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tao724 said:
My daughter is learning on an automatic.


tdskip.....my daughter was 6 y/o just a ( as Rich White says) 'blink' ago, now shes 16, its still just as great, but I'm afraid to 'blink' again!
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Oddly neither of my kids drive yet - don't want to (23 & 18 - insurance company loves me!) But, both will learn stick - especially daughter as I don't ever want her somewhere where she couldn't drive if she had to.

Had friends who gave their daughter a standard car for college - no one could borrow it cause no one drove stick - problem solved.

and yeah, that blink thing is a big issue, my only consolation is that I'm not getting older.
 
I did not let my son drive the Miata until he had been driving of several months. We live in a small rural town; think no stop lights, so even then he did not have to deal with traffic. It was several more months before he took it in to the "city". We did not want to give him something else to worry about until he was ready. I plan to do the same thing in two years when my daughter reaches 16. I agree everyone should be able to drive a stick.
 
rlwhitetr3b said:
I agree everyone should be able to drive a stick.
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DUDE, are you kidding me ?!?!?!?!?!

That's the only reason I'm able to drive my wife's Midget as much as I do.

If she got proficient again, I'd have to give it up.
 
Bill,
My son has had his for about a month now. His car is a stick (92 GTI). He learned by rolling the car back and forth in the drive way with just the clutch even before his permit. The first time we drove together in his car, he never stalled it.
To make his think twice about his driving habits, I let him drive the Spit to school. Talk about being cautious. He came home and told me he was so nervous. but it made him a more aware driver.
 
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