From: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Andreas  Tovornik)
Subject: Re: FLAME! Only a Manual!
Reply-To: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 00:36:38 GMT

In article 1dh2lgINN8au@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu, aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer) writes:
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>In a previous article, atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Andreas  Tovornik) says:
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>>In article 1dck4tINNqj3@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu, aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer) writes:
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>>>In a previous article, atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Andreas  Tovornik) says:
>>>[repeated stuff deleted]
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>>>>And driving TRABANTS!
>>>
>>>haha..nicelyput!!!
>>>
>>>*****WARNING: REAL LIFE EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW!! STOP NOW IF YOU DO NOT LIKE IT!!
>>>(you gotta make sure to put this stuff on these to protect these peeple!! ;-)
>>>
>>>>Yeah...My mother's not willing to try either. When her car was in the shop,
>>>>I said that she was welcome to use mine. I had to drive her all over town
>>>>because she never could be bothered to learn how to REALLY drive(ARRRGH!)
>>>>
>>>
>>>this is a real life example of what i have been stressing.  EVERYONE should
>>>LEARN on a stick, as they can then drive EITHER!!..at their WHIM...but, 
>>>those who never learn on a stick, are relegated to the (monotonouosIMHO)
>>>life of driving an auto only, and, whenever circumstances call, are left
>>>looking like idiots because they have to  be either taught, or they have
>>>to beg someone to take the time to drag them around, or they claim to be
>>>able to, and screw up the equipment!....if everyone were required to learn
>>>to drive a manual, then they would have the choice, but as it is now, have
>>>NONE!!...geez..how can anybody be so blind???
>>>DREW
>>>apologies for the cut stuff..it's in other articles, tho.
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>>Apologies accepted. Sorry 'bout the flame. Thought you were a cretin
>>because you were unclear. Forgive me?
>>
>>I believe that EVERYONE should also know how to double-clutch effectively.
>>It makes HIGH PERFORMANCE much, much smoother!!! :+)
>>
>>Torque Monger
>>
>hmm..if i had the damn $$$$..or someone to teach me, you bet i'd learn,
>but as it is, i learned stick b/c that is what we had(and because that
>is what i wanted!), unless you count my driver's ed(snicker) course, but
>noone to teach double-clutching..i wish someone would teach me to speed
>shift to..just for the fun and novelty..but..i know no one who knows..
>they all want to use those blasted 2pedal junk boxes...ah well..;-)
>DREW

HEH, If I had the damn $$$$, I'd be driving an ASTON MARTIN...
For speed shifting, just keep practicing. I'll email you double-clutching
instructions if you really want them. I learned the technique in truck-
driving school. Your upshifts end up less jerky and those downshifts
become 'smooth as velvet underwear!' :+)

Knowing your way around a crashbox(manual tranny without synchros) is a plus
because one day you might be faced with having to drive one... :+)

Even if you have synchros, double clutching is easier on your drive-train
and your clutch takes longer to wear down if you know what you're doing!
 
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Torque Monger