Reminds me of old Chinese proverb:
In order to know good, one must experience bad ........
Bill
1981 300 TD
I recall my Bus to be 80 hp and a four speed shift counting reverse
Tyler Backman wrote:
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I think they should learn to drive on an VW Bus with 40HP and a low-
tech 3 speed automatic with worn out carbs like I did. I wanted to
drive irresponsibly, but it was just impossible. That all changed
when I got a 5 speed Volvo 740 Turbo a few years later though... I
got to spend a night in jail before I "learned" to slow down a bit
(and purchased a radar detector). It can literally go twice as fast
as my 240D on WOT....
3 series BMW? A 320 or 318 is about as fast (err... slow) as a 300D.
A 325 or M3 though is a different story.
Tyler
On Dec 5, 2006, at 10:43 AM, Werner Fehlauer wrote:
Larry - a better car to train teens would be a stick shift 240D
without air
or radio, preferably with at least one flat so that they would have
to learn
how to change a tire; then when the clutch got worn out, they could
also
learn another valuable lesson in maintenance by crawling under and
replacing
that, too.
My father got me a '34 Chevy 4 door when I started driving, and I
had to do
all the work, including replacing the tranny when I broke the first
one.
After 18 months I had made it ready for the scrap yard, and then he
let me
drive his hand-me-down '49 Ford 6 cylinder, which still almost got
me killed
by going too fast.
I made all my children (girls) learn to drive in a stick shift, how to
change tires, change oil, and when they broke something mechanical,
assist
me in doing the repairs. All of them have now survived over 30 years
accident free, and their cars seem to last a lot longer than the
manufacturer's would like, and the cars get regular service.
IMO, letting an 18 year old into a 3 series BMW or a 'vette is
putting them
in serious harm's way!
Werner
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