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I JUST PASSED MY ROAD TEST !!!

-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

Allow me to pass along some wisdom that I have learned in the few years I have been driving.

Never try to move a cement truck with your car. It won't work.

Joe Potato

AWESOME!!

Now get ready for all the chores your parents are going to make you do! Go to the grocery store, stop at the bank, mail this out.. the list goes on, and on, and on. . .

But Congratulations!!

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"it's the neck, it creaks under the weight of too much heavy thinking."

Congratulations!!!

Do you have a vehicle of your own??

LOL!! Congrats.. I remember the day i took my test!! i was so nervous.. i had everything turned off the A/C the radio... all the nonsense.. then i realized when i was driving i had no A/C but i didnt wanna take my hands off the wheel to fiddle with the a/c! omg it was SO hot.. this was during an Oklahoma summer too. my instructer ROLLED THE WINDOW DOWN!! lol.. man.. good thing you didnt do anything dumb like i did... or did you?

*Chelle*
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some more advise...

if you ever get into a "cement based light pole VS. 1999 corolla" situation.... My bets on the pole...

Along the lines of the other advice - even if you have a pickup truck, the concrete pillars in a parking garage are going to win.

The good news, I found out today, is that I did the *right* thing in how I manuevered the truck after hitting the pillar and didn't cause more damage than I'd already done.

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Congratulations!!!

One little advice, it's very handy to get the gears right

Ah these yanks, they all run on automatics you see! Well most of them do anyway.

I've never owned an automatic. My first car, a 1986 Ford Escort was a 5 speed, my next car a 1995 Mercury Tracer was a 5 speed, my 1996 Chevy Camaro Z28 is a 6 speed, and my Chevy Silverado is a 5 speed.

Automatics, pfffft.

Ok, it was a bit of a generalisation but just from what i've observed from my visits there.

My car is an automatic because I bought it off my Mom for WICKED cheap!!! I didn't have a choice in the matter. (My last car was an automatic because I lucked into that one too...)

Edit : So technically. . . my car is an automatic with a disclaimer.

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"it's the neck, it creaks under the weight of too much heavy thinking."

my 1996 Chevy Camaro Z28 is a 6 speed

This isn't one of those infamous "Big V8" American sports cars is it? As in 5 litres or more, possibly with a supercharger, minimum 350 BHP power output and neck snapping 0 to 60 acceleration?

Not surprised it isn't an automatic.


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

i have also never owned an automatic transmission, but tim and i are very much the exception to the rule. well over 80% of the vehicles on the road in america are automatic

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"That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman

Although I admit I drive an automatic, I had to learn and take my driving test with a manual transmission.

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Congratulations Ferret Fish... whoops terranova..... you are very brave... I was to fraidy to get my licence at 16 yrs 9 months (as it was in the day).... I think you are tres tres cool....

btw manual transimission is so much fun... I would never go back. luv it!

Enjoy being (responsible and) independent! I still remember the thrill.

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the "vehicle of my own" is soon to be...a simple silver 98 honda accord...it does the job, it's cute, and i'm not paying, so i'm all for it

-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

This isn't one of those infamous "Big V8" American sports cars is it? As in 5 litres or more, possibly with a supercharger, minimum 350 BHP power output and neck snapping 0 to 60 acceleration?

Yea, pretty much. 5.7 litres, no supercharger yet (probably going with a stroker, i like mountains of torque rather than top end, and with all the superchargers available for my car, they all come on power around 3k rpm. Now if someone could wedge in a twin screw whipple type supercharger that makes power even at idle, i'd be there!), no, stock was 285 (she's not stock anymore ) for my year, and 345 for a 2002 Z28 SS. Not exactly neck snapping, but still crisp in the mid 5 second range.

It wasn't a rocket ship from the factory, but it was a cheap, rear wheel drive V8 that was a very good bang for the buck car. New, top of the line Camaro Z28 SS 's were around 27,000 until 1998-1999 when the new engine went in, and even then you'd have to struggle to make it cost much more than 30k. GM left a lof of potential on tap from the factory, where just minor modifications could add up to 50 hp. It's not unusual for a car to gain 100hp from bolt on modifications alone. That is with the older 'outdated' engine. New style all aluminum engines had much more left on the table.

I love it

Do you also love your petrol (gas) bill?

For some of us the thought of high gas (petrol) prices would dissapate as soon as that engine turned over.

( stupid speed addiction )

Actually my little speed machine has fallen into disrepair and having become a somewhat resposible adult with a fish habit and limited finances I am being forced to think of a more economical and envrionmentaly friendly alternative.

Congratulations terranova!

Welcome to serious freedom. When I got my license, few people saw me around home anymore.

Prior advice is well founded. Anything containing concrete or larger than your vehicle should be avoided.

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