{"id":9298,"date":"2016-03-03T19:37:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T02:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=9298"},"modified":"2016-03-03T19:40:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T02:40:20","slug":"hagerty-fires-up-the-engines-teaching-kids-how-to-drive-a-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=9298","title":{"rendered":"Hagerty fires up the engines: Teaching kids how to drive a stick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9301\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Hagerty-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Hagerty\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Hagerty-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Hagerty-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Hagerty-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Hagerty.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Hagerty is starting the engine on its highly-anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hagerty.ca\/corporate\/Hobby-Support\/Youth-Programs\/Hagerty-Driving-Experience\">Hagerty Driving Experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating its 5th season, the program has put more than 600 students in the driver seat to teach them how to operate automobiles equipped with a manual transmission.<\/p>\n<p>Not only does the Hagerty Driving Experience teach young drivers, ages 15-25, to shift gears, but they are taught while behind the wheel of exciting classic cars.<\/p>\n<p>Participants learn the ins-and-outs of starting, operating and driving a wide variety of cars from instructors and classic owners themselves.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the driving course, students take part in a classroom discussion that outlines how a clutch and manual transmission operate as well as a \u201cCar Care Essentials\u201d seminar to learn the basics of vehicle maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>The morning and afternoon half-day sessions run about three hours and are limited to approximately 20 students per session.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Hagerty Driving Experience introduces the next generation of enthusiasts and helps keep the collector community strong and vibrant,\u201d said McKeel Hagerty, CEO of Hagerty. \u201cThis program is an excellent way for today\u2019s youth to experience classic cars and embrace the opportunity to learn how to operate them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>2016 EVENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Canada Locations<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Wetaskiwin, Alberta \u2013 Saturday, July 16, 2016 \u2013 Reynolds-Alberta Museum<br \/>\n\u2022 Caledonia, Ontario \u2013 Friday, August 26, 2016 \u2013 Caledonia Fairgrounds<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. Locations<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Golden, CO \u2013 Saturday, May 14, 2016 \u2013 Colorado State Patrol Driving Track<br \/>\n\u2022 Chicago, IL \u2013 Saturday, August 27, 2016 \u2013 Location TBD<br \/>\n\u2022 Tacoma, WA \u2013 Saturday, September 17, 2016 \u2013 LeMay \u2013 America\u2019s Car Museum<\/p>\n<p>The Hagerty Driving Experience features a variety of classic cars provided by local owners and collectors. Past events have included a 1928 Packard phaeton, 1930 Ford Model A, 1933 Stutz DV-32 Monte Carlo, 1955 Porsche Continental, 1950 Willys Jeepster, 1963 Corvette \u201csplit window\u201d coupe and a 1962 Aston Martin DB4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hagerty is starting the engine on its highly-anticipated Hagerty Driving Experience. Celebrating its 5th season, the program has put more than 600 students in the driver seat to teach them how to operate automobiles equipped with a manual transmission. Not only does the Hagerty Driving Experience teach young drivers, ages 15-25, to shift gears, but<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=9298\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news","category-hagerty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9298"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9303,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9298\/revisions\/9303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}