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Originally Posted by lillib
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Thank you so much for all the helpful tips and encouragement!
Wow - a Porsche! How fancy! Though it must suck to be tailgated like that. That's funny how the boy racers recognized you, however. LOL
My dream car is a Jeep. Just a plain old Jeep. Or maybe some other SUV. I'm short, so I figured the height of the car would make me feel more confident. Having 4WD might help, too, if I can learn how to use it. They have so many new gadgets nowadays, that I'm going to need to get used to all of them, in addition to old-fashioned automatic driving. I have never driven sticks, and I probably never will. LOL. I last drove in 2004. That's the year I was completely disabled. My car back then didn't have half the gadgets that cars have today. It's as if I've been institutionalized by disability. My entire life had been stripped from me for decades. I'm barely trying to get my life back - at the age of 45, now that I'm a little better off financially.
I've never been inside a fancy car, not even as a passenger. Wow - a sports car! That must be a really cool ride!  |
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lillib
Ideally, a genuine restored Ford GPW Jeep would cost you a lot of money, but all Ford parts including the bolts had the flying F stamped on them, hence the higher cost. The earlier model you can get, the better. This type of Jeep will always be in demand by enthusiasts and very unlikely to go down in value. Buying a replica, won't and some parts are a mix of French and US parts. I'll PM you a website where you can get sound advice, but never send anyone any money before you have seen the vehicle and be wary of con tricks.
Jeeps have only a canvas roof and little else. In winter you would freeze. Jeeps are best in kinder weather. Let buying one remain a dream until you are able to find a reputable dealer and bring someone knowledgeable, otherwise you'd like get financially stung.
I know very little about US vehicles, but the higher the truck, be it a 'van' in US-speak, would give you better vision and more confidence, especially enabling your truck to ride over fallen branches and have a nice warm heater on the blow. My daughter learnt to drive on a disused airfield and she is only 5ft in if that, but could still see over the steering wheel if the driver's seat was jacked up. Juni did well.
My Porsche 911 was very reliable except spares including disc brakes, very expensive. I was a careful driver, however, driving in Germany on one of their derestricted motorways, its top speed was a hefty 180 mph. For me, the thrill was changing up through its 7-speed manual gears was the thrill. Nothing beats a 'stick' for exciting race changes.
I daresay that you could get a special disability allowance for having a car that had more driver's control at the steering wheel, but I know little about the US except your gasolene is way cheaper than our's in the UK.
Just be choosy which DVA firm of instructors you choose. Ask around. That would be the best way forward.
All the best,
Rosie
