Im sure nobody cares

[Hellabad]

Nobody knows this, but before I made race car parts for a living, I made devices /contraptions that made tasks easier for people who needed them.

I came up with lots of inventions for people who needed help performing simple tasks in everyday life. It was very rewarding, but I had to work in the basement of a university hospital for 11 hours a day and I went nuts.

So, you can easily set up things to drive your car controllably and safely. Use your head, you have the right attitude already.

Here is why I am posting this. I see you are in Bremerton. One of the better companies for equipping "handicapped" cars is in the PNW, and maybe you can buy used parts, get ideas, or whatever to help yourself.

Send me a PM, and I will put you in touch as best I can. I know the guys name, but I forget the name of his company.


Jay

[Uber E30]

Wow i admire your positive attitude on the whole situation, that alone should get you far in life. :up::bow:

[5Toes]

Paddle shifters... pfft

And no... I havnt been a pirate yet for Halloween.

But I always tell everybody I was in a shark attack etc. They usually believe it :)

[Scallywagon]

I would get some paddle clutch action ASAP dude, that would be so much fun.

Stick to it, don't break the back end loose til you're comfortable with it, slow down whenever you think about it, and just go with your gut. These guys said the rest

[dvs909]

please tell me you go as a pirate for halloween. that would be fucking awesome.

[Alkasquawlik]

well kudos to you. that's dope.

[5Toes]

Yeah my username is pretty sick.

Basically I was born with an extremely rare bone disease, one in like 1 (maybe 10) million people get it. I had the worst case ever reported :)

So anyways I had the disease (which makes the inside of the joint grow faster then the outside) in 11 areas, where normal cases are about two. I had my first surgery at 18 monthes, and one every year after until I was 11. On 5-16-2006 I had my leg amuptated because since I was 4 my knee and ankle were fused (didn't bend AT ALL). The growth plate of my leg had also closed... so it wasn't going to grow much more.

And here I am today.. soon to be a sophomore in high school. Ive wrestled on the school wrestling team, this year I did swim, and I ride my bike a hell of alot (for a kid).

[e30-RTN]

I get your username now. good one ;)


More info on the leg...What happened?

I think its sweet youre not letting your pegleg keep you from driving a stick

Quoted for truth.

[5Toes]

Alright then. This is probably the route I am going to take. But I will for sure learn on an automatic though.

[Wh33lhop]

No.

[5Toes]

For starting on a hill, use the parking brake to hold you (keep your hand on the parking brake holding the button in). Give it some gas and ease the clutch; as soon as you feel the car start to pull (forward) on the parking brake start driving as normal.

Isnt this bad for the p-brake though?

[AbsorbantNut]

I think its sweet youre not letting your pegleg keep you from driving a stick

Quoted FTW

Keep at it man. I'm 16, so I still remember hw glorious it feels to get your permit. But jsut wait till your actual license8)

[jhowell]

And there is alot of hills around here, so I have to get really good at it.

For starting on a hill, use the parking brake to hold you (keep your hand on the parking brake holding the button in). Give it some gas and ease the clutch; as soon as you feel the car start to pull (forward) on the parking brake start driving as normal.

[DEV0 E30]

dude theres all kinds of shit avail for that. I think its sweet youre not letting your pegleg keep you from driving a stick

Agreed.

Good luck man.

[nando]

no you can get one at 16, but theres some rules that nobody follows that you have to obey until you are 18.

ps dont do this to your first car



although if you have diving boards it really doesnt matter. i didnt have the front valence on at the time and you couldnt even tell that the car had been ditched. loved that car.

nearly everyone does that to their first car. the lesson is to not drive a nice car as your first one.