Thanks for all the good opinions everyone has given on this group. I look forward everyday to reading what has been posted as it seems that most of you are serious enthusiasts and know your stuff. That got me thinking about this as i do not posses the knowdledge of corvettes ( yet ) , but i can remeber fondly an uncle i had growing up who was the same way about his triumph motorcycles..i remember driving 5 states away with him to find a carb for a tiger, or a bonneville he would be assembling. sometimes he would be building a bike for 3 years, completely origanal parts, right down to the paint being shipped from britain...just to drive it maybe twice a year. It was the thrill of riding it as it was the joy he took from knowing those machines inside and out . they were his love. Ever since i saw my first vette as a child i was in love. at 10 years old i looked at them with amazement..probbly like 10 year olds look at h2 hummers today, when i was in my teens i looked at them with admiration, thinking to myself , someday........ now im almost 40..bought my first vette last spring the 79 l48 , and i look at it with appreciation...for the fact that they still have the same appeal as they did 30 years ago..and how just driving it makes me feel like im 19 again, how people look at it and make comments . I remember the day i first looked at it. my wife was with me and we both knew this was the one..she even sat in it and i asked her what she thought, and she replied, im gonna look good driving this..lol. Now to the question..she WOULD look good driving it, unfortunatly she is a very petite woman, and her legs for some reason are unable to push the clutch in hard enough to let the car start..i see she goes to the floor damn near but nothing. Is there a switch that can be disarmed or sumthing that she wont have to work so hard??..she is a very capable stick driver and it kinna bums me out that she is missing out on the joy of driving it..any thoughts again are appreciated.... Larry
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18 years ago