Can you drive?

Key-J · Post by **Key-J** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:52 pm

Well, i just wanted to know if the people here drive.

If you don't then is it because your to young? or because you choose not to? Does it scare you?

What about when you learnt to drive? Did it scare your ballz off? Did you try to cheat? Or did it just come naturaly to you?

Me, Ive driven, not a lot, i dont really feel like driving at the moment.. but still i learnt to drive, and have driven Even though im under the legal age. :shock:

Draquish · Post by **Draquish** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:11 pm

Thread name is "Can you drive?" poll question is "Do you drive?"

...

I can. But don't. :roll:

Website · Post by **satman83** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:23 pm

I can...passed when i was 17...so long ago now :shock:

added to the fact that i had to learn where i live, the "ghettos" of London
when ever i drive in other cities or parts of England i almost fall asleep

Alfred · Post by **Alfred** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:00 pm

Dang... it has almost been 6 years now since I took my license. You need to be 18 where I live.

Took a taxi license a few years back. Good extra money for a poor student

RuYi · Post by **RuYi** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:02 pm

Just had my first lesson! And I survived!

Key-J · Post by **Key-J** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:10 pm

HEhehe, congrats!

Scared? Happy? Did you break anything?

shadowskill · Post by **shadowskill** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:11 pm

i am too young :banghead:

RuYi · Post by **RuYi** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:11 pm

Told ya I was immortal!

And yeah I'm sooooo happy, I seriously thought I was gonna crash that car on my first lesson!

hitokiri · Post by **hitokiri** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:20 pm

Congrats ninja girl. I know how but havent gotten my actual license cause we only have stick-shift cars, and I hate stick-shift cars. and im lazy.

Geedunk · Post by **Geedunk** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:24 pm

I can drive, but I'm not old enough..

Pan_Raider(`_´) · Post by **Pan_Raider(`_´)** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:25 pm

My friend wasn't that lucky, nor the pedestrians :roll:

I can drive, but i don't have a licence :twisted:

hellsharpt · Post by **hellsharpt** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:34 pm

HTV you can't drive yet? Stick is fun, my first car was stick. Although I like tiptronic better now.

hitokiri · Post by **hitokiri** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:36 pm

nope. beside hating stick (trying to start moving without it dying, a key part of driving) my injury with my arms doesnt help me trying to shift.

PimpC · Post by **PimpC** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:49 pm

hellsharpt wrote:HTV you can't drive yet? Stick is fun, my first car was stick. Although I like tiptronic better now.

I kinda hate stick, but unfortunatly im stuck driving it a lot

Key-J · Post by **Key-J** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:58 pm

HTVHitokiri wrote:Congrats ninja girl. I know how but havent gotten my actual license cause we only have stick-shift cars, and I hate stick-shift cars. and im lazy.

Ok thats just freeky, why is everyone talking about ninjas today? Whats going on?

did i miss out International Ninja day

Website · Post by **satman83** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:01 pm

Key-J wrote:
HTVHitokiri wrote:Congrats ninja girl. I know how but havent gotten my actual license cause we only have stick-shift cars, and I hate stick-shift cars. and im lazy.

Ok thats just freeky, why is everyone talking about ninjas today? Whats going on?

did i miss out International Ninja day

yes it was on monday, right after internation ekekek day and before
internation monkey day

RuYi · Post by **RuYi** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:01 pm

Key-J wrote:
HTVHitokiri wrote:Congrats ninja girl. I know how but havent gotten my actual license cause we only have stick-shift cars, and I hate stick-shift cars. and im lazy.

Ok thats just freeky, why is everyone talking about ninjas today? Whats going on?

did i miss out International Ninja day

http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=28976 :wink:

Blackchocob0 · Post by **Blackchocob0** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:02 pm

Got my license when I was 17. I was over-excited, and by 18 had three speeding tickets.

I still stand to lose my license if I get another speeding ticket lol. I love driving, do it as often as possible. I need to get me a stick-shift though. Automatic SUCKS BALLS.

EDIT: BTW, there should be an option for 'I AM ADDICTED TO G FORCE.'

Blackchocob0 · Post by **Blackchocob0** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:04 pm

hellsharpt wrote:HTV you can't drive yet? Stick is fun, my first car was stick. Although I like tiptronic better now.

On all but the most epxensive of sports cars, manumatic, autostick, tiptronic, etc suck. A good driver and a good true manual tranny will smoke those things.

Website · Post by **satman83** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:07 pm

RuYi wrote:Just had my first lesson! And I survived!

lol i cant even remeber what happend when i took my test..7 years ago
for me. :shock:

so ninja girl what did you have to do

RuYi wrote:Here's mine!

Ninja Kamehamehaaaaaaa!!!!!!

you kamehamehaaaaad on your first lesson :shock:

, Goku
would be highly disapointed, still +1 for the cuteness

hellsharpt · Post by **hellsharpt** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:14 pm

I disagree. My audi had one it was great, especially in the snow. My mini cooper has one too, also great for the snow.

Neither of which would be considered an 'expensive sports car'.

As for a manual smoking even a pure automatic, in this day automatics are so close to optimal shifting that there is a negligable difference in 1/4 mile but manual would do better than a pure automatic in an autocross. In the autocross a tiptronic would probabaly do better unless you are a good heel toe or left foot braking driver.

And now back to your regularly scheduled topic....

eidt: been driving legally for 21 years, used to autocross regularly (a manual).

Innovacious · Post by **Innovacious** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:29 pm

draquish wrote:I can. But don't.

me too. Ive been able to drive since i was 16, now im 19 and i still cant be arsed to go and do the test to get a license. The only time i would ever need to drive (at the moment)is to get to work, but my friend always takes me

0l3n · Post by **0l3n** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:32 pm

I'm actually to young to drive but i can start to drive this year with a grown-up in the car

Nuklear · Post by **Nuklear** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:39 pm

I can, but rarely do.

PsYch008 · Post by **PsYch008** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:48 pm

i got my license when i was 15, had a grand prix then, now i drive a Jeep.

i have to drive, or i wouldnt have a job.

Anh_Hung_Rom · Post by **Anh_Hung_Rom** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:32 pm

been driven and love sticks

Zypher · Post by **Zypher** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:32 pm

im 18, and i can

but i choose not to because i dont like driving.

_Lana_ · Post by **_Lana_** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:58 pm

Well im still 17 so i cant =.=

Blackchocob0 · Post by **Blackchocob0** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:01 pm

Zypher wrote:im 18, and i can

but i choose not to because i dont like driving.

Don't...like...driving? You must suck at meneuvering in tight spaces, among other things my crazy friend.

Hellsharpt I've used an autostick system; yeah, it was fun, better than a standard automatic...but it couldn't compare to what a good driver can do in a 5 or 6 speed. Also, manual tranny is lighter than an automatic tranny.

Also, automanic tranny has more problems in the long run. Way more shit to go wrong than in a manual system.

Hmm, if you've been autocrossing for that long then I obviously can't deny your experience. All I'm doing is relating mine. I learnt to drive on a tiptronic, and I currently use a standard auto as my daily driver. It does the most retarded things...certainly things that I myself wouldn't be doing if I was doing the shifting. I don't know where you get this basis that most cars now-a-days can shift as well as a good manual driver. It's simply not true.

hellsharpt · Post by **hellsharpt** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:43 pm

I live in the chicagoland area, traffic blows and I have a 45 min commute and after 10 years of driving a stick I stopped. My left foot got tired.