You thought Pizza Hut was bad.

[bestwheelbase]

Originally Posted by Subie

My guess would be to protect the rear bumper in the event of a collision.

Seems like a strange way to protect a bumper. If they're worried about the student rolling backward into someone on a hill, the big tow hook will only do more damage. Seems like they would put some rubber bumper on there before they would add a ridiculously heavy weight hanging off the end of the car.

[Laika]

Originally Posted by bestwheelbase

Most places do not even offer a car equipped with manual gearbox. My driving test was literally four right turns and back into the parking lot. In a slushbox. It taught me nothing about really driving.

Granted I never had the fortune of taking a drivers ed class but I'm still shocked a manual transmission would be an option anywhere.

Agreed with you on the pointless driving test. I still managed to fail for rolling a stop. The other day I found myself on the route of the drivers test. So I went through that stop and rolled it just to spite my drivers test.

[GT/86]

I like it great way to learn how to drive

[ThePoet]

My driving instruction was in a Smart car... Yeah. A Smart car.

[Gaiakai]

That red hood in the background, is that a GTR?

[Sargy]

thats awesome!

[daiheadjai]

Originally Posted by husker741

My driver's ed guy had a Civic Hybrid. I punched it and he and I both started laughing at the horrid acceleration. I learned in my old GS400 and then going from that to the Civic was just awful.

(Briefly) The world's fastest naturally-aspirated sedan (5.8sec 0-60 IIRC?)
Still one of my favourite luxobarges.

[husker741]

Originally Posted by daiheadjai

(Briefly) The world's fastest naturally-aspirated sedan (5.8sec 0-60 IIRC?)
Still one of my favourite luxobarges.

Yup, you are absolutely correct. Until the POS Jaguar came out and hit like a 5.79. I loved it and had a lot of fun in it. People were all excited in the 2000's about paddle shifters and then I would show them my 98 GS and they couldn't believe it. My first time "breaking in a car" was in that thing. If you know what I mean

[turbos86]

Alberta plates... someone there please call them up and give us the scoop!

[Carbon420]

Originally Posted by Gaiakai

That red hood in the background, is that a GTR?

Could be. I saw it at world of wheels


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[gily25]

Our official driver's ed car was a Ford Tempo but my instructor took out advanced drivers in his Ferrari F355...I was one of the lucky ones (I think he used me to get track time LOL).

Gave me a lot of confidence early on to be trusted with a sports car, I wish more schools offered basic road driving lessons (even for adults) in higher end cars. You can't even rent a slushy mustang for practice at that age.

[Boosted2.0]

Originally Posted by bestwheelbase

I understand the extra brake pedal, but why did they hang a bunch of weight out past the rear bumper? Surely they are not towing with the car.

I was wondering the same thing. It definitely looks like some kind of rig to pull to tow something. Why the hell you would do that is beyond me.

Maybe they follow with another vehicle with awesome brakes and lots of contact patch that they use to stop this one in the event of the driver being a complete moron or some such.

No matter what goes back there though, it could hardly do anything aside from accelerate what is likely to be pretty bad clutch wear....

[Turbowned]

Hell yeah! I learned in a stupid Daewoo Leganza. Does anyone even remember Daewoo? I wish I didn't. I learned stick in a Pontiac Sunbird with no tachometer. My friend said "when the engine gets loud, shift". Brilliant.

[rallysrt]

Originally Posted by bestwheelbase

I understand the extra brake pedal, but why did they hang a bunch of weight out past the rear bumper? Surely they are not towing with the car.

I'm guessing that the ballast on the back changes the f/r balance of the car significantly. It would probably transfer weight much better especially on snow and ice. A good solid attachment point for a tow strap is never a bad thing either.