I used to tune my dad's 240-Z when I was 12-13 and he was in the hospital with cancer. 4-speed stick geared for speed, twin SU carbs, inline 6. Hot little thing. I learned to drive in it on my own a little from 12 until I shipped off to military school at 14 (mom working, dad in hospital, older siblings either moved out or away in college, lenient suburban police).
After my dad died, my mom traded up to a brand new red 280-Z, and she and I tricked it out. On leave from military school I would take it out for a spin every now and then when she wasn't looking. In military school I took drivers ed and got some decent road experience. As soon as I graduated military school, I was off to formula racing school in Canada, where I finally found my "happy place." I learned things about driving I didn't even know existed, and the techniques would later come in handy on the street. Bought the car from my mother and drove the living hell out of it for 17 years. I put a lot into that little thing, and I sure as hell took a lot out of it, too. In the end I traded it to a friend of mine for $200 store credit at his electronic components store. To date, I've never been in a chargable accident. Always got rear ended at a stop sign, bumped from behind in stop-and-go traffic -- stuff like that. Racing school made me a better and safer driver, that's for sure. And learning it near the very beginning of my driving experience was good, too, because I didn't have to unlearn any bad habits. Now I'm an old fart driving a Crown Victoria with an automatic transmission. Fmphfff! Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Member of Team Macromedia http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com Download Plum and other cool development tools, and get advanced intensive Master-level training: * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers * ColdFusion MX Master Class * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erika L Walker-Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 11:06 AM Subject: RE: Her First Fender Bender > Yeah - I'm right with you Deanna. > > I learned to drive when I was 9 - of course it was all farm machinery > and a dump truck or two. :) > By the time I went to take my test I could drive an old 1980 F150 manual > trans truck around the back roads of PA with no problems at all. I think > the gear shift was 3 feet tall LOL. Well, I needed a cushion so I could > see over the hood and reach the petals .... But it was all good! > > Cheers, > Erika > -------------------------------------------------- > > ##| -----Original Message----- > ##| From: Deanna Schneider > ##| > ##| Hm. Weird. I got my license on my 16th birthday and drove myself to > ##| school the next day. But, I grew up in the country - we all got our > ##| license's ASAP and driving was a necessity. > # > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| All-in-one: antivirus, antispam, firewall for your PC and PDA. Buy Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=60 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161286 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
