Jean Berko Gleason: An Efficient Driver

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(dramatic music) - I've always enjoyed driving fast.

(soft music) I will admit, but I wouldn't wanna characterize myself as a fast driver.

I'm an efficient driver, and sometimes it means going fast, of course, but never too fast.

So, I think of myself as, okay.

I like to go fast.

(funky music) It's just great to get on the road and just shift the gears and go.

if you do it in automatic, it's kind of like, you might as well go to sleep when you're driving.

(dramatic music) If you're going to do something, you might as well have fun doing it.

And if you're gonna have to drive, you might as well drive in a way that's fun, and is fun to shift the car.

I had good boyfriends who taught me how to drive.

And I guess they taught me how to drive the way they drove.

(funky music) (vehicle engine revs) I bought my first all-wheel drive turbo car, which was a Celica turbo all-trac in 1988.

(vehicle engine revs) Then I got a little Subaru, a little RS, and it had a big wing in the back.

(funky music) And I did have the funny experience of driving this car, up to lights and suddenly hearing, boom, boom, next to me, and turning over and seeing like three teenage boys looking into the car, hoping that they would have some sort of contest, until they discovered with a little old lady.

So, I'd always wave at them, you know, hello, boys.

(woman chuckles) made them feel funny.

(funky music) And I have friends who have sons, who drive the same car I do, and we take the same pleasure in driving it, which is that you, go.