Chapter 7 : The Main Lesson
The next day. Takumi prepared himself again to send the tofu up to the Lake. Surprisingly, his father stepped into the driver's seat and gestured Takumi to sit beside him. Takumi locked the shop's door and got into the car. The father drove off without saying a word.
Takumi was happy about this because he can experience the father's driving again so that he can pick it up. But his expression is still the same. Just quiet and stared on the road while he actually kept an eye on they way the father shift gears and brake. Takumi did not know why he was so anxious to see or to learn about this. He actually don't know much about techniques and cars. Driving stunts is not his interest too. Maybe he just want to be able to do like what his father did. Just his habit. He will try to memorize some stuff.
Bunta thought to himself. "Takumi... I hope you can learn well what I am going to show you. Yesterday, when I looked at the tires and saw horizontal lines on the tires, I knew what happened to the car. You lost control of the car in a spin. That's good actually, I don't need to teach you about oversteering, since you won't be able to understand it at all, I will just show you once again, how I do this... " Bunta turned the paper cup on the cup holder with his finger. Just to make sure his boy noticed the water behavior in the cup. Sure enough, Takumi's eyes caught the water movement in the cup and his eyes were in a gaze.
Bunta reached the perfect corner to drift.. A light step on the brakes and the car weight shifts to the front, he heel and toe to drop gear smoothly and turns the steering wheel gracefully to allow the car's tail to swing out... A slight step on the throttle, Bunta sends the rear tires's traction to be off and the car is sliding sideways now.. With a graceful turn, and the quick coordination of his hands, the turned the steering wheel the other way to counter steer the car.
Takumi's eyes was on the water behavior all the while, he was surprised to see the water just turns around in the paper cup despite the speed they were going! He don't understand why and how his father does all that to make the car move so gracefully and smoothly but still maintain the speed. He just don't understand.
Bunta was thinking deeply. How to make Takumi understand more. He is not the type of person who is good at mechanical. I must let him feel the car more. Takumi is the type of person who feels using his senses. Not think using his brain. Yes. I will train him that way.
Bunta drifted the rest of the way to Akina Lake to delivery the tofu. His gracefulness gave no effects to the tofu. They were not destroyed nor break apart. Bunta looked at Takumi, who carried one of the crates into the shop. He really hope Takumi learnt something just now. Bunta still have more in store for him later during the journey downhill.
The next day. Takumi prepared himself again to send the tofu up to the Lake. Surprisingly, his father stepped into the driver's seat and gestured Takumi to sit beside him. Takumi locked the shop's door and got into the car. The father drove off without saying a word.
Takumi was happy about this because he can experience the father's driving again so that he can pick it up. But his expression is still the same. Just quiet and stared on the road while he actually kept an eye on they way the father shift gears and brake. Takumi did not know why he was so anxious to see or to learn about this. He actually don't know much about techniques and cars. Driving stunts is not his interest too. Maybe he just want to be able to do like what his father did. Just his habit. He will try to memorize some stuff.
Bunta thought to himself. "Takumi... I hope you can learn well what I am going to show you. Yesterday, when I looked at the tires and saw horizontal lines on the tires, I knew what happened to the car. You lost control of the car in a spin. That's good actually, I don't need to teach you about oversteering, since you won't be able to understand it at all, I will just show you once again, how I do this... " Bunta turned the paper cup on the cup holder with his finger. Just to make sure his boy noticed the water behavior in the cup. Sure enough, Takumi's eyes caught the water movement in the cup and his eyes were in a gaze.
Bunta reached the perfect corner to drift.. A light step on the brakes and the car weight shifts to the front, he heel and toe to drop gear smoothly and turns the steering wheel gracefully to allow the car's tail to swing out... A slight step on the throttle, Bunta sends the rear tires's traction to be off and the car is sliding sideways now.. With a graceful turn, and the quick coordination of his hands, the turned the steering wheel the other way to counter steer the car.
Takumi's eyes was on the water behavior all the while, he was surprised to see the water just turns around in the paper cup despite the speed they were going! He don't understand why and how his father does all that to make the car move so gracefully and smoothly but still maintain the speed. He just don't understand.
Bunta was thinking deeply. How to make Takumi understand more. He is not the type of person who is good at mechanical. I must let him feel the car more. Takumi is the type of person who feels using his senses. Not think using his brain. Yes. I will train him that way.
Bunta drifted the rest of the way to Akina Lake to delivery the tofu. His gracefulness gave no effects to the tofu. They were not destroyed nor break apart. Bunta looked at Takumi, who carried one of the crates into the shop. He really hope Takumi learnt something just now. Bunta still have more in store for him later during the journey downhill.