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Old Aug 12, 2007 | 01:49 PM
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Tell her there will be plenty of time to cry when you are in the garage tearing out the old clutch
 
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Old Aug 13, 2007 | 05:26 PM
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that is a good time to use the tears
 
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 09:55 AM
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Eh she does alright driving... she just freaks herself out... after some more lessons she'll be fine... she just needs to get the fear out of her...
 
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 11:54 AM
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haha i remembered when i learned to drive stick i just reved it up and let it drop...lol my dad was like "damn you getting ready to become a dragster" lol but then i actually had to learn that i couldn't peel out at every light!
 
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 01:13 PM
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thats nothing lol 2664 lbs



It almost makes your truck look like it's got an itchy *** and it's trying to drag it across the pavement to get it scratched.

You know you can get that fixed... either get it de-wormed or get the stoppers that go into the suspension which will keep it from sagging.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 01:24 PM
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Hahaha.....

back to the manual driving issue, I know when I'm parking in the schools auto shop, I have to pull up, back up, pull up, back up, etc... like 6 times to straighten my truck to the lift, and in the end, I have the WORST case of the shakes in my left leg...

And I don't know why, or how to fix it... :-(
 
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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Here's how you fix the problem...

Learn how to paralell park. If you have to do that six times, then they let you pass at the DMV when they shouldn't have.

Or

Go work your legs out at the gym.

The one thing I hated about driving my 99 Dak was it had a 5spd. Whe you drive for hours on the road and have to do some shifting, I would get fatigued after a while. I'm glad I have an A/T instead.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 02:03 PM
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frenchy - get an automatic then there is now need to use the left leg, except for the e-brake
 
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 02:07 PM
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No, I can parallel park, I just only have like 15 inches of clearance each time, cuz our turning radius SUCKS on these trucks... so it's a bit of a pain to try and turn it to get it on there...

Another thing, I can drive around allllllll day, in town, shifting up, shifting down, never bothers me...

I think I just get nervous.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 02:28 PM
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No, I can parallel park, I just only have like 15 inches of clearance each time, cuz our turning radius SUCKS on these trucks... so it's a bit of a pain to try and turn it to get it on there...

Another thing, I can drive around allllllll day, in town, shifting up, shifting down, never bothers me...

I think I just get nervous.
I used to drive a 95 Silverado xcab, believe me you have absolutely NO reason to complain about the turning radius on our trucks, and I could parallel park that just fine
 
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