He and his sister drove the automatic Silverado last year and the 3 pedal Tacoma the year before, they live in Ottawa.
His sister had her 16th birthday on July 15, got her beginners a few days later. Shes still in Ottawa this year, has a lifeguard job, also is teaching swimming. Her first class was a group of old women, many were immigrants. She said she had to save one lady who went under and didnt come up. Grabbed her by the arm and pulled her up, before anything bad happened. They both continued the lesson.
The grandson has a lot of video game experience, including racing, he has a steering wheel setup. I told him that was not quite like the real thing, he didnt entirely agree with me. Then he went to the gokart track, we have a pretty good one, he agreed after it was quite real compared to video.
63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
I was 8 with cars, 3 on the tree mostly, no automatics, pretty much no floor shifters. Learned to drive farm tractors at my uncles farm, dont think I ever drove one with brakes. In low gear, theyd stop when you turned off the key. Learned how to back up trailers with a tongue and a pivoting front axle.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
As the photo needs to be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise, it looks like he's taking off in the space shuttle.
Its all that power from the 305?
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
Learned how to back up trailers with a tongue and a pivoting front axle.
Oh man, wasn't that fun at first....... But it's great experience.
I started our kids on riding mowers on the farm when they were around 8. Then started letting them steer vehicles not too long after while I did the driving. Then started letting them drive the 3/4 of a mile out the back way to the public road and when they were around 12 - 13 then we went driving on the back roads, miles from any main roads and rarely would we meet another vehicle. By the time they were 16 they both had done their fair share of driving riding mowers, tractors, go carts, 90cc trail bike and old beater cars that I got for them to rip around the farm with. We had 35 acres and 24 acres of that was a former tree nursery with all kinds of roads and trails for vehicles. They both learned how to drive a standard years before they had their license. I've never regretted that time and money spent. I feel sorry for kids growing up in town who don't get behind a wheel until they have their learner's permit. Classic example is now that we live in town, I see the kids next door who have never driven a vehicle until they can do it legally on a paved road. I've tried to encourage the dad next door to take his kids out into the country (5 minute drive) and let them learn ahead of time but to no avail.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
I was driving my sister's 65 Beaumont at about age 7 sitting on her lap making a run down the runway on our farm.
My dad put me in the drivers seat and took me out on the city streets at about age 10 in our 70 454 Parisienne.
When you have no feel for the pedals in a 454 with touchy disc brakes and a dad with a bad temper it's a quick learning curve.
But it's great experience. 