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turbojimmy
Dec 19, 2014Explorer
toedtoes wrote:
most people make that adjustment just fine and realize their initial fear was overblown.
That was me the first time I left my driveway with mine. Mild panic that the thing was moving under its own power (long story). Then grateful thankfulness when the brakes actually stopped it at the end of the driveway. Then the point of no return - out to the street. When I didn't take out my mailbox I knew I had this thing nailed.
My first trip (different than most, I know):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xRpZzjHwx8&list=UUx9SX_GLn95n1wOKg9T9-RQ
You can hear me whisper involuntarily "that was close" as I passed the parked cars at around the 2 minute mark. That rig had been sitting for nearly 7 years until I had it towed to my house and put a new engine in it.
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