On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:56:50 -0800, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Ouch indeed.  Kinda the reverse of what nearly everyone I know who
>> learned to drive a stick went through when not timing the clutch
>> properly when shifting.
> 
> Oh, I did that too. This was years after I learned to drive a stick. I
> just wasn't really paying attention to the controls as such. Just, you
> know, drivin'.

Yep, I managed it when I tried driving a stick for the first time in 
years myself.  Takes a few tries to get the hang of it again.

At least when I drove in England, I was driving an automatic.  I don't 
know that I'd get used to shifting with the lever on the wrong side (Yes, 
Stephen, the left side is the WRONG side <g>).

Jim

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