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Old 11-07-2017, 03:54 PM   #55
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Re: Did you start out driving a Stick Shift?

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Originally Posted by hewittca View Post
My wife (girlfriend at the time) actually taught me how to drive a manual in a '95 Jetta. I knew in theory how to, but before I met her I hadn't actually had the chance to drive one. Her dad taught her, and the only thing she has ever driven was a manual. We joke that I taught her how to drive an automatic! In my old automatic Malibu, it did not have a gear indicator and every time she drove it, she would have to ask for a reminder on how many down was Drive. Now, both of our dailies are manuals and the C10 is our only automatic simply because the truck was too nice to pass up and it still had its original powerglide in it.
When younger I never would of admitted that ,, you have a keeper there ..i laughed ,,but soon appreciated the jest of the story..
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