Or six milisecond, if you're in an Audi.
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by Petrolheadia » Mon Dec 31, 2018 11:56 am
by The Two Jerseys » Mon Dec 31, 2018 12:00 pm
by Novus America » Mon Dec 31, 2018 12:14 pm
by Auzkhia » Mon Dec 31, 2018 1:36 pm
Vassenor wrote:OK, serious question - does anyone have any advice for judging gaps and distances at junctions? Because today I got told off by my instructor for jumping someone who I thought was further back than they actually were.
by Novus America » Mon Dec 31, 2018 2:00 pm
Auzkhia wrote:Vassenor wrote:OK, serious question - does anyone have any advice for judging gaps and distances at junctions? Because today I got told off by my instructor for jumping someone who I thought was further back than they actually were.
I seem to have an instinct for it, a lot of comes with experience. As a learner, to appease the strictest of instructors, just be super careful and wait for there to be nobody, and then you will start to develop a feel for speed and moving cars.
by Auzkhia » Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:11 pm
Novus America wrote:Auzkhia wrote:I seem to have an instinct for it, a lot of comes with experience. As a learner, to appease the strictest of instructors, just be super careful and wait for there to be nobody, and then you will start to develop a feel for speed and moving cars.
Once you have enough driving experience it becomes hard to articulate as much becomes subconscious really.
But that is a good way when starting, make sure you are pulled up far enough to see (but still be safe) and then wait until you cannot see any cars.
Big thing is not to feel pressured by a car behind you, or because you are running late.
by Vassenor » Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:13 pm
Auzkhia wrote:Novus America wrote:
Once you have enough driving experience it becomes hard to articulate as much becomes subconscious really.
But that is a good way when starting, make sure you are pulled up far enough to see (but still be safe) and then wait until you cannot see any cars.
Big thing is not to feel pressured by a car behind you, or because you are running late.
Yes, and to paraphrase what my friend's mom told me "Don't let the person behind you drive your car".
by Auzkhia » Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:16 pm
Vassenor wrote:Auzkhia wrote:Yes, and to paraphrase what my friend's mom told me "Don't let the person behind you drive your car".
I mean I've only been learning for a year. So far I've only had two people get noticeably impatient - one blown horn at an intersection and one person grimacing at me after I stalled at a set of temporary lights at roadworks.
by Vassenor » Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:19 pm
Auzkhia wrote:Vassenor wrote:
I mean I've only been learning for a year. So far I've only had two people get noticeably impatient - one blown horn at an intersection and one person grimacing at me after I stalled at a set of temporary lights at roadworks.
I stalled before, it sucks, however that was a few years after I started learning, since my first car has an automatic. You're in the UK, and manual is much more common than manual.
I did manage to stall a truck with an auto.
by Novus America » Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:22 pm
Vassenor wrote:Auzkhia wrote:Yes, and to paraphrase what my friend's mom told me "Don't let the person behind you drive your car".
I mean I've only been learning for a year. So far I've only had two people get noticeably impatient - one blown horn at an intersection and one person grimacing at me after I stalled at a set of temporary lights at roadworks.
by Cannot think of a name » Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:43 pm
Vassenor wrote:Auzkhia wrote:I stalled before, it sucks, however that was a few years after I started learning, since my first car has an automatic. You're in the UK, and manual is much more common than manual.
I did manage to stall a truck with an auto.
Yeah, I can mostly pull away without stalling. Hill starts are still a bugger though because I don't have the timing down between my hand on the parking brake and my foot on the clutch.
by Vassenor » Tue Jan 01, 2019 10:20 am
by Cannot think of a name » Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:41 am
by NeoOasis » Wed Jan 02, 2019 11:29 am
by Vassenor » Wed Jan 02, 2019 11:30 am
NeoOasis wrote:Having daily driven a manual car... I have to say.
Proudest moment was being able to do hill starts without any tricks. I'd just up and go without any rollback. Felt good.
by Elwher » Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:26 pm
Vassenor wrote:NeoOasis wrote:Having daily driven a manual car... I have to say.
Proudest moment was being able to do hill starts without any tricks. I'd just up and go without any rollback. Felt good.
When the handbrake works, I can do it. Last lesson the handbrake was being iffy and wouldn't hold the car at one point. If I hadn't been under dual control then there would've been a problem.
by Cannot think of a name » Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:42 pm
by East Fredonia » Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:31 am
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Cannot think of a name wrote:Well, that's part of a larger problem in general where the younger generation is being priced out of f***ing everything and instead of addressing the mess they made the older generation is blaming it on f***ing avocado toast. But that's another thread.
by Cannot think of a name » Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:56 am
East Fredonia wrote:Cannot think of a name wrote:Cash in your college accounts, kids...BaT has an Renault R5 Turbo for sale!
Also on BaT: This thing kicks serious ass.
by Petrolheadia » Thu Jan 03, 2019 1:04 pm
Cannot think of a name wrote:Cash in your college accounts, kids...BaT has an Renault R5 Turbo for sale!
by Cannot think of a name » Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:41 pm
Petrolheadia wrote:Cannot think of a name wrote:Cash in your college accounts, kids...BaT has an Renault R5 Turbo for sale!
Ah, the expensive European MR2.
by Costa Fierro » Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:50 pm
Petrolheadia wrote:Or six milisecond, if you're in an Audi.
by Cannot think of a name » Thu Jan 03, 2019 6:15 pm
by Costa Fierro » Thu Jan 03, 2019 7:11 pm
Cannot think of a name wrote:In a world where Toyotas go for $121,000. Low, low mileage Supra.
by Auzkhia » Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:16 pm
Cannot think of a name wrote:In a world where Toyotas go for $121,000. Low, low mileage Supra.
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