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Sep 27, 2006 | 08:30 AM

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Judge his shifting abilities

This is a little vid of my younger brother's LT\Lid\shifter LS1. He is only 18 and has only been driving 6 speed for two months. Tell me how his shifting is.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KDTvEAnPhfE

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Sep 27, 2006 | 09:06 AM

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Slow.

Sep 27, 2006 | 09:34 AM

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y do people always say ONLY 18, im 18 and i guess it is a young age but we dont need special treatment
/rant
not bad for driving for 2 months

Sep 27, 2006 | 09:37 AM

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IMO not bad at all buddy & that Z sounds awesome

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Sep 27, 2006 | 09:38 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BLACKNREDSS

y do people always say ONLY 18, im 18 and i guess it is a young age but we dont need special treatment
/rant
not bad for driving for 2 months

lol.....

Sep 27, 2006 | 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by BLACKNREDSS

y do people always say ONLY 18, im 18 and i guess it is a young age but we dont need special treatment
/rant
not bad for driving for 2 months

Well it's rare to see a 16-18 year old driving these cars, and for good reason.

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Sep 27, 2006 | 10:14 AM

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Slow.

Can you post a link as to what you would consider fast?

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Sep 27, 2006 | 11:07 AM

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i bought my car when i was 18.................just to make my dad mad!!!!

Sep 27, 2006 | 11:48 AM

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That shifting was good. Tell him good work and next step is to work on power shifting so you bark each gear

Sep 27, 2006 | 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BLACKNREDSS

y do people always say ONLY 18, im 18 and i guess it is a young age but we dont need special treatment
/rant
not bad for driving for 2 months

When you get older you will say "only 18" too.

Sep 27, 2006 | 12:50 PM

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Pretty good.
I thought it sounded like his shifts slowed down the faster he went probably due to a little hesitation from lack of confidence in hitting the gear as he had to reach further away from his body.

Sep 27, 2006 | 01:24 PM

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18 doesn't deserve special treatment. I was shifting like that at 18 as well, and people did find it amazing....outside of my family that is. We're expected to know how to drive....nice shifting, and nice car man!

Sep 27, 2006 | 02:39 PM

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Thanks guys, yeah I was powershifting which I don't do much, I had years of experience from the passenger seat

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Sep 27, 2006 | 03:01 PM

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Thanks guys, yeah I was powershifting which I don't do much, I had years of experience from the passenger seat

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Glad ya are here with us & keep it up buddy cause ya know what ya do

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Sep 27, 2006 | 03:50 PM

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Power shifting is the only way to shift.. If you don't know how to,,, you don't deserve to cruise in a F-Body. Just my opinion though.

Sep 27, 2006 | 04:08 PM

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Sounded good to me

As for powershifting, thats a little to rough on things for me.

Sep 27, 2006 | 04:09 PM

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Sure he can shift fast..... but can he launch it?

Sep 27, 2006 | 04:15 PM

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Quote:

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Power shifting is the only way to shift.. If you don't know how to,,, you don't deserve to cruise in a F-Body. Just my opinion though.

just curious... so if you say you dont deserve to cruise in a Fbody if you dont powershift...are you saying you dont deserve to drive your car....being A4 and all, i dont see you powershifting at all....