Granddaughter Barracuda Driving Lesson

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A few days ago I took my 17 year old grandson out for a driving lesson in the 69 Barracuda. My 15 year old granddaughter said, "what about me?" So we went out today. She did amazingly well. She was an expert at slipping the clutch starting out. She only killed the engine twice; both times involving a complete stop without clutch depression. The grandson killed the engine 4 or 5 times.
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Took my step-daughter out to practice driving the Porsche 914 five-speed. It went well until part-way through the lesson I instructed her to "press the clutch and shift" and her response was "the clutch is gone". Well, the cable that operates the clutch happened to snap (again) which pulled the pedal clear to the floor (where it stayed). So when she went to press on the clutch pedal, it was for all intents and purposes "gone".

We didn't have that problem later in the '96 Dodge Dakota 3.9 five-speed.
 
^^ Lol you should have continued to teach her how to drive.........WITHOUT the clutch...>>>>>!!!!
 
harrisonm said:
A few days ago I took my 17 year old grandson out for a driving lesson in the 69 Barracuda. My 15 year old granddaughter said, "what about me?" So we went out today. She did amazingly well. She was an expert at slipping the clutch starting out. She only killed the engine twice; both times involving a complete stop without clutch depression. The grandson killed the engine 4 or 5 times.View attachment 1715773420 View attachment 1715773421
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Tremendous!!!
 
Yeah that's how you teach to drive a clutch. Teach them how to ride the clutch then turn around and say "now don't do that". LOL Riding the clutch is the key to the whole can of worms.
 
I like to teach what not to do first; i.e. go ahead and pop the clutch from a stop and see what happens (stalls); now release the clutch as slowly as you can; Hey, you got it!

My nephew just purchased a nice little red Ford (standard transmission) supposedly for his college educated daughter. I was a part-time driver training instructor, so I offered my time to help teach her to drive the vehicle. She declined the offer and the car just sat until her father had to sell it and look for an automatic.
 
RustyRatRod said:
Yeah that's how you teach to drive a clutch. Teach them how to ride the clutch then turn around and say "now don't do that". LOL Riding the clutch is the key to the whole can of worms.
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"Clutch pedal is not a foot rest". :lol:
Clutch is out. How do we get this home? Let's see.
Freeway! Fewest stop signs or signals. :lol:
 
Thay is awesome. Wife still wont drive a stick.. My first 2 cars (Hondas) and the 2 others i learned on (Dads 2 company cars, Subaru 10(?) And Toyota celica GT) were all manuals. Subi clutch was very tight while the Celica was forgiving as all hell. Stalled it on some tracks once and just jammed it into first and ran the starter with my foot on the gas..worked like a charm. Drove the subi 40 miles on a broken clutch cable. Upshifting was cake, starting had to be from a stopped motor. I only had to do that 3 times in 40 miles.
 
pishta said:
Drove the subi 40 miles on a broken clutch cable. Upshifting was cake, starting had to be from a stopped motor. I only had to do that 3 times in 40 miles.
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drove a dirtbike once with a broken ankle
upshifting was a little bit of a pain

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Love it. Unlike the grandson, she drives with her eyes open!.

Good times there. Memories for their lifetime.
 
My son's learned on the 440/18-spline with 143-tooth flywheel and HEAVY 11" clutch. Talk about forgiving on the start. I learned in a '73 RX-2. Talk about unforgiving on letting the clutch out from a stop...
 
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