July 11, 2009

Hmmm

Just got home from learning how to drive stick shift.......
It was........
interesting........
Yea, that's the word I want to use.
My dad had me start the car without actually turning on the engine. Like, going downhill on this one part with the electrical stuff on and with the car in second and then taking my foot off the clutch. Scared the crap outta me. lol He purposely had me stall a few times. And there were a few times when I stalled completely by accident lol Like, when he wanted me to do a U turn and I accidently stepped on the gas instead of the brake & clutch. So, I stepped on the brake like I would in an automatic. Yea, I learned the hard way that you have to step on the clutch when you do that too. lol
He said that I had the basics down tho, and that I wasn't a bad driver. Now I just gotta practice alot before my birthday. Cuz I am so driving my car to robotics that night :)
I am SO glad I know many people who have stick shifts and would gladly help me practice :)

3 comments:

Denise @ Sunflowers, Chocolate and Little Boys said...

Driving a stick shift is so much fun...once you "get it" you will love it!

Anonymous said...

So when you were going downhill with the car off and you let off the clutch did your dad tell you you can actually start the car that way, or was that how you started it and he already told you how to do that type of stuff? O this would be Collin by the way.

Samkay said...

Yes, he told me to turn off the car, turn it on to the point where the sound system was on, and then let off the clutch. And then after I did that and got kinda freaked he told me that I started the car lol

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