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5 Rules For Driving A Manual Shift Vehicle

Driving a manual or stick shift vehicle requires a little something extra. Once upon a time, all vehicles were manual shift. Those were the days of “3 on the tree” and “4 on the floor”, a reference to the location, and number of gears. Today, there are many people who have never heard those terms, they think “4 on the floor” means ‘don’t lean back in your chair at the…

Take The Time To Be Thorough

Being thorough is the trait which sets those who succeed apart from those who just get by. To be thorough is to spend the extra time needed to guarantee a job well done. Getting by means double checking the work that was just completed, being thorough means triple checking, and then checking again. To be thorough in all things takes extra effort, and it is that extra effort which will…

The Proper Mechanics Of The Hood Slide

First things first we need to establish a working definition of the term “hood slide”. A hood slide is performed by taking a running approach to, and then sliding your body across the hood of a vehicle. It is usually done to get to the other side of a car in the fastest possible manner. It makes sense in a situation where you just can’t spare the extra seconds it…