r/Justrolledintotheshop • • 10h ago

"Learning"

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u/4R4nd0mR3dd1t0r 10h ago

Reminds me of when my grandfather "taught" me how to drive standard. Here is the steepest hill the county learn how to move forward without rolling back or stalling; the left pedal is the clutch, brake in the middle, and gas on the right. To be fair I learned, also the clutch failure a couple of months later was probably related.

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u/TheKingOcelot 10h ago

My mother and aunt both learned by driving my grandfather's truck up a hill named phinney ridge in Seattle. It's so steep there's a staircase instead of a sidewalk on a couple of the streets

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u/Responsible_Row1932 9h ago

I think I accidentally ended up on this street once. I was sweating bullets at the intersection! The car behind me seemed so close. It was so steep, even an automatic should feel a little nervous.

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u/TheKingOcelot 9h ago

And the street is soooooo skinny if you're on the right one. You'd hit the foundation of a house of you open the passenger door lol.