Car: Acquired

[rmitz]

Yeah, I bought the car I posted about last time. I like it. I like it a lot. http://rmitz.org/AT-D5D72D7.pdf

It'll take me some more practice to get smooth with the stick, but that's OK. Thanks to Kelli for driving out with me.

Comments

[tshuma]

Congratulations! It looks like a fun ride.

[rmitz]

Thanks!

[ka3ytl]

*grins*

not the car that I would get, but cool :)

and remember, if you can't find 'em, grind 'em *giggles*

[rmitz]

That was never really the hard part for me...it's more, I need to know what theoretically optimal shifting is like, because I don't know in which direction to adjust things, necessarily. But I already feel relatively comfortable.

[ka3ytl]

Some of it is really knowing the roads that you are traveling on. When I drove a standard all the time, I would start to auto shift (naturally) and then when I hadn't driven it for a while and then drove one again I would want to automatically shift in certain places where it didn't seem to make sense until I got to the next bit of road and went "oh yeah.... that's why I wanted to shift back there.... "

[foobart]

Let the teasing about the early mid-life crisis commence! :)

In all seriousness, looks like a pretty sweet ride.

[ohhim]

If he was all about the mid-life crisis, he would have picked up the 2004 Corvette Convertible with 8,000 miles on it for only $7K more...

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=225216427

[rmitz]

That I *definitely* wouldn't have been able to fit in my garage. And only two seats.

[rmitz]

Thanks. I'll take you driving next time you're in town. :)

[rmitz]

Nah, I'm sure I'll be fine. It's actually tons easier than driving Kelli's car. :)