king2005
03-19-2007, 11:10 AM
I need to learn how to drive standard for 2 reasons.
1. Makes my job easier, as I'll be able to drive any car from the Auction to the shop.
I can already drive Auto (d'uh)...
Cars with no breaks (who needs breaks when you have an E break, right? lol)...
Cars with no power stearing (OMG, GRUNT, TURN DARNIT TURN, GRUNT, PANT!! lol)...
& cars that think its FUNNY to randomly turn the dash lights off in the middle of the night (*2 way radio* Ummm guys, is it just me, or did it get dark out suddenly... & how fast am I going? WHAT HOW FAST! No way, stop lying! *light comes back on* OMG I AM DOING 180km/hr, I hate you guys!! But its a really smooth drive).
2. Our newest car is a Standard 2003 5spd Sunfire, & its going to be my new work car, so I have to be able to drive it lol
Anywho, Sat evening Tristian wanted to teach me a little about the clutch & how to go forward & backwards, in one of the cars on the lot. He drove us to the back side of the shop, so if worst came to worse, I'd back into a heep of junk cars or into a post (apparently thats better then the cars we're trying to sell lol)... I had no issues going forward or backwards.. I made the car jerk like a bronco, but I didn't stall the car nor did I hurt the clutch, so WOOHOO for me!!! Tristian said he was fairly impressed & said I should have little issues getting the hang of it, Chad was thrilled to hear that!
Yesterday Chad took me to a parking lot so I could go into 2ed & 3rd gear... I didn't like 3rd gear, so we just stuck to 2ed (too much all at once). Lets just say things didn't go quite as smoothly :rolleyes:
I keep releasing the clutch too fast, so the car jerks like mad (I'm getting better, but its still enough to make me want to puke lol)... Then I had a boo boo.. I forget what I did but the car jerked something fearice, sounded like I tried to murder it & came to a lovely stall :o So my first stall was kinda violent *pets car*.
Chad said I did pretty good by the time we finished up. I have pretty much grasped the concept of how & when to use the clutch. I just need to release it slower.
Once I get that down, I'll start using 3rd gear & learn how to down-shift. Then learn how to handle hills & finally take it onto the street (side streets).
I think I'll have it down pat by the end of the week, I'm a quick learner when it comes to this type of thing.
Chad is going to make me a little card with the gears drawn on it & how fast each gear is for, then he'd gonna tape it to the dash... So I can learn that part quicker. I need visual & hands on, to learn best.
My first time behind the wheel of an auto, my instructor thought I was lying when I said it was my first time driving. He took me downtown Ottawa :eek: OMG SO MANY CARS!!! I did fine. To this day I still haven't messed up parallel parking :D Boy was my instructer ticked lol He wanted to give me tips lol he made me do it 10 times in a row, then he gave up hahaha I became a good driver in less then 5hrs hahaha...
I got my G class kinda early. I only had maybe 30hrs behind the wheel & 2 mins of HWY driving on my belt... The test instructor was pleased with my driving & passed me :eek: if only they knew :rolleyes:
I'm the only person my dad feels safe to let drive for him. My grandmother is now another person on my side hehe... My grandmother had a FIT becuase I was going to be driving her & the family to church, Dad said the weather is bad & he cannot drive in it, so if she wanted to go to church, I was her only ticket :D She always wants me to drive her now haha :D (well when I'm down visiting)...
So ya I'm kinda impressed with myself :P
1. Makes my job easier, as I'll be able to drive any car from the Auction to the shop.
I can already drive Auto (d'uh)...
Cars with no breaks (who needs breaks when you have an E break, right? lol)...
Cars with no power stearing (OMG, GRUNT, TURN DARNIT TURN, GRUNT, PANT!! lol)...
& cars that think its FUNNY to randomly turn the dash lights off in the middle of the night (*2 way radio* Ummm guys, is it just me, or did it get dark out suddenly... & how fast am I going? WHAT HOW FAST! No way, stop lying! *light comes back on* OMG I AM DOING 180km/hr, I hate you guys!! But its a really smooth drive).
2. Our newest car is a Standard 2003 5spd Sunfire, & its going to be my new work car, so I have to be able to drive it lol
Anywho, Sat evening Tristian wanted to teach me a little about the clutch & how to go forward & backwards, in one of the cars on the lot. He drove us to the back side of the shop, so if worst came to worse, I'd back into a heep of junk cars or into a post (apparently thats better then the cars we're trying to sell lol)... I had no issues going forward or backwards.. I made the car jerk like a bronco, but I didn't stall the car nor did I hurt the clutch, so WOOHOO for me!!! Tristian said he was fairly impressed & said I should have little issues getting the hang of it, Chad was thrilled to hear that!
Yesterday Chad took me to a parking lot so I could go into 2ed & 3rd gear... I didn't like 3rd gear, so we just stuck to 2ed (too much all at once). Lets just say things didn't go quite as smoothly :rolleyes:
I keep releasing the clutch too fast, so the car jerks like mad (I'm getting better, but its still enough to make me want to puke lol)... Then I had a boo boo.. I forget what I did but the car jerked something fearice, sounded like I tried to murder it & came to a lovely stall :o So my first stall was kinda violent *pets car*.
Chad said I did pretty good by the time we finished up. I have pretty much grasped the concept of how & when to use the clutch. I just need to release it slower.
Once I get that down, I'll start using 3rd gear & learn how to down-shift. Then learn how to handle hills & finally take it onto the street (side streets).
I think I'll have it down pat by the end of the week, I'm a quick learner when it comes to this type of thing.
Chad is going to make me a little card with the gears drawn on it & how fast each gear is for, then he'd gonna tape it to the dash... So I can learn that part quicker. I need visual & hands on, to learn best.
My first time behind the wheel of an auto, my instructor thought I was lying when I said it was my first time driving. He took me downtown Ottawa :eek: OMG SO MANY CARS!!! I did fine. To this day I still haven't messed up parallel parking :D Boy was my instructer ticked lol He wanted to give me tips lol he made me do it 10 times in a row, then he gave up hahaha I became a good driver in less then 5hrs hahaha...
I got my G class kinda early. I only had maybe 30hrs behind the wheel & 2 mins of HWY driving on my belt... The test instructor was pleased with my driving & passed me :eek: if only they knew :rolleyes:
I'm the only person my dad feels safe to let drive for him. My grandmother is now another person on my side hehe... My grandmother had a FIT becuase I was going to be driving her & the family to church, Dad said the weather is bad & he cannot drive in it, so if she wanted to go to church, I was her only ticket :D She always wants me to drive her now haha :D (well when I'm down visiting)...
So ya I'm kinda impressed with myself :P