Letting spouse drive

[ntron1]

Originally Posted by Djmikec

I am sleepy while we are driving home from Vegas, so letting my wife drive us in my BRZ for a shift. Please say a prayer for me.

How do you guys feel about letting your spouse drive your baby for the first time? Fear and trepidation? Or no biggie?

Are you on Crack? Nobody gets in my drivers seat without an F1 Super License.

[Tien0227]

Originally Posted by Chad11491

It's hard coming from a 5 speed. This is my first 6 speed and it took a few weeks to remember to shift to 6th all the time. It does make you feel like a goober when you forget lol.

I guess you're right. I have to think about where his car's reverse is located when I drive his car.. but a beer tap is also distracting shift knob.

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[murdoc]

I like how y'all are acting like these cars are difficult to drive....with their ABS, traction and stability control, power steering, low width, easy clutch, and low torque.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by murdoc

I like how y'all are acting like these cars are difficult to drive....with their ABS, traction and stability control, power steering, low width, easy clutch, and low torque.

Yep!

People are probably sick of this but...

Your mother drove RWD (Possibly MT)
Your grandmother drove RWD (Probably MT)
And if you are young enough, your great grandmother drove RWD (Positively MT)

They did so without any of the modern accessories in speeding death machines.
If they lived long enough to procreate and result in you then they probably were not horrible at it.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

And if you are young enough, your great grandmother drove RWD (Positively MT).

My GGMother drove a car with a hand crank!

[stugray]

Originally Posted by Tien0227

I guess you're right. I have to think about where his car's reverse is located when I drive his car.. but a beer tap is also distracting shift knob.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 3

After driving my 914, I have to be careful about the shift pattern.
Since the BRZ is like this:


And the 914 is like this:


But since the 914 is known for the sloppiest shifting in modern history,it actually FEELS like this:


But actually for racing the 914 pattern is very nice sine BOTH R & 1st are on the other side of the lockout.

[stugray]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Yep!

People are probably sick of this but...

Your mother drove RWD (Possibly MT)
Your grandmother drove RWD (Probably MT)
And if you are young enough, your great grandmother drove RWD (Positively MT)

They did so without any of the modern accessories in speeding death machines.
If they lived long enough to procreate and result in you then they probably were not horrible at it.

AND they did it without seatbelts, headrests, or airbags......

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by stugray

AND they did it without seatbelts, headrests, or airbags......

Raise your hand (assuming you still have it) if you ever ended up in the floorboard in the back or under the dash when your parents slammed on the brakes!


(oh, oh pick me, pick me!)

[Tien0227]

Originally Posted by murdoc

I like how y'all are acting like these cars are difficult to drive....with their ABS, traction and stability control, power steering, low width, easy clutch, and low torque.

Well, I'm kind of a "youngin' " and blessed to have technology, is all... my only other and 1st car was an automatic lexus. I'm a novice with the frs as my first manual.

Originally Posted by stugray

But since the 914 is known for the sloppiest shifting in modern history,it actually FEELS like this:


But actually for racing the 914 pattern is very nice sine BOTH R & 1st are on the other side of the lockout.

That's an awesome shift pattern!

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[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Raise your hand (assuming you still have it) if you ever ended up in the floorboard in the back or under the dash when your parents slammed on the brakes!


(oh, oh pick me, pick me!)

From when I was about 4 years old to about 10 my Dad drove a 1950 pickup with no doors on it. They of course, did not have seat belts. Since his complete list of safety instructions consisted of "hold on tight" being thrown under the dash was the least of my worries.
Mind you with a single cylinder brake master, brake lines held together with electrical tape and an e brake that probably seized up in 1951 hammering on the brakes usually meant mutter of "oh fuck hang on tighter" out of him.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by stugray

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Coincidentally enough that is the exact same shift pattern my 58 Chevy 3 on the tree used!

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

From when I was about 4 years old to about 10 my Dad drove a 1950 pickup with no doors on it. They of course, did not have seat belts. Since his complete list of safety instructions consisted of "hold on tight" being thrown under the dash was the least of my worries.
Mind you with a single cylinder brake master, brake lines held together with electrical tape and an e brake that probably seized up in 1951 hammering on the brakes usually meant mutter of "oh fuck hang on tighter" out of him.

Hah! You actually got to ride in front?!?


When my Dad drove his pickup I usually chose (or was told) to ride in the bed particularly in the summer since it was usually cooler there than up front.


You learned fast that if its raining sit up against the cab and you won't (sort of) get wet and to not sit with your back on the suspect tailgate! I once got bitch-slapped totally out of the bed of the truck by a low hanging branch going about 20 miles in hour on a dirt road.


Agh, the good old days...

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Hah! You actually got to ride in front?!?


When my Dad drove his pickup I usually chose (or was told) to ride in the bed particularly in the summer since it was usually cooler there than up front.


You learned fast that if its raining sit up against the cab and you won't (sort of) get wet and to not sit with your back on the suspect tailgate! I once got bitch-slapped totally out of the bed of the truck by a low hanging branch going about 20 miles in hour on a dirt road.


Agh, the good old days...

Couldn't ride in the back since all the wood was gone from the bottom of the box and periodically those 4 inch wide very bald tires would fire debris up through it like a bullet.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Couldn't ride in the back since all the wood was gone from the bottom of the box and periodically those 4 inch wide very bald tires would fire debris up through it like a bullet.

That was a problem in my Grandmother's rusted out Corvair if you were sitting in the passenger seat.