Love my little '09 Impreza to bits, AWD is the just the best
New boss drives a '10 Panamera Turbo, I'm hoping he likes me enough to let me drive it someday
one of my friends drives an impreza and I like it quite a bit...she had some trouble with one of the sideview mirrors coming loose? apparently it's a regular thing with whatever model she has.
I'm working on learning to drive stick but for the time being I'm a pedestrian. I drive my dad's old toyota camry when I'm at my parents' place.
Oh man, not too long ago a driver entered a roundabout that I was approaching, and as I was slowing down, waiting for her to pass my exit she stopped her car.
In a roundabout. So that I could enter. I don't think she understands roundabouts.
Driving a manual on ice sounds kind of like a nightmare.
Lowest gear possible and just keep it rolling slowly but steadily. If you're going downhill, low gear, in neutral, clutch all the way down and apply the breaks carefully.
Oh this seems pretty standard then. Really so far the only issues I've had with manual is anything to do with first gear at all. And I'm getting better with hills. Not so much first gear though. I'll either apply to much gas without releasing the clutch quickly enough and be rewarded with squealing tires, or not enough and have to restart the engine.
I'm quickly getting the hang of the other gears though. 2nd is still a little rough, especially with a bad start from 1st, but the others are smooth as silk now.
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Who the fuck uses a handbrake for an uphill start in a manual?
Lazy bastards who shouldn't be driving manuals...that's who.
Learn to actually drive the car. Be able to shift without looking at the revs. Get good enough to actually work the clutch, break AND gas in collaboration with each other.
Don't use the handbrake.
You consider the ability to know when to change gear without looking at the tachometer to indicate a 'good driver'?
Who the fuck uses a handbrake for an uphill start in a manual?
Lazy bastards who shouldn't be driving manuals...that's who.
Learn to actually drive the car. Be able to shift without looking at the revs. Get good enough to actually work the clutch, break AND gas in collaboration with each other.
Don't use the handbrake.
When I drove a manual, I never used the handbrake.
In fact I had disconnected it once when I was doing some suspension work on my truck and forgot to re-connect it.... for 2 months.
Who the fuck uses a handbrake for an uphill start in a manual?
Lazy bastards who shouldn't be driving manuals...that's who.
Learn to actually drive the car. Be able to shift without looking at the revs. Get good enough to actually work the clutch, break AND gas in collaboration with each other.
Don't use the handbrake.
You consider the ability to know when to change gear without looking at the tachometer to indicate a 'good driver'?
I'm sorry, I truly am.
At no point in my post did I use what you quoted... "good driver".
And no, I don't consider it being a "good driver", to use your term. I consider it and everything else I listed up there as a sign of someone who actually knows how to drive a manual.
Driving a manual on ice sounds kind of like a nightmare.
Lowest gear possible and just keep it rolling slowly but steadily. If you're going downhill, low gear, in neutral, clutch all the way down and apply the breaks carefully.
Oh this seems pretty standard then. Really so far the only issues I've had with manual is anything to do with first gear at all. And I'm getting better with hills. Not so much first gear though. I'll either apply to much gas without releasing the clutch quickly enough and be rewarded with squealing tires, or not enough and have to restart the engine.
I'm quickly getting the hang of the other gears though. 2nd is still a little rough, especially with a bad start from 1st, but the others are smooth as silk now.
Ahh, clutch control is a bugger, my driving instructor says my feet are made of lead. I live on a hill so starting the car is a fine balance between getting the bite and clutch and gas right, some days it goes well, some days bad. Same with junctions, but I'm stalling less.
10(mph) into 2
20 (25 if uphill) into 3
25-30 into 4
35 into 5.
The way he says it is in a rhyming way, its mental but it works.
Oh man, not too long ago a driver entered a roundabout that I was approaching, and as I was slowing down, waiting for her to pass my exit she stopped her car.
In a roundabout. So that I could enter. I don't think she understands roundabouts.
I absolutely hate when someone does this, and since we have a roundabout at the college I go to I see it a ton.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Who the fuck uses a handbrake for an uphill start in a manual?
Lazy bastards who shouldn't be driving manuals...that's who.
Learn to actually drive the car. Be able to shift without looking at the revs. Get good enough to actually work the clutch, break AND gas in collaboration with each other.
Don't use the handbrake.
You consider the ability to know when to change gear without looking at the tachometer to indicate a 'good driver'?
I'm sorry, I truly am.
At no point in my post did I use what you quoted... "good driver".
And no, I don't consider it being a "good driver", to use your term. I consider it and everything else I listed up there as a sign of someone who actually knows how to drive a manual.
Oh man, not too long ago a driver entered a roundabout that I was approaching, and as I was slowing down, waiting for her to pass my exit she stopped her car.
In a roundabout. So that I could enter. I don't think she understands roundabouts.
She stopped on the roundabout?? It was empty I hope!
Oh man, not too long ago a driver entered a roundabout that I was approaching, and as I was slowing down, waiting for her to pass my exit she stopped her car.
In a roundabout. So that I could enter. I don't think she understands roundabouts.
She stopped on the roundabout?? It was empty I hope!
People like that are the reason I'm going to get a sucky bonus this year.
I had to look up what a roundabout was. The only time I've seen one was on a college campus. Apparently they are becoming more common in the US though.
I still hate them. At least when I'm on I'm fine. Its just knowing when to go in, especially when people decide not to indicate.
Even if they are indicating to turn off, and they don't, and you pull out in front of them and there is a crash, you are jointly liable, even though its their fault.
Always assume they're going to go round and round.
I still hate them. At least when I'm on I'm fine. Its just knowing when to go in, especially when people decide not to indicate.
Even if they are indicating to turn off, and they don't, and you pull out in front of them and there is a crash, you are jointly liable, even though its their fault.
Always assume they're going to go round and round.
Aaaargh that is not on at all! I think I'll have to do that.
Who the fuck uses a handbrake for an uphill start in a manual?
Lazy bastards who shouldn't be driving manuals...that's who.
Learn to actually drive the car. Be able to shift without looking at the revs. Get good enough to actually work the clutch, break AND gas in collaboration with each other.
Don't use the handbrake.
When I drove a manual, I never used the handbrake.
In fact I had disconnected it once when I was doing some suspension work on my truck and forgot to re-connect it.... for 2 months.
Well, I just got a VW GTI Autobahn w/DSG gearbox. My wife doesn't drive standard, and doesn't want to learn on our brand-new car. The semi-automatic DSG gearbox is pretty sweet though. It has none of the lag of a slushbox (and I get paddle shifters on the steering-wheel). It's definitely more-lazy than a stick (and has no clutch pedal), but you can (basically) drive it like one. It is definitely a good compromize when standard isn't going to be an option.
I've seen it on a few old American muscle cars. One had three small round lights in a horizontal row on each side, they lit up in order toward the outside of the car when the indicators were on.
I've seen it on a few old American muscle cars. One had three small round lights in a horizontal row on each side, they lit up in order toward the outside of the car when the indicators were on.
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one of my friends drives an impreza and I like it quite a bit...she had some trouble with one of the sideview mirrors coming loose? apparently it's a regular thing with whatever model she has.
I'm working on learning to drive stick but for the time being I'm a pedestrian. I drive my dad's old toyota camry when I'm at my parents' place.
There's one at the Lanier Tech campus in Oakwood. I don't think they put it together right though.
In a roundabout. So that I could enter. I don't think she understands roundabouts.
Oh this seems pretty standard then. Really so far the only issues I've had with manual is anything to do with first gear at all. And I'm getting better with hills. Not so much first gear though. I'll either apply to much gas without releasing the clutch quickly enough and be rewarded with squealing tires, or not enough and have to restart the engine.
I'm quickly getting the hang of the other gears though. 2nd is still a little rough, especially with a bad start from 1st, but the others are smooth as silk now.
You consider the ability to know when to change gear without looking at the tachometer to indicate a 'good driver'?
I'm sorry, I truly am.
It's better actually.
Once you know what you're doing, driving a manual gives you a FAR greater sense of the car and control over it.
I hope you parked it in gear...
At no point in my post did I use what you quoted... "good driver".
And no, I don't consider it being a "good driver", to use your term. I consider it and everything else I listed up there as a sign of someone who actually knows how to drive a manual.
Stop being a goose, you sound ridiculous.
Ahh, clutch control is a bugger, my driving instructor says my feet are made of lead. I live on a hill so starting the car is a fine balance between getting the bite and clutch and gas right, some days it goes well, some days bad. Same with junctions, but I'm stalling less.
10(mph) into 2
20 (25 if uphill) into 3
25-30 into 4
35 into 5.
The way he says it is in a rhyming way, its mental but it works.
driving instructors everywhere, this one goes out to you and your yelling
I absolutely hate when someone does this, and since we have a roundabout at the college I go to I see it a ton.
u mad bro?
She stopped on the roundabout?? It was empty I hope!
People like that are the reason I'm going to get a sucky bonus this year.
Even if they are indicating to turn off, and they don't, and you pull out in front of them and there is a crash, you are jointly liable, even though its their fault.
Always assume they're going to go round and round.
Aaaargh that is not on at all! I think I'll have to do that.
Yeah, it's probably a good thing we don't have a lot of roundabouts over here.
but while talking about indicators
i really dislike it when cars have turn signals that are also their brake lights
throws me off for some reason
But a lot of things do.
seems like a really bad idea.
Also before I got new tires I almost slipped out of a roundabout prematurely. Luckily I just kind of bounced off the soft snow wall instead.
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uicBOeBtfYM
that's some dude's DIY job, but they come standard on the new mustangs
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
Who doesn't park in 1st?
I've seen it on a few old American muscle cars. One had three small round lights in a horizontal row on each side, they lit up in order toward the outside of the car when the indicators were on.
Sequential indicators are the best
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
Except me. I'm the only one, anywhere. No, none of you people either.
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.