Comments on: Getting Buzzed on Labor Day http://dactylmanor.org/blair/zero/2008/09/02/getting-buzzed-on-labor-day/ (It's not defined!) Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:16:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Blair http://dactylmanor.org/blair/zero/2008/09/02/getting-buzzed-on-labor-day/#comment-3412 Blair Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:50:04 +0000 http://dactylmanor.org/blair/zero/?p=512#comment-3412 The civic is the third vehicle I've owned with a stick shift. It's also the very first to include a tachometer. I told Kay what the gauge was and what it was for. Then I suggested she just ignore it. She only came close to redlining the engine once (she was too afraid of squealing the tires). Toward the end of the lesson she started figuring out when to shift without the visual aid. The civic is the third vehicle I’ve owned with a stick shift. It’s also the very first to include a tachometer.

I told Kay what the gauge was and what it was for. Then I suggested she just ignore it.

She only came close to redlining the engine once (she was too afraid of squealing the tires). Toward the end of the lesson she started figuring out when to shift without the visual aid.

]]> By: Katie http://dactylmanor.org/blair/zero/2008/09/02/getting-buzzed-on-labor-day/#comment-3403 Katie Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:00:16 +0000 http://dactylmanor.org/blair/zero/?p=512#comment-3403 LOL, I can only imagine the experience. Jess' mom briefly tried to teach her stick but gave up. We're up to 5 manual transmission vehicles in our stable now. Do you have a tachometer on the Hybrid? if so, that can be useful for learning shift points as well. LOL, I can only imagine the experience. Jess’ mom briefly tried to teach her stick but gave up. We’re up to 5 manual transmission vehicles in our stable now.

Do you have a tachometer on the Hybrid? if so, that can be useful for learning shift points as well.

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