Who/what influenced your driving style the most?
11 October 2002, 11:13 AM
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Your dad?
Your driving instructor?
A driving course?
Getting done for speeding?
A crash?
Something else?
When i was a little nipper, my dad used to drum it into me how good a driver he was. Natch, i hung on to every word he said, and believed it religiously.
It was only in later years that i began to realise my Dad wasn't the be-all and end-all he said he was! Bless him, these days i only get in a car with him if there is no realistic alternative, even though he STILL thinks he's the bees knees, and buys unsuitably powerful cars under this impression!!
Your driving instructor?
A driving course?
Getting done for speeding?
A crash?
Something else?
When i was a little nipper, my dad used to drum it into me how good a driver he was. Natch, i hung on to every word he said, and believed it religiously.
It was only in later years that i began to realise my Dad wasn't the be-all and end-all he said he was! Bless him, these days i only get in a car with him if there is no realistic alternative, even though he STILL thinks he's the bees knees, and buys unsuitably powerful cars under this impression!!
11 October 2002, 11:24 AM
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Id have to say my dad.
He doesn't claim to be a good driver but after seeing him drive through New York city centre in a 18 foot station wagon with ease i started to notice. He doesn't driver particularly fast of anything but can make reasonable progress on twisty back roads. Only found out a few years ago that he did some advanced driver training that was required for his company car insurance. He's never crashed in over 30 years of driving so i'd say i'd like to be able to drive the way he does.
Now all i have to do is figure out why he keep buying s***ty cars. I gave him my 240bhp 200sx for a day and when he gave it back he just said "it's a bit rough on bumpy roads".
He doesn't claim to be a good driver but after seeing him drive through New York city centre in a 18 foot station wagon with ease i started to notice. He doesn't driver particularly fast of anything but can make reasonable progress on twisty back roads. Only found out a few years ago that he did some advanced driver training that was required for his company car insurance. He's never crashed in over 30 years of driving so i'd say i'd like to be able to drive the way he does.
Now all i have to do is figure out why he keep buying s***ty cars. I gave him my 240bhp 200sx for a day and when he gave it back he just said "it's a bit rough on bumpy roads".
11 October 2002, 11:28 AM
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lol!!
My dad drives my M3 every couple of weeks as he loves it, cant be in the car for long as he has a bad back and the manual gearbox is a bit much apparently!. I was sat outside my local last summer when my car went past at about mach3, fair play Dad!!
I dont thikn anyone has inlfuenced my driving style, its changed so much since learning that only I have really influenced it, one thing I will say though is that my driving is getting worse, dont know why but Iam starting to get involved in fat to many near misses!!
My dad drives my M3 every couple of weeks as he loves it, cant be in the car for long as he has a bad back and the manual gearbox is a bit much apparently!. I was sat outside my local last summer when my car went past at about mach3, fair play Dad!!
I dont thikn anyone has inlfuenced my driving style, its changed so much since learning that only I have really influenced it, one thing I will say though is that my driving is getting worse, dont know why but Iam starting to get involved in fat to many near misses!!
11 October 2002, 11:34 AM
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the tractors on the farm never seemed to go fast enough for me.
it was always flat out everywhere
14 when I got my first car to race round the fields.
by sixteen thing were starting to get dangerous, mates used to come round for a go and one night it almost ended in tragedy....
that's where it ended... til I passed my test of course
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(no dad to guide me he fecked off when I was 7 )
it was always flat out everywhere
14 when I got my first car to race round the fields.
by sixteen thing were starting to get dangerous, mates used to come round for a go and one night it almost ended in tragedy....
that's where it ended... til I passed my test of course
Andy
(no dad to guide me
he fecked off when I was 7 )
11 October 2002, 11:44 AM
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TomM,
I think i'm getting worse too... Used to be i'd very rarely be involved in a near miss but these days just getting to work can be a hazard.
Maybe it's just because there are more cars on the roads. Or maybe because of new road layouts with more bus lanes, speed bumps, traffic lights and other hazards to the everyday driver.
I'm sure the standard of driving has fallen too. More emphasis being placed on written/theory testing rather than someone being comfortable behind the wheel and fully aware of their surroundings.
just my opinion (or rather... excuse).
I think i'm getting worse too... Used to be i'd very rarely be involved in a near miss but these days just getting to work can be a hazard.
Maybe it's just because there are more cars on the roads. Or maybe because of new road layouts with more bus lanes, speed bumps, traffic lights and other hazards to the everyday driver.
I'm sure the standard of driving has fallen too. More emphasis being placed on written/theory testing rather than someone being comfortable behind the wheel and fully aware of their surroundings.
just my opinion (or rather... excuse).
11 October 2002, 11:45 AM
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My Dad 
He's an ex-rally driver and taught me to drive !! Never had lessons until I took my HGV1. It was a ride in a rally car with Tony Pond and then later in life with Colin Macrae in a Scoob that made me want one for myself !!
Rach
He's an ex-rally driver and taught me to drive !! Never had lessons until I took my HGV1. It was a ride in a rally car with Tony Pond and then later in life with Colin Macrae in a Scoob that made me want one for myself !!
Rach
11 October 2002, 12:06 PM
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I'd have to say my dad has influenced mine as well. While we did have driving instructors, my dad was the one who first took us out onto the British Gas carpark to learn clutch control etc.
Still, having said that, I have been driving for so long now that my style has adapted to be my own.
Still, having said that, I have been driving for so long now that my style has adapted to be my own.
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Claudius,
What would you say are the main things he does differently to the rest of us? Are these differences applicable to everyday driving?
What would you say are the main things he does differently to the rest of us? Are these differences applicable to everyday driving?
11 October 2002, 01:52 PM
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everybody... I watch everyones driving and look to see how they do things.. Also going out with my sister reminds me how expensive clutches are...
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I've learnt never to drive with Dark_Elf in the car... He's a pain in the neck...has to fiddle with buttons and adjust things.
So saying, we do have very funny drives where we shoot people with our mobile phones.
He's a pain in the neck...has to fiddle with buttons and adjust things. So saying, we do have very funny drives where we shoot people with our mobile phones.
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The main difference is that he does everything (braking, steering input, acceleration) at the exact time. He never brakes too early, never lifts off the throttle when you or I would have a moment of hesitation, and uses mass transfer a lot, and I mean A LOT His gear changes are very fast (but then again, his Evo 7 GrN has a dog box) yet he could change gears faster if the box would allow. He said he gains approx. 0.3s per gear change vs the OEM box.
He also enters corners extremely late. I am still struggling to do it as late as him. The later you enter, the longer you go straight. And the longer you go straight, the faster you go (braking later, staying on the throttle longer).
Oh, and he doesnt give damn how much the rear breaks away
The main difference is that he does everything (braking, steering input, acceleration) at the exact time. He never brakes too early, never lifts off the throttle when you or I would have a moment of hesitation, and uses mass transfer a lot, and I mean A LOT
His gear changes are very fast (but then again, his Evo 7 GrN has a dog box) yet he could change gears faster if the box would allow. He said he gains approx. 0.3s per gear change vs the OEM box.He also enters corners extremely late. I am still struggling to do it as late as him. The later you enter, the longer you go straight. And the longer you go straight, the faster you go (braking later, staying on the throttle longer).
Oh, and he doesnt give damn how much the rear breaks away
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