What the heck happened? Options

[computers4kids]

OK, I was prepping my car for WCR, mainly just changing the oil and removing the thermostat. Everything went beautifully smooth, hop back in the car and let it roar to life... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) Then I go to to put it in first...grind, grind....what the heck, tried second gear, grind, grind. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) So I sit there a minute and start thinking of all the possible causes....then a sudden grin of stupidity flashed before me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) as I realized the problem. I had been driving my little red 914 automatic for the last couple of months, not the V8 teener....well have you guessed my temporary lapse into ignorance...yep, I WASN"T USING THE CLUTCH. Boy did I feel stupid.

[Tom_T]

Back in the late 70's I had an ex-GF who swore she knew how to drive a stick & "....I [she] drove my [her] ex-boyfriends 912 all the time!" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Well I was hurtin-fur-certain after a 2 day 8 match/game Rugby Tourney in Santa Barbara, so I finally acquiesced to let her drive it for awhile. All was okay until traffic was stopped ahead on the 101 into LA, & she starts pumping the clutch for all she was worth - thinking it was the brakes! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/new_shocked.gif)

As soon as I realized that she wasn't gettin it - from the passenger seat & knocked it out of gear & reached over with my left foot to work the brake & took the wheel to steer it from the left lane into the center median barely missing the car stopped ahead & just clipped off the right front side marker lens! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Whew!!!!

That time I was happy that the DAPO had removed the Center Console to make driving from the passenger seat a little easier! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

I suppose everybody gets "pedal challenged" at some point - with me it's usually footin' for the non-existent clutch pedal in my wife's 88 Westy automatic when I haven't driven it for awhile!