New member from Italy
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New member from Italy
Hello,
I write from Italy. Be indulgent towards my English, because I rarely speak or write in English and I’m supposed to practice a bit.
I stumbled upon this forum and think it is fantastic. I've always used cars with manual transmission, but I've never been fully satisfied with my precision and smoothness. I've always used gasoline cars, but for a couple of years I’ve been using a small diesel car and the situation has worsened.
My grandfather taught me how to drive when I was a child (I was driving his cars and agricultural vehicles): he was very good, very smooth and precise in the use of the gearbox, but I have never been as good. Then I fell in love with motorcycles and I have a little neglected the use of the automobile and automotive skills (though I realize that motorcycles and cars, in this respect, they have many aspects in common, and a few flaws I have with cars I've even with motorcycles, of course), but now I want to recover and improve. Precision and smoothness are my goals.
I also realized that many things that I took for granted, in the use of the gearbox and more generally in roadcraft, they were not at all, and that I still have much to learn.
When I found this forum, I realized I was in the right place, and many of your posts are of great quality. Thanks
Benquick
I write from Italy. Be indulgent towards my English, because I rarely speak or write in English and I’m supposed to practice a bit.
I stumbled upon this forum and think it is fantastic. I've always used cars with manual transmission, but I've never been fully satisfied with my precision and smoothness. I've always used gasoline cars, but for a couple of years I’ve been using a small diesel car and the situation has worsened.
My grandfather taught me how to drive when I was a child (I was driving his cars and agricultural vehicles): he was very good, very smooth and precise in the use of the gearbox, but I have never been as good. Then I fell in love with motorcycles and I have a little neglected the use of the automobile and automotive skills (though I realize that motorcycles and cars, in this respect, they have many aspects in common, and a few flaws I have with cars I've even with motorcycles, of course), but now I want to recover and improve. Precision and smoothness are my goals.
I also realized that many things that I took for granted, in the use of the gearbox and more generally in roadcraft, they were not at all, and that I still have much to learn.
When I found this forum, I realized I was in the right place, and many of your posts are of great quality. Thanks
Benquick
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Re: New member from Italy
Welcome!!
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Re: New member from Italy
Benvenuto al SS!! Have patience and you will get smoother in time.
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Re: New member from Italy
1980 Buick LeSabre 4.1L 5MT
Put your car in your sig!
Learn to launch/FAQs/lugging/misused terms: meta-sig
Put your car in your sig!
Learn to launch/FAQs/lugging/misused terms: meta-sig
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Re: New member from Italy
Bienvenue! (I've got some French, no Italian) What is your small diesel car that you are driving?
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For Pony!
'11 Ford Fiesta Hatchback SE 5MT
'14 Giant Escape City 24MT
'97 Honda Civic EX 4AT - Retired @ 184,001 mi
For Pony!
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Re: New member from Italy
Thanks for your welcome.
I'm driving a Fiesta 1.4 TDCI (year 2007). I'm getting better using it, but I've never loved it a lot. Poor performance, notchy gearbox and some rev-hang, all features that make driving less enjoyable.
I've found that I can improve my smoothness focusing on the "neutral load" of the driveline and on overlapping a bit of clutch on the gas pedal
I'm driving a Fiesta 1.4 TDCI (year 2007). I'm getting better using it, but I've never loved it a lot. Poor performance, notchy gearbox and some rev-hang, all features that make driving less enjoyable.
I've found that I can improve my smoothness focusing on the "neutral load" of the driveline and on overlapping a bit of clutch on the gas pedal
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Re: New member from Italy
OP, your English is better than vast majority of posts you see on most other forums made by native English speakers. Can't even read that shit half the time without getting a headache.
Welcome to the boards!
Welcome to the boards!
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Re: New member from Italy
Indeed, Welcome!
And for the small amount of time I spent in Trieste.... you are brave, indeed, to drive on those roads. I saw no Ferraris, but I saw a lot of Ferrari driving.
And for the small amount of time I spent in Trieste.... you are brave, indeed, to drive on those roads. I saw no Ferraris, but I saw a lot of Ferrari driving.
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2001 -- 2013 .... 1999 Honda Accord AT (RIP 239k)
1999 -- 2005 .... 1987 Acura Legend 5MT (RIP 174k)
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Re: New member from Italy
@athoxa - maybe because I like people who speak and write correctly and with a bit of elegance in Italian, I try to do the same when I write in English. Thanks
@zenzif6 - my surname is really Ferrari
@zenzif6 - my surname is really Ferrari
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Re: New member from Italy
Willkommen Sie bei Standardshift. Ihre Englisch ist ganz perfekt.
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I think welcome, in Italian, is bienvenido.Squint wrote:Bienvenue! (I've got some French, no Italian) What is your small diesel car that you are driving?
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tankinbeans wrote:I think welcome, in Italian, is bienvenido.Squint wrote:Bienvenue! (I've got some French, no Italian) What is your small diesel car that you are driving?
i already said it in my post man
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/benvenuto
ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
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Re: New member from Italy
Phone sucks. Didn't catch it. My mistake.
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Re: New member from Italy
Pastrami fettuccine cacciatore linguine. Stromboli mostacciolli benzine. Lambrusco prosciutto scallopini chianti antipasto parmesan. Lasagne zucchini grappa ziti.
Come si può vedere, molti su questo forum parlano la lingua di consumo. Felice di averti unirsi a noi!
Come si può vedere, molti su questo forum parlano la lingua di consumo. Felice di averti unirsi a noi!
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Lots of pasta with gasoline. Sounds...tasty.