Reply With QuoteMy Mom was the City Attorney for a fairly small city where we lived (McAllen) so she told all her police friends what I drove.
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My daughter has her learners permit and we are doing the Online & Parent Taught Drivers training.
She is doing really well with the driving part.
We started out in parking lots before she got her permit and got the basics down.
Since she got her permit she has logged a ton of hours behind the wheel in all conditions rain, dark, traffic, freeway, & country roads. I'm trying to let her get a feel for as many of the real world variables as I can. I feel seat time is the key to being a good and safe driver.
I do plan to sign her up for BMW's Street Survival but that's not till spring.
She also has to participate in Autocross next season in an effort to make her a better and safer driver.
My question to you guys is when you were learning to drive did you do anything that stuck in your mind as being beneficial to being a better driver?
My Mom was the City Attorney for a fairly small city where we lived (McAllen) so she told all her police friends what I drove.
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Mick wrote: "I think Jerrett is the best autocrosser I have ever seen naked."
Had to pay for my own gas when borrowing dad's truck.Originally Posted by POS Racing
A Lincoln Town Car is better as a straight line car then it is at making turns. Also mailboxes don't stand a chance with a car that size.
M3 is always the answer.
Don't put it in park while you're still moving. I'll never forget the look my dad gave me.
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Snowy/icey parking lots are a great place to learn car control at low speeds. Street Survival does similar by soaping down a section of the Bus Lot.
The SCCA AX school would help. I am trying to get theto attend, so maybe her and your daughter can be BFFs there.
Passing on a two lane highway is a skill to learn.
Maybe take her to downtown Dallas or Fort Worth during a busy time. That way, she can get used to yeilding to pedestrians when her light is green and learning to look for one-way streets.
Teach her to read the block numbers on street signs.
+1 on the icy driving. Keep an eye out this winter and try and find an icy parking lot to practice in. Better there than on a road w/no experience for the first time.Snowy/icey parking lots are a great place to learn car control at low speeds. Street Survival does similar by soaping down a section of the Bus Lot.
The SCCA AX school would help. I am trying to get the
Passing on a two lane highway is a skill to learn.
Maybe take her to downtown Dallas or Fort Worth during a busy time. That way, she can get used to yeilding to pedestrians when her light is green and learning to look for one-way streets.
Teach her to read the block numbers on street signs.
I'm sure you've also done the panic stop practice in the parking lot too. Good idea to get them used to both abs and non-abs panic stops. Just for giggles, do the key off situation so she can understand what happens to ps/pb if the engine should die for some reason.
Imbed in her mind "I'm ok, you're so-so" mentality.
POS is her dad, she has thought that her whole life.
Don't shift an auto transmission into R when your doing 60 mph.
The turbo 400 transmission was OK afterwards, but it was an interesting few seconds
+1, but the Acura Legend transmission was not so lucky. I would have been a dead man if Acura hadn't decided to cover it even though the car was 1k miles out of warranty.
Being from Chicago, I totally support the icy/snow covered parking lot suggestions. The best tip I've heard of is the little doll for the dashboard with the "Icky" name tag (Impatience Can Kill You). Good luck!
Sheesh...
What is it with all of these people and slushboxes on a Miata Forum! Bunch of
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Make sure she knows how to merge. It's a lost art for 95% of the drivers around here. Dang idiots jam up the freeways with their get-on-zit speed of 50mph!
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Even at 16, I drove a MT... I just happened to be in Dad's car that night as mine was in the shop getting a new clutch thanks to the previous weekend's hijinks.Sheesh...
What is it with all of these people and slushboxes on a Miata Forum! Bunch of
I did that in dad's '72 (maybe '73) Pinto wagon. Not doing 60, but probably around 40. Car just died, but started right back up and kept going. It had the sweet 3-speed automatic console shifter and I was driving it like a manual.
3-on-the-tree was the true manual. That was one of the first things I drove. Grampa M's truck.
No way a Pinto did 60.I did that in dad's '72 (maybe '73) Pinto wagon. Not doing 60, but probably around 40. Car just died, but started right back up and kept going. It had the sweet 3-speed automatic console shifter and I was driving it like a manual.
Your Grandpa had an M truck? Cool!
M3 is always the answer.
You all are old :)
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