Driving / Training with Matt

5.0 out of 5 · Carrie K. · 4 years ago

Matt was super great to work with! My classmate and I easily connected with him, and the concepts he presented (a major one, downshifting with a manual transmission). He provided some easier techniques to enable a "passing" drive!! I also very much appreciated him passing on information regarding how the market is drastically changing from Manual to Automatic Semi's (labor & maint. costs as a reason for exp) With Matt, my worry (anxiety) vanished trying to learn the "double clutching, down shifting- give it a bump in between, and don't grind the gear (or its 13 pts off of your test score) - 25mph = 7 gear 2+5=7 and tach plcmnt. has a sweet spot of 10-14 ish...... ... OMGoodness Thank you Matt I realize I can achieve my Comm. Drv. Lic. and be proud of my progress driving an AUTOMATIC!!!! ; )

Written about Portland, OR.

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