To go along with the http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f76/what-your-first-car-65826/ thread...
Mine was a full-size Dodge panel van, about a 1983 or so (I learned in 1985-86).
I don't know if the person who taught me had faith in my budding ability, a death wish, or simply knew of a surefire way to teach someone. We just went backward and forward, maybe 40 feet each way, on a lightly sloped gravel parking lot with a very steep, long, and unprotected (no barrier) downhill slope behind us. The fear of causing him, his van, and myself serious bodily injury was enough to keep me really focused on what he was saying. :icon_eek:
(And please, no AT bashing - lots of folks prefer that option and it doesn't make them any better or worse drivers or enthusiasts.)
Mine was a full-size Dodge panel van, about a 1983 or so (I learned in 1985-86).
I don't know if the person who taught me had faith in my budding ability, a death wish, or simply knew of a surefire way to teach someone. We just went backward and forward, maybe 40 feet each way, on a lightly sloped gravel parking lot with a very steep, long, and unprotected (no barrier) downhill slope behind us. The fear of causing him, his van, and myself serious bodily injury was enough to keep me really focused on what he was saying. :icon_eek:
(And please, no AT bashing - lots of folks prefer that option and it doesn't make them any better or worse drivers or enthusiasts.)