. . . drove my hotrod today.
I was not locked in the boot, as someone suggested.
This is not an easy car to drive. It has manual steering, manual brakes, and a fairly obscene amount of horsepower. Somewhere north of 430, I believe.
She did more than fairly well at it, except for shifting the transmission. Although it is an automatic, it does have seven different detents: Park, Neutral, Reverse, and four forward speeds. It also has a separate grip lever to prevent inappropriate shifts - like second to reverse. The grip lever has to be operated in a certain sequence which she did not have time to learn.
She negotiated through the neighborhood and down a rather winding rural road. I never felt the slightest concern.
There was a brief flashback, though, when she asked about a turn. I said "turn right here," and suddenly remembered the first time I said that. On that occasion, Right here happened to be between a lamp post and a mail box and into someone's front yard.
The "Mystery Shifter"
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Wow...I would love to have a turn behind the wheel of that....and I am used to manual steering and brakes, my own car has them along with manual gears....though somehow I imagine your rod is way more fun to drive! ;o)
Way to go Lisa :o) Did anyone take a picture of you?
You mean, "which she didn't TAKE time to learn.." hehe
"I'm driving; you shift" was about the extent of it.
It was fun, because you couldn't see the hood of the car whilst driving. I kept saying, "am I in the correct part of the lane?", but at least WAY before there was oncoming traffic. :)
I had that same flashback, and giggled. Could you see a fancy, yellow car in someone's front lawn?
Oh THAT'S what the gear shift looks like. I remember the old red Routemaster London-style buses having a gear lever like that.
You're very brave (or foolhardy) to have let crash-test-Lisa drive your pride and joy. :-)
I wish my dad had something cool like that - he can't even drive!
Lisa must trust you completely to do literally whatever you say without question, even if it is to turn onto someone's lawn. :)
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