Date:         Mon, 15 Apr 1996 19:44:37 -0500 (CDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         tmarcini@execpc.com (Tim Marciniak)
Subject:      Re: EV Driver's Ed

>My 16 year old son has now entered the "Learner's Permit" phase of his
>driving career. After getting his feet wet on his grandmonther's
>automatic-equipped Bimmer, it was time to teach him the fine art of driving
>a standard.
>
>My wife's Subaru was chosen for this duty over the EV (my mistake...). For
>the past two weeks the Sub was forced to endure dropped clutches, stalls,
>misshifts....to the point where Erik (my 16 yr old) and I were about to
>throw in the towel as far as standards were concerned....a MAJOR defeat for
>not only him....but me.
>
>So I figured, what the hell, lets take the EV out. We drove to a large
>parking lot....swapped seats...Erik was at the controls....clutch in...brake
>on...start it up...put it in first...let out the clutch...and....
>
>sssssSSSSSSSMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTHHHHH.....
>
>
>off we went. Hmmmm...try it again....sssssSSSSSSMMMMMMMOOOOOOOTTTTTTHHHH....

>Ric

Ric,

Proof that there must be something to that broad torque curve on the 5cyl EV.

Tim Marciniak                         tmarcini@execpc.com