Bring out your dead

Akagi · 3 May 2019 at 14:36

Mr_Sukebe said:
Wonderful.
A thread to "promote" how to drive like a ****.

Just out of curiosity, do you guys drive white vans, pickups or Audis?

Yes.

geekman said:
I drive basically exactly as you'd expect someone who owns a pre-facelift first generation Range Rover Sport to drive

Unlike most people where I live, I never pull out on people / reverse down slip roads etc (that was an interesting one yesterday.....) but I'm pretty bad for tailgating / speeding etc. Some of the limits here are insane (think 40KPH on a 4 lane highway in the countryside) and the penalties for breaking them are insignificant, so I often end up driving at 4x the speed limit. The highest I've ever been caught at was 180KPH in an 80, cost me sub £100 to sort it out though.

I'll move there then, I'll be able to drive the Ovlov at 150 all day without a worry.

Conscript · 3 May 2019 at 14:36

Mr_Sukebe said:
Wonderful.
A thread to "promote" how to drive like a ****.

Just out of curiosity, do you guys drive white vans, pickups or Audis?

Who is promoting anything? Apart from the obvious satirical replies of course.
I know I have bad habits, but surely being aware of them is more healthy than thinking I have none? Otherwise I would never work to improve them.

robj20 · 3 May 2019 at 14:51

Rossi~ said:
Does it even matter on synchro manuals?

Definitely next time you're driving try shifting from 4th to 2nd. The syncros will do there job for sure but it won't be pleasant. Lol

Skidder · 3 May 2019 at 15:12

Although I am a bit of an **** hole in person, I think I am quite a considered and conscientious driver. Sometimes I may be a touch prone to assuming that all the peasants should move out of my way.

Akagi · 3 May 2019 at 15:15

robj20 said:
Definitely next time you're driving try shifting from 4th to 2nd. The syncros will do there job for sure but it won't be pleasant. Lol

Disclaimer - Only do this at a speed that you can travel in 2nd gear.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 3 May 2019 at 15:25

Acme said:
Disclaimer - Only do this at a speed that you can travel in 2nd gear.

Went from 5th to 2nd in my old mans SRi when I was learning to drive. This was at about 60 coming up to a roundabout

He had the passenger side mirror angled so he could see behind, he said the guys face behind me was quite interesting!

Akagi · 3 May 2019 at 15:26

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Went from 5th to 2nd in my old mans SRi when I was learning to drive. This was at about 60 coming up to a roundabout
He had the passenger side mirror angled so he could see behind, he said the guys face behind me was quite interesting!

Did it survive?

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 3 May 2019 at 15:32

Acme said:
Did it survive?

Yes as it would do about 60 in second, but it went from something like 2000 to 6500 revs in 0.000001 of a second. I was slowing (my old man was insistent I was good on dual carriageways and upto about 80mph whilst i was learning) so we did a lot of that work, the round town stuff was normal instructor.
So I was quite used to it and probably came across as such to the guy following, until I missed the gear change. IIRC it used to sit between first and second naturally. Long time ago mind.

That car was a bit of a beastie to be honest for its time. Funny though as it was quite torqey my old man didnt use first much, when the car came to going back he said its probably still got the paint on first gear.
I knew differently, once I passed my test i used to be allowed to use it before I got my first car at sixth form. Its spent quite a lot of time in first and second under my stewardship

Akagi · 3 May 2019 at 15:36

That sort of downchange can still cause enough strain to break rockers and stuff though, so thats good going.

geekman · 3 May 2019 at 15:40

Acme said:
That sort of downchange can still cause enough strain to break rockers and stuff though, so thats good going.

My mum shifted from 5th to 1st in her Rover Metro on a dual carriageway. Didn’t seem to do it any harm but it was a total shed anyway, bought because my dad knew she’d do stupid **** like that

Akagi · 3 May 2019 at 15:56

geekman said:
My mum shifted from 5th to 1st in her Rover Metro on a dual carriageway. Didn’t seem to do it any harm but it was a total shed anyway, bought because my dad knew she’d do stupid **** like that

Maybe she was going 20MPH in 5th at the time

5th to 1st though... What a random motion, I can't see how you would be able to manage that by accident. Maybe she was trying to kill it off so she didn't have to drive a Metro anymore

lordrobs · 3 May 2019 at 15:59

On roads where I know there is a bit of slack between the opposing set of lights I've become a bit of an amber gambler at times. Still, half the time I think "ooh probably should have made an effort to stop there" at least one car follows me through!

geekman · 3 May 2019 at 16:07

Acme said:
Maybe she was going 20MPH in 5th at the time

5th to 1st though... What a random motion, I can't see how you would be able to manage that by accident. Maybe she was trying to kill it off so she didn't have to drive a Metro anymore

I’d say she was going about 40-50, she was slowing down from 60 for a roundabout and tried to go from 5th to 4th, couldn’t get it into 4th so panicked and tried 3rd but got 1st instead. When the rust finally killed the Metro, we replaced it with a Micra so if that was her plan, it didn’t work!

Scania · 3 May 2019 at 16:07

Lopéz said:
Hehe I never notice much slowing going North, but Southbound drives me mental on the way home

That’s the catch, your heading home, thinking of whatever pleasantries that await your arrival, on the way to work your probably just adopting a “meh” attitude.

But yes, weirdly it’s always southbound that’s crap northbound never appears so bad, on the opposite side, Jct 28 (A38) is crap northbound yet generally flows fine southbound.

I’m sure there’s a reason but I’m stuffed if I know what!

adam cool dude · 3 May 2019 at 18:24

Nasher said:
Undertaking middle lane hoggers can be weirdly satisfying though. Especially when they do angry face.

It always best to undertake then go into the outside lane then veer all the way across to the inside just to get your point across

Dis86 · 3 May 2019 at 18:34

adam cool dude said:
It always best to undertake then go into the outside lane then veer all the way across to the inside just to get your point across

Oh, I thought that went without saying!

dvinell · 3 May 2019 at 18:40

Main Beam ...
I sometimes accidentally end up lighting up everything that's coming the other way with main beam ... I'm sure I saw someone's retinas the other day. To whoever that was, I am really sorry.

The problem is that my previous cars were "two positions for dip and main beam" with a pull towards you for a flash.
This car is push away for main beam, pull towards you to dip or flash.
And if you engage main beam in auto mode, it triggers "auto main beam" as well, and once you've done this there is no way to turn auto main beam off without selecting manual mode which I'm too scared to do because I might plunge myself into total darkness and crash in a ball of flames.

mjt · 3 May 2019 at 21:00

Mr_Sukebe said:
Wonderful.
A thread to "promote" how to drive like a ****.

Just out of curiosity, do you guys drive white vans, pickups or Audis?

Audi driver checking in

Honestly, I drive like a **** no matter what I drive, although generally the more powerful the car, the more relaxing my driving style.

ShivP · 3 May 2019 at 22:14

Lopéz said:
The M1 South between Nottingham and Leicester has some fairly steep uphill sections, resulting in people driving Luton vans flinging it into the overtaking lane at about 45mph to avoid slow trucks, with zero consideration for all the other traffic behind them.

Tell me about it. Joining the M1S at Loughborough to get to Leicester in a 75bhp fiesta is very stressy

iamdjdz · 3 May 2019 at 23:06

Driving above the indicated speed on smart motorway when I know there are no cameras on the gantry is my guilty admission.

Bring out your dead

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