On Feb 14, 5:54*pm, "RogerN" wrote:
"Greg O" wrote in message

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" For now I have two spare vehicles, a 1988 Ford F150 and a 1992 Ford
F350 7.3L Diesel. *I have spare vehicles but they are more expensive and
less convienient to drive than the daily driver vehicles. *Also,
reliability is why I had Prizms, in 13 years the Prizm with 205K miles
only left us stranded 1 time.

RogerN

What? Your wife can not drive of of these vehicles for a few days??

The F150 is manual transmission and she can't drive it. *The F350 4X4 has
the biggest tires that fit without a lift kit, I'd like for her to drive it
around a bit to get used to it before sending her out in the traffic and
tight parking with it. *To me, setting up so high makes it seem much wider
than it actually is. *The F350 4X4 is big, bulky and a lot different than
driving a Prizm or Civic. *However, if there isn't an easy way to get quick
cash then I'll drive one of the trucks to work this week. *I'm better off
paying the extra gas $$ than trying to rent something. *I'm not sure how to
explain it but if she's uncomfortable driving something she's much more
likely to make mistakes.

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Roger...make teaching your wife to drive the manual transmission a
priority.

And then make her drive anything else you have on a regular basis so
she is comfortable with it.

I have seen several instances where the ability to drive what was
there a life and death matter when a family member was injured/had a
heartattack.

TMT