[Good day today]

[losinit@usa.net (Cathy Boyko)]

I've been doing the driver training thing too, my daughter has her beginn=
er's.
She hasn't driven the Rocc yet, but it's tough for me to sit in the copil=
ot's
chair. She's doing fine, and has no automatic to drive, we're starting he=
r off
right eh? I suspect she'll stop referring to the Rocc as "that ugly thing=
"
once she does get to take it for a spin, Adam and I were just discussing =
that
this very evening.
cathy  =


Kervin <kervinridgley@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I took my nephew out for his first open road stick shift drive today in=

> my 86.  he  only stalled a few times and there weren't any life
> threatening events so it was great.  It almost brought a tear to my eye=

> when he said, "Uncle Kervin, the steering in your car feels great!" =

> After that, I decided to let him take the long way back to his house :)=
 =

> He also got a part time job at the local Texaco station, so I won't nee=
d
> to worry about his car passing the local emissions test.
> I also had my first stop light race.  It was with a MK2 16v Gti.  I
> didn't win, but it was fun anyway.  He had some sort of gauge on the a
> pillar and I think he was on the bottle.  We were even through 1 gear,
> but he started walking away when we hit second.  His rear bumper was
> even with my front when we got to 70 and I backed off.  I'll have to
> leave my tools (150 lbs) and my nephew (260 lbs) at home for my next
> run.  It did make me think about running something other than a stock
> cam.  Well, maybe next month.
> -- =

> Kervin
> 86 Scirocco 2.0 8v 4K+80% and lots of other numbers and letters
> 88 Gti 1.8 16v Not done and now it's winter :(
> 00 tt600
> =

> =

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