock restoration so I sold it to him. He still has it today.
Depends on how hard it got rear-ended.
90 Red NA
91 Red NA
99 Triple Black NB "Dimples"
That's how I did it also. Just with a floor mounted shifter. It had a stop but it didn't catch.I was driving it like a manual.
Ha, I thought my daughter was a good driver and then she backed her new car through the neighbor's wood fence!
1990 White NA - SOLD
1994 Black NA - SOLD
2006 Red NC - GT with limited slip, HIDs, all OEM.
When I was doing Drivers Ed in school, the instructor would have someone drive down to burger king where he'd get a small cup of coffee. Then he'd take the lid off and put it on the dash for the rest of the class. He never drank the damn coffee, but the rule was 'you spill, you fail'. Lesson behind the whole thing was to be smooth and plan way ahead for what you're going to do.
Chris
A couple things I learned that are important this time of year: While driving Mom's Pontiac station wagon, slamming it into reverse and mashing the gas while going down a snow-covered hill won't keep you from sliding thru an interection (nothing bad happened) and downshifting a RWD car in the snow will cause you to spin.
I did that when I was 16 while driving a 1968 Pontiac LeMans. I did a complete 360 and kept on going!
1990 White NA - SOLD
1994 Black NA - SOLD
2006 Red NC - GT with limited slip, HIDs, all OEM.
I was like 15 at the timeSheesh...
What is it with all of these people and slushboxes on a Miata Forum! Bunch of
Half of my vehicles have been autos, but at least I have excuses!
09 Lexus RX350
.... no Miata
Put her in a manual car, no abs, no traction control in an icey parking lot and hope for the best. I learned to drive in a blizzard in new mexico in a 2wd tahoe. Those were the day.s
Sunday I took the kid to a large high school parking lot (not Pennington) and we set up some cones. Had a uneven staggered slalom and then made a extra long parallel parking spot for her to practice in. All slow speed stuff our primary focus was not to squish defenseless little cones.
We also did a lot of backing up since it was something she was having trouble getting her head around.
For the final lesson of the day I made a Jimmy Jan Spin to Win Autocross finish and then we discussed why Robert is better than Jimmy.
By the end of the day she was more confident in backing up, had a better feel for turning and where the car is because of the slalom work, figured out parallel parking is hard, and started to question Jimmy's course making abilities.
All in all it was a couple of hours well spent, we plan to do more parking lot work (not Pennington) as part of of driving training.
That just hurts.
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