Boston Area: anyone want to help?
Boston Area: anyone want to help?
I got a new car and I got a manual transmission. I learned on a manual transmission a long time ago but never drove one since then. Anyone around here willing to help me master a standard shift?
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Re: Boston Area: anyone want to help?
learning in Boston, ouch. thats no fun. maybe if i head to one of my buddies place down there ill give you a quick lesson or two. but all you really gotta do is get a feel for the catch point of the clutch and practice. if you learned once, it should be fairly easy to pick it back up again. What car did you pick up btw?
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Re: Boston Area: anyone want to help?
If you want to drive up to Peabody, I might be able to help...
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Re: Boston Area: anyone want to help?
Haha, if I was really in Boston I wouldn't have been brave enough to pick up the manual. I am actually in Waltham. I haven't driven the car too much yet but the main problem is that there are a lot of inclines around where I am and I didn't notice it until I got the standard shift, haha. I picked up a Bimmer, 335xi.pobrien wrote:learning in Boston, ouch. thats no fun. maybe if i head to one of my buddies place down there ill give you a quick lesson or two. but all you really gotta do is get a feel for the catch point of the clutch and practice. if you learned once, it should be fairly easy to pick it back up again. What car did you pick up btw?
Re: Boston Area: anyone want to help?
I may take you up on that, I'm in Waltham. I just really have to avoid inclines. I ran into a really steep one when I went to get my windows tinted and it was not fun.tehfade wrote:If you want to drive up to Peabody, I might be able to help...
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your from peabody? thats right next to me. wait, you don't have a handicap sticker for your car that you throw up sometimes do you? cuz i saw a black gto parked a couple weeks ago with one on and i laughed cuz it seemed so ironic.tehfade wrote:If you want to drive up to Peabody, I might be able to help...
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Re: Boston Area: anyone want to help?
No, no handicap sticker here. There are a few other black GTOs around though....if you see one that's got a G.O.N.E. sticker on the right quarter window, and a slightly cockeyed right tailpipe, that's mine.
OP: 335xi, huh? Nice...the motor in those is badass. Should be pretty easy to drive after you get the hang of it. If you do want to come down, you can just get on 128 and take Rt 1. That puts you less than 5 minutes from me, and there's no hills on the way. (Don't BMWs have a hill holder anyway?)
OP: 335xi, huh? Nice...the motor in those is badass. Should be pretty easy to drive after you get the hang of it. If you do want to come down, you can just get on 128 and take Rt 1. That puts you less than 5 minutes from me, and there's no hills on the way. (Don't BMWs have a hill holder anyway?)
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Re: Boston Area: anyone want to help?
If anyone is in this member's area it would be great if they could help!
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Re: Boston Area: anyone want to help?
read fail. both pat and tehfade are in his area. and if pat is. that means chris is too,Johnf514 wrote:If anyone is in this member's area it would be great if they could help!
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Yeah, hoping to find someone that can help. Of course you're not expected to do this for nothing .wannabe wrote:read fail. both pat and tehfade are in his area. and if pat is. that means chris is too,Johnf514 wrote:If anyone is in this member's area it would be great if they could help!
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Like I said, I'll help you out...gotta check my work schedule for this week though....think I'm off tuesday/thursday, but IDK. I'll know for sure later tonight.
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Re: Boston Area: anyone want to help?
Im always kinda on the lookout for you since youre one of the 3 of us in the imediate area. Now I know what to look for.tehfade wrote:No, no handicap sticker here. There are a few other black GTOs around though....if you see one that's got a G.O.N.E. sticker on the right quarter window, and a slightly cockeyed right tailpipe, that's mine.
And no, its not a read fail, its a Johnfail
Re: Boston Area: anyone want to help?
What's "read fail"?watkins wrote:Im always kinda on the lookout for you since youre one of the 3 of us in the imediate area. Now I know what to look for.tehfade wrote:No, no handicap sticker here. There are a few other black GTOs around though....if you see one that's got a G.O.N.E. sticker on the right quarter window, and a slightly cockeyed right tailpipe, that's mine.
And no, its not a read fail, its a Johnfail
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Re: Boston Area: anyone want to help?
lol me and tehfade both posted that we were in your area already and could possibly help then Johnf came along and asked for people in your area to come and help even though we already posted. so he failed at readingStickIt wrote:What's "read fail"?watkins wrote:Im always kinda on the lookout for you since youre one of the 3 of us in the imediate area. Now I know what to look for.tehfade wrote:No, no handicap sticker here. There are a few other black GTOs around though....if you see one that's got a G.O.N.E. sticker on the right quarter window, and a slightly cockeyed right tailpipe, that's mine.
And no, its not a read fail, its a Johnfail
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Re: Boston Area: anyone want to help?
I've PMed you as well, but I just got out of work...looks like I'll be around Wednesday and Friday if you want to come down then. Let me know and I'll give you directions.
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