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*facepalm*

So I just had my first go at trying to drive a stick shift. I need to learn really really well by two weeks from now, since I'm supposed to drive myself back to school (four hours!) in this car.

It went okay, but by the end there was a lovely burned-something smell coming from the engine. Oops?

How about everyone shares their horrifying first-time-driving-stick stories so I feel better, mkay?

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Awww, you'll get the hang of it before long. It just takes practice. When I was first learning I used to do this really dumb thing where I would think that I had stalled at a light or a stop sign, so I would try to start the car again, but it would turn out I hadn't stalled so it would make that horrible noise that cars make when you try to start them when they're already going, and it would scare me so much I would jump and take my foot off the clutch and actually stall.

Um. I don't think we need to share just how many times I did that.

(I wrote about Dean teaching Sammy from my memories of teaching my sister. Oh, those were fun times... *g*)

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Hee! Oh dear! I remember once trying to start my dad's car when it was already going, just because I was being dumb and not paying attention - the sound was not pretty. :P

Eee, I need to read Dean teaching Sammy - maybe I'll be inspired! :D