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Originally Posted by LWJ
My 19 yr old son desperately wanted to drive my 911. It was a total cringe.
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Dad taught me during winter on an expendable 1978 Corolla wagon.
First was KOEO pushing in the clutch and going through the gears to know where they are. Up down up down through the gears. Know where they are.
Next was controlling gas pedal in neutral. The right foot needs a light touch.
Then try out first gear clutch to engagement point only, and then push back in to coast slow, and then reengage.
Match revs. Slow movements.
Clutch always goes in for safety when in doubt. Steer and brake first.
Go through a few gears and back down. Absorb it.
Then he took me to an icy hill to try out handbrake starts.
Also rocking the car out of a snow pit when completely stuck and spinning the wheels. The cruel bastard.
I embellished that training with many handbrake slides and slalom after fresh snow in the nearby empty school parking lot. Cops were understanding.
That beater cart pulled a long time after that until Michigan cancer did it in.
His training also 100% saved my life a few times.