Miata Mailing List: September 1999, Message #349

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At 9/3/99 08:33 AM -0400, Nancy Jerman wrote:

>Hello everyone,  I am new to the list and am now in the process of
>buying my first Miata, after a couple years of watching them fly by my
>Honda Civic.  I am getting a '96 M-edition with 19,000 miles on it (must
>have belonged to a little old lady who only drove it to church),
>Twilight Blue Mica.  Yay!

Way to go Nancy.  Welcome to the asylum.  (This place is run by the 
inmates, but don't let that worry you none.)

>I am learning  to drive stick to get this car (the things we do for
>love) and am picking up the car today.  I am quite nervous because I
>know I will need to develop an instinct for the clutch.

Practice, practice, practice.  Heck, after 35 years, I'm still practicing 
and loving every minute of it. <g>

>   What if I have
>to stop on a hill, but I panic and roll back into a garbage truck?

You can use the emergency brake to help you take off from a hill.  As you 
let out the clutch, drop the brake handle at the same time.  No backward 
rolling and no garbage truck clunk.


Paul
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Merrimack, NH
Home of the "Screamer" (99 Silver TP)
and "Miss Piggy" (33' MSV Pursuit Motorhome)
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Never drive any faster than your guardian angel can fly.