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Subject:Re: women and standard gearbox
From:Anthony Egeln
Date:Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:27:06 -0800

When I married my wife she already knew how to drive a stick....so her transition to my then ride...... '73 911T Porsche Targa, and later the vangons, was not an issue.  I did have to break her of the habit of leaving it in gear when parked....went through several starters first.
  Anthony
  '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)

chris jackson <chriscjack@BIGPLANET.COM> wrote:
  It was a women who help get hooked on busses. A friends mother got me driving her 1958 green on green splittie no syncro for first come to a complete stop then go into 1st gear. This was back in 1967 she then pick up an 1968 westy with less than 20k. It still looked & smelled new; I loved that bus.

Out of all my friends on all the long trips in the many busses I have owed the two best driver have been women.

Chris
82 diesel westy
sf bay

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