[koihoshi]

Lol that was good!

I hate driving automatics. Funny story about that.... my fiance used to ONLY drive automatics. I told her "You have SO much more control in your car and you'll feel more in tune with it by learning to drive a stick." she told me i was crazy and she would NEVER ever drive a stickshift if it was the last thing she ever did and she had to die going to the hospital.

Well, her little crappy eagle summit died on her one day. So i fixed it.

It broke down again.

I fixed it.

It broke down....... again. So i said "f*** this, you're driving my car till i feel like fixing this again." she freaked out and went "AHHHHH no i can't drive a stick!" so i went out and took her to a parking lot and had her craptastically shifting within an hour. Rough.... and not so great.....

1 week later.... she got excited she was matching gears properly.... and shifting crisp... and not killing the car....

Another week later..... she was excited she wasn't intimidated by hills anymore!

3 months later she finally said "you're right.... you do notice all the weird things with learning it because you can feel how it shifts and how it starts and stops. And it's even better this way in the snow!" i replied with "Oh REALLY? huh..... never knew that one..." and she gave me "ok ok....." kind of look.

So i bought a Porsche 944 and gave her my car and sold the Eagle. She got excited. So in teaching my fiance to drive a stick I successfully:

- got her to feel confident in driving a stick
- got my point across
- got rid of that horrible POS car
- got a MUCH more reliable car for her
- got a Porsche out of the deal

SCORE!


..... if you want entertainment though (since my story isn't horribly funny) go to a vacant parking lot with someone who drives stick but doesn't watch any rally racing.... and tell them that left foot braking is better in parking lots for gas mileage. When they ask what that is, you just tell them to use their left foot to brake so they can use their right foot for gas. Watch in hilarity as they mash it "lightly" and just about throw themselves into the wheel and go "You're an ASS!" as you laugh. Granted it IS a real technique to use in rally and things like that, it always cracks me up.... did that to my sister once and i thought she was gonna punch me in the face.