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Originally Posted by theholycow
 Sounds like a great idea, as long as you remember that it takes months to get comfortable with it and try to imagine what it's going to be like after you're good at it. |
Right, right. I guess I just need to make sure that a manual's going to feel right to me in the long run. I've got a buddy who told me I could practice on his old Mazda 626. Maybe I'll have to take him up on the offer sooner than later.
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Originally Posted by UsedTaHaveA68
Better yet, try and talk your dad into letting you drive his Porsche (SWEET!). Drive it around for a couple hours and see what you think.
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Forgot to mention this... His '87 911 is actually what I learned on. Significantly harder than when I drove my brother's '03 G35 coupe. The lessons continued when my dad sold his '87 911 and bought a '97 911 Turbo with a computer tweak to push out 500 hp.
I don't recall ever driving the black convertible he got after getting rid of the Turbo, but I have driven his latest 911. I'm not sure of the year, but it's a 997 Carrera 4, similar to CGM (minus the blue flecks) in color. That was pretty easy to drive, except for my dad sitting in the passenger seat and saying "give it more gas" and "go ahead and go faster", even though I was already going 5 over the speed limit.