Originally Posted By: supton
Well, I did meet her in Maine... But she was from CT, so she's an odd duck, someone who would head north to middle of nowhere to attend college. [Oddly enough we now live north of No. Weare at the present time.] She insists that I did a great job of teaching her how to drive a manual transmission: I recall going over how an engine works, why it doesn't make power at idle, etc. Looking back, the fact that she'd pay attention to me while explaining that... is all the more confirmation that I found a keeper!
She bought her Civic despite not being proficent with a clutch, but learned real quick (I did have to drive it once to realize that this was a vehicle that actually did need throttle as you let out the clutch--once she had that "permission" she's been good to go). When I decided it was time to replace her Civic she placed stickshift about #3 on the list of must-haves, after a/c and large enough to hold the kids.
But if we lived in the 'burbs we'd probably have an auto, she conceeds that point. But she'd be the first to "authorize" a "fun" car for the weekends, with a proper trans of course.
Sounds like my wife lol, but my wife started driving a year ago (comes from a really rich family back in India so she had drivers (chauffeur?), so did I until I was 12), I'm so impressed at her driving progression just in a year, my wife has truly impressed me.
But driving a manual or females who can properly drive a full size suv/truck are also very impressive to me.
Well, I did meet her in Maine... But she was from CT, so she's an odd duck, someone who would head north to middle of nowhere to attend college. [Oddly enough we now live north of No. Weare at the present time.] She insists that I did a great job of teaching her how to drive a manual transmission: I recall going over how an engine works, why it doesn't make power at idle, etc. Looking back, the fact that she'd pay attention to me while explaining that... is all the more confirmation that I found a keeper!
She bought her Civic despite not being proficent with a clutch, but learned real quick (I did have to drive it once to realize that this was a vehicle that actually did need throttle as you let out the clutch--once she had that "permission" she's been good to go). When I decided it was time to replace her Civic she placed stickshift about #3 on the list of must-haves, after a/c and large enough to hold the kids.
But if we lived in the 'burbs we'd probably have an auto, she conceeds that point. But she'd be the first to "authorize" a "fun" car for the weekends, with a proper trans of course.
Sounds like my wife lol, but my wife started driving a year ago (comes from a really rich family back in India so she had drivers (chauffeur?), so did I until I was 12), I'm so impressed at her driving progression just in a year, my wife has truly impressed me.
But driving a manual or females who can properly drive a full size suv/truck are also very impressive to me.
