Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Learning how to Drive a Stick (in a car, for you dirty minds)

As a new college student one supply I desperately needed was a new car. The car I learned to drive in and have driven since getting my license had around 165,000 miles on it. My little black Honda was a faithful scratched up automobile that needed a paint job but I adored it.





Anyway while visiting my sister in Lynchburg this past weekend my dad and brother-in-law drove down to Danville to look at a car. I was pumped about getting a new car and completely over-looked the fact that it was a stick-shift. I arrived at my sisters house after a day of shopping for school supplies to find a 06 Nissan Sentra sitting in the drive. While it wasn't brand new to me it was beautiful.





Okay, now to the learning how to drive it part. I am sure for all drivers in Lee Co. it is a hoot to watch me try to pull out and hop all the way to my destination. Anyone that has ridden with me the past two days has learned to hang on to something so they do not bang their head on something! Sorry guys I am getting better! I have learned to drive on back roads so I can keep the stopping to a minimum and so that when I kill it I do not have to worry about the person behind cussing me because they are in a rush.





(this is the only picture I could find of road rage without someone flipping the bird)




So for anyone who may read this and live around the big Lee Co. please be patient with me as I learn.



Oh yeah, let me share the most annoying part of the learning process, people who drive slow in front of you forcing you to down shift. I want to lean out the window and demand they speed up so that I don't have to down shift. I mean really is that too much to ask?

2 comments:

Lula! said...

What you don't know is that I was giving you the finger from the backseat when you were driving us home from Walmart last week. Just so you know.

KristiLU said...

I was totally unaware of that. I am very suprised by your actions...yeah right!