Date:         Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:59:44 -0800
Reply-To:     Paulus Tsai <pdtsai@OLYPEN.COM>
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From:         Paulus Tsai <pdtsai@OLYPEN.COM>
Subject:      Re: women and standard gearbox
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The women in my family, starting with my wife, will drive standard.

Little did she know when she moved here from Austria that she would
not only drive a manual up the hills of Aiea on Oahu as her first
driving experience, but drive a fully loaded vanagon through wind
blown valley exiting through the east of Yosemite with gusts of 70-80
mph.

The bucking and my temper when I was teaching her was no fun, but
there will be no automatic transmissions in this family.

>
> George Thorburn wrote:
> Sam wrote:
> "All miles were personally driven by myself since it has a standard
> gearbox
> of which most women are afraid".
>
> Boy Sam are you in trouble now.
> My wife learned to drive on a Toyota Corolla with 4 speed standard
> transmission.  (Her dad was recovering from triple by-pass surgery
> when he was teaching her.) Most of the cars and trucks she has
> bought or driven since have been standards including our
> Westfalia.  My daughter learned to drive on a Jetta and is
> currently driving a Suzuki Swift with a 5 speed.  My daughter
> occasionally drives the Westfalia.  Having two or more drivers that
> can drive the camper makes long trips much more pleasant.  (who
> needs cruise control)
>
> George,
> '85 Westfalia (4 speed manual transmission)