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Originally Posted by tachyon' post='221802' date='Jan 9 2006, 08:12 PM
My daughter turns 16 in 3 months 
and I have been avoiding taking her out on practice sessions in my new 550. 
But the weather was nice this weekend (no snow or rain) so I finally gave in and let her take the wheel for a couple of sessions on Saturday and Sunday.
I didn't have anything to fear. As much as I always focus on the performance side of the 550, this car is so effortless to drive easy - she looked like she has been drving for years.
She loved the direct steering response ("It's sooo easy to steer, Dad"). And she thought the turn signal is cool. It took her just one stop to figure out that the brakes are really good ... not like having to make reservations ahead of time for stop lights as in the Volvo XC90.
Her favorite thing is the HUD. I didn't have to remind her once to watch her speed.
Man oh man, is she spoiled! I learned to drive in a Ford Pinto with a stick shift.
and I have been avoiding taking her out on practice sessions in my new 550. But the weather was nice this weekend (no snow or rain) so I finally gave in and let her take the wheel for a couple of sessions on Saturday and Sunday.I didn't have anything to fear. As much as I always focus on the performance side of the 550, this car is so effortless to drive easy - she looked like she has been drving for years.
She loved the direct steering response ("It's sooo easy to steer, Dad"). And she thought the turn signal is cool. It took her just one stop to figure out that the brakes are really good ... not like having to make reservations ahead of time for stop lights as in the Volvo XC90.
Her favorite thing is the HUD. I didn't have to remind her once to watch her speed.
Man oh man, is she spoiled! I learned to drive in a Ford Pinto with a stick shift.
Your post took me back to when I learned to drive. I learned when I was 12 or 13 on my grandmother's 1938 Chevrolet--in the tiny town of Franklin, Texas. That was an experience. The car had a manual choke, floor shift, and a starter-tube thing on the floor. In an emergency, it could be started with a crank as I recall. Around the same time, I moved on to my Uncle's 1951 or 1952 Chevrolet. I got my license in Houston the day I turned 14 and was off and running. A few years later, we bought our 1956 Buick Century--8.9 to 60. That car, with my expert help, almost killed me a few times. The main problem in those days was that many cars brakes would go away completely if one had to slow quickly from 80 or 90 mph or so. And, boys will be boys.
I think I'll quit while I am ahead here.
[/quote]Hf B32: "the truck"??? But, anyway, I have driven almost everything possible--including many column shifts on both trucks and autos. Mostly column shifts were available in the 50's--until the muscle car parade began.
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My daughter turns 16 in 3 months and I have been avoiding taking her out on practice sessions in my new 550. But the weather was nice this weekend (no snow or rain) so I finally gave in and let her take the wheel for a couple of sessions on Saturday and Sunday.
I didn't have anything to fear. As much as I always focus on the performance side of the 550, this car is so effortless to drive easy - she looked like she has been drving for years.
She loved the direct steering response ("It's sooo easy to steer, Dad"). And she thought the turn signal is cool. It took her just one stop to figure out that the brakes are really good ... not like having to make reservations ahead of time for stop lights as in the Volvo XC90.
Her favorite thing is the HUD. I didn't have to remind her once to watch her speed.
Man oh man, is she spoiled! I learned to drive in a Ford Pinto with a stick shift.
and I have been avoiding taking her out on practice sessions in my new 550. But the weather was nice this weekend (no snow or rain) so I finally gave in and let her take the wheel for a couple of sessions on Saturday and Sunday.I didn't have anything to fear. As much as I always focus on the performance side of the 550, this car is so effortless to drive easy - she looked like she has been drving for years.
She loved the direct steering response ("It's sooo easy to steer, Dad"). And she thought the turn signal is cool. It took her just one stop to figure out that the brakes are really good ... not like having to make reservations ahead of time for stop lights as in the Volvo XC90.
Her favorite thing is the HUD. I didn't have to remind her once to watch her speed.
Man oh man, is she spoiled! I learned to drive in a Ford Pinto with a stick shift.
great for her ! i take my course on a 350000km lada 2100 (43bhp)
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I learned how to drive stick on Niva 2121!
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Originally Posted by Dirty 30' post='221902' date='Jan 10 2006, 04:55 AM
Am I the only one curious to see what the daughter looks like?
hmmm
does it matter, as long as you get to drive the 550i
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My wife is now learning to drive e60. Only problem is that when diesel have all that low end torq, she really use that!
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Originally Posted by cobradav' post='222085' date='Jan 10 2006, 10:32 AM
which just had to get modded with a '56 DeSoto (ever hear of them?) V8, and all down hill from there.
I had some of da soda with my lunch today.
Now in my "golden" years that old urge is starting to come back but too little, too late. So I gotta get'em straight off the showroom floor they way I want'em. Thanks to BMW, I got that in the 6er
Yeah, you and your 6er--sport button and all. Why don't you buy a Passport GT2, join us on the G-meter thread, and show us how it is done? So, did that bulletin apply to the 550i or not. I couldn't bust your code.
I had some of da soda with my lunch today.
Now in my "golden" years that old urge is starting to come back but too little, too late. So I gotta get'em straight off the showroom floor they way I want'em. Thanks to BMW, I got that in the 6er
Yeah, you and your 6er--sport button and all.
Why don't you buy a Passport GT2, join us on the G-meter thread, and show us how it is done? So, did that bulletin apply to the 550i or not. I couldn't bust your code. 
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Originally Posted by Dirty 30' post='221902' date='Jan 9 2006, 10:55 PM
Am I the only one curious to see what the daughter looks like?
I'm sure she's female
