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 Posted: 11/21/04 - 16:30 Post subject: Driving lesson #2.
So I took the boy out again today, first time in about a month I think for me. He actually did quite well, I only grabbed the "oh sh*t" bar once.  We went on the highway too for about 15 miles. I even let him go through the bank drive through to make a deposit.
He said I did well today too.  He even thanked me for taking him out and letting him drive the Jeep. He can be such a nice boy sometimes.  I love him today. 
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robp
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Posted: 11/21/04 - 16:34 Post subject:
Um when you gonna teach him how to do donuts, burn-outs and power shifts? I taught my kids.... my theory was the little dirtbags are gonna do 'em anyways so they might as well learn how to do 'em without grenading a transmission or rearend.....
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Posted: 11/21/04 - 16:36 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | Um when you gonna teach him how to do donuts, burn-outs and power shifts? I taught my kids.... my theory was the little dirtbags are gonna do 'em anyways so they might as well learn how to do 'em without grenading a transmission or rearend..... |
 I'll leave that job to DH. That's his department. Good point.
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Sahara
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Posted: 11/21/04 - 16:48 Post subject:
My dad took me out to learn how to do donuts in the snow when I had my learners permit. His theory was that that way I'd learn how to handle one should the need arise. I'm sure he knows that I still delight in doing them in empty parking lots, every winter.
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Posted: 11/21/04 - 17:28 Post subject: Re: Driving lesson #2.
| JACKED UP wrote: |
He said I did well today too. He even thanked me for taking him out and letting him drive the Jeep. He can be such a nice boy sometimes. I love him today. |
 sweet!
hey, he passed the highway test and the bank drive-thru 
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Posted: 11/21/04 - 18:58 Post subject:
I am SO glad we're done with that.
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Posted: 11/21/04 - 19:01 Post subject:
Aaaarrrrgh.....my son just got his permit.....in 6 months he gets his license.....now he just needs to get a job and graduate from high school..... 
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Posted: 11/21/04 - 19:58 Post subject:
| bburgoyne26 wrote: | | Aaaarrrrgh.....my son just got his permit.....in 6 months he gets his license.....now he just needs to get a job and graduate from high school..... |
Welcome to my nightmare B. I'm thinking of getting a heartrate monitor just for driving with the boy.  I swear I'm gonna have a stroke.
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Posted: 11/21/04 - 20:07 Post subject:
| Sahara wrote: | | My dad took me out to learn how to do donuts in the snow when I had my learners permit. His theory was that that way I'd learn how to handle one should the need arise. I'm sure he knows that I still delight in doing them in empty parking lots, every winter. |
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Posted: 11/21/04 - 20:11 Post subject:
| Sahara wrote: | | My dad took me out to learn how to do donuts in the snow when I had my learners permit. His theory was that that way I'd learn how to handle one should the need arise. I'm sure he knows that I still delight in doing them in empty parking lots, every winter. |
My dad did too, although I already knew how 
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Posted: 11/21/04 - 20:11 Post subject:
I had to learn how to do donuts on my own.
I must say though,...for a self-taught donuter, I'm pretty dang good.
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Posted: 11/22/04 - 08:54 Post subject:
| Sahara wrote: | | My dad took me out to learn how to do donuts in the snow when I had my learners permit. His theory was that that way I'd learn how to handle one should the need arise. I'm sure he knows that I still delight in doing them in empty parking lots, every winter. |
My driver's education instructor took us out and taught us the finer points of donut making. He had a nervous breakdown and retired that same year. Coincidental?
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bpdou
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Posted: 11/22/04 - 09:30 Post subject:
| Sahara wrote: | | My dad took me out to learn how to do donuts in the snow when I had my learners permit. His theory was that that way I'd learn how to handle one should the need arise. I'm sure he knows that I still delight in doing them in empty parking lots, every winter. |
And for those of you in the audience with front-wheel drive cars... do them in REVERSE.
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Posted: 11/22/04 - 09:40 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: | I had to learn how to do donuts on my own.
I must say though,...for a self-taught donuter, I'm pretty dang good. |
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Posted: 11/22/04 - 12:41 Post subject:
| bpdou wrote: |
And for those of you in the audience with front-wheel drive cars... do them in REVERSE. |
I actually mastered doing a 180 with a FWD in reverse on a country road.  I did them several times in one day because I was driving back and forth on several roads looking for a cow. Never once ended up in a ditch (or even close to the ditch).
I went out and taught myself donuts when I got my truck. I figured if I ever got into a situation, I should know where the points are that the truck starts to slip, kick out to the side, or completly spin.
I also learned how to intentionally cause it to kick out to the side. Knowing how to do that has saved me from being T-boned at least once.
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