'So now you know tha' if the engine sounds like that? You change gear. An' keep your bloody eyes facin' forward, woman. You know where your feet are, you don' need t'check.'
He's eyeing the space left. They've got enough.
'OK. Second gear. You take your foot off the accelerator an' put the clutch down at the same time. Pull the gearstick straigh' back. Then do wha' you did the first time - clutch up, accelerator down. Get 'em to meet in th' middle, same as you did before.'
Gears are easy once you get the hang of them. He's starting to wonder if steering will end up being an issue. This is a heavy old car and power steering won't be invented for almost thirty years. She's very small.
...he'll cross that bridge when he comes to it. He's trying not to think about the simple act of braking, at the moment, though it's going to be an issue soon enough.
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Painful.
'So now you know tha' if the engine sounds like that? You change gear. An' keep your bloody eyes facin' forward, woman. You know where your feet are, you don' need t'check.'
He's eyeing the space left. They've got enough.
'OK. Second gear. You take your foot off the accelerator an' put the clutch down at the same time. Pull the gearstick straigh' back. Then do wha' you did the first time - clutch up, accelerator down. Get 'em to meet in th' middle, same as you did before.'
Gears are easy once you get the hang of them. He's starting to wonder if steering will end up being an issue. This is a heavy old car and power steering won't be invented for almost thirty years. She's very small.
...he'll cross that bridge when he comes to it. He's trying not to think about the simple act of braking, at the moment, though it's going to be an issue soon enough.