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Date:         Fri, 24 May 2013 21:11:13 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Friday A couple of things
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>Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 17:31:34 -0700 >Message-ID: ><CAJ-pOoYmLa2-ZPB0ttLtTEc=wmwnbAQyq+ydutqeMic-V61y5A@mail.gmail.com> >Subject: Re: Friday A couple of things >From: "sailingfc @dslextreme.com" <sailingfc@dslextreme.com> >To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b3a9c16a9bfd404dd8009e7 >X-Gm-Message-State: >ALoCoQkTM/Kv66KgiMvxjA7uS4WvL+9eLZQzYcgLJH5o3tbG3krd1IBXCSLhsB2p8DW8ZFQwjWpC > >David has a good point. > >My daughter bought her 2012 Golf TDI (6 speed), with minimal stick >experience. The dealer sales guy offered to teach her when we went >for a test drive. Not after we decided to buy the car, but at the >test drive stage. I could see that she was receptive to all of his >instructions (probably more than she would have been for me) and I >think he was more patient than I may have been. After 15 minutes in >the parking lot, we hit the streets. She did real well. At one stop >sign he told her to floor it from a stop, to show off the torque of >the TDI. She was hesitant, but did it. Later she said that scared >her a bit. When we finally went back and bought a TDI, we spent >about a half an hour in the adjacent empty parking lot practicing >starting and stopping without the sales guy. It was pretty easy at >that point because she had the basics and I just helped her fine >tune her technique and explained the mechanics of how the clutch >worked. (and we made calls with the bluetooth feature,:-)) > >-Dick- >87 Vanagon Syncro

-- David Beierl -- dbeierl@attglobal.net


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