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Old 03-13-2011, 04:50 PM
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Good place to teach my gf to drive stick in town?
Anyone know clear roads to teach my gf how to drive stick? She wants to learn and hopefully gets into subarus haha.
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Hmmm, where's a nice, big empty parking lot? Is the old CompUSA parking lot cordoned off these days? Maybe the Costco lot in Iwilei after closing time? Or maybe a school parking lot on weekends. Just some ideas. Good luck!
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Haha! Well I usually take her kahala I'n the back roads near the park. But I'm scared when cars come so I tell her wave them to pass. I really want her to pick up a forester xt.
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Haha! Well I usually take her kahala I'n the back roads near the park. But I'm scared when cars come so I tell her wave them to pass. I really want her to pick up a forester xt.
well unless you getting an old XT you won't have to teach her stick. all the new ones are autotrajic.
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Yea the older ones. What year are they? What's there price at?
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Yea the older ones. What year are they? What's there price at?
2008 and below...hit up Shaggy he may have some on his lot.
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Hmmm might want to get a older model because I want to eventually mod it.
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But I do like how the newer ones are bigger
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It's not quite in town, but Lagoon drive is pretty good - wide and open. Nice view, too.
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idk ur town but industrial areas on the weekend are always pretty legit
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worst mistake of your life dont do it... your gf might not be a spaz though =p
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Originally Posted by subymobbin303
idk ur town but industrial areas on the weekend are always pretty legit
That's what I was goin to say. Industrial areas or office buildings. Also, you had just as much potential to blow a transmission as you did the first time someone taught you. People that say our gf is going to be bad because she's a girl sound silly. If someone WANTS to learn, they'll do fine as long as they have a good instructor.

I taught my ex to drive stick and she didnt do anything I didn't do when I learned.
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Just took her down at kahala and she wasn't that bad but needs to practice grabbing better but shifting isn't bad.
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