The San Jose Mercury-News’ recent story about Susan Wageman, who was trying to learn to drive her husband’s manual-transmission Corvette after he died unexpectedly, gained quite a response from readers.
The newspaper printed several letters to the Roadshow column about it. Columnist Gary Richards also provided a few more details about Wageman since the story was published:
Susan now belongs to the Santa Clara Corvette club. Log on to www.mercurynews.com/mrroadshow/ to read Susan Wageman’s story about learning to drive a stick shift and see video of her first spin behind the wheel. And Susan adds: “Please express my thanks to all the wonderful people who offered to help and sent advice. This experience has helped immeasurably to keep me in tune with the good in this world as I work through the tough stuff. I look forward to many road trips in the future and encourage others to head out and do some exploring on the road. I took a bunch of spins around my neighborhood and only stalled twice – during a U-turn and just as I had pulled into the garage. Successful starts from stop are getting smoother, too.”