Subj : Re: Learning to drive To : The Godfather From : Avon Date : Sat Aug 07 2021 15:57:25 On 06 Aug 2021 at 12:01p, The Godfather pondered and said... TG> My mom owned a Subaru hatch back in 1986ish (I believe thats when I got TG> my learners permit). It was a stick shift and we lived in Colorado. TG> May her rest in peace, having had to teach me to drive up and down snow TG> and ice packed busy roads during the middle of winter. I'm still TG> unclear how either of us survived. This brings back memories of me learning to drive with my dad.One day he suggested we practice a crash stop and told me to hit the breaks hard when he gave me the word. We were on a quiet road off the beaten track so it was all good on that count. When we did the test I may have moving at 30km but after the one test he said I think we've done that enough :) --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64) * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101) .