You are a true driver if...

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- You prefer driving your beat-up 1988 Ford Escort over riding in a lemo

- You drive a total of 50 miles at a time going nowhere in particular just to hear your car's engine sound.

- You don't mind giving your friends rides to places they want to go, regardless of how far it is.

- Whenever you and your wife/girlfriend are going somewhere, you insist on driving, even though its her car.

Feel free to add to the list.
 
Originally posted by XzifT
You walk in racing lines not realizing it until a friend points it out. (Guilty) :D
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Haha, I think a lot of us do that! My friend and I both discovered that we do it too!


Here's one that plagues me: You find it hard to resist taking a line in normal street driving.

And another: You always take the long way home, just because it has more corners.

When you ride in the passenger seat of a car, your legs naturally assume the position they'd be in if they were operating the pedals.

And, of course....

You spend all your free time and money on your car.
 
I get what I refer to as "Right foot syndrome" even if I'm just thinking about driving or a car that excites me. :D
 
Originally posted by Takumi Fujiwara

When you ride in the passenger seat of a car, your legs naturally assume the position they'd be in if they were operating the pedals.
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I do that just because I don't trust the person driving half the time (imaginary brake pedal).
 
You habitually heel and toe gear downchanges of two gears (e.g. 4th to 2nd) - officially to 'save the gearbox', unofficially to keep stability under braking.

You can pick the change in torque allocation in your Subaru while cornering under power.

You've thought every car you've had access to could 'use another 50 horsepower', including that 350hp ute that you couldn't touch the throttle in the wet in any gear less than 4th.

When your partner/wife knows the technical fault with her driving that means you would prefer the family car to be AWD.

You were happy to sacrifice a split/fold rear seat for chassis rigidity.

More to come as I think of them - and after dinner...
 
... you won't ever drive FF cars
... your name is Michael Schumacher
... you would rather drive than fly to a far away place
 
Originally posted by XzifT
You walk in racing lines not realizing it until a friend points it out. (Guilty) :D
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Guilty of that as well. Though mine is more from cross country / foot races. But I even do it in the house and at work weaving in and out of hallways / doors.

Another: You prefer to drive your manual transmission beat up `93 Accord over your parents automatic transmission `99 V6 Accord, which obviously has more spunk.
 
You've driven a '88 323 in a very fast manner every day and not been pulled over or involved in an accident ever.(while your friends are getting pulled over more times than you can count)

You've driven a '88 323 doing 90+ on the way home from school and then hard braking at your exit ramp, hitting a dip in the road causing the back end to slide out, and then saving it and making it look like you're a pro-drifter.

You constenly floor your '88 323 for the hell of it, yet during your months of driving as such, you haven't broken anything on the car.

You make 82hp seem like a lot more when you do a 75mph burnout trying to get onto the highway, just for the hell of it.

You are able to back your '88 323 over a snow mound that your school put in your spot, and after wearing off a great deal of the pavement sealent, leave your 323 with the passenger back tire nearly a foot in the air and go to your classes.

You try not to change speed while turning(even if tire squeal results, you make it look like you wanted it to happen)

You race people as much as you can, even though you know that the chances of your 82hp automatic economy car are very low, then after you lose you pull up next to the other guy and laugh, showing that you're a good sport.

You do the out-in-out turning pattern even if you're doing 15mph.

You push a fully wieghed down '92 MPV(with roof top carrier) past 100mph for several miles, flat out, and won't stop till smoke and transmission fluid are being pushed out the back(ok, that wasn't me, that was my mom)

You brake-torque a '92 MPV at every stop sign just for the hell of it, and crack up when it peels out(that was my bro)

You drift a '82 Maxima while leaving Sunday school(that was my dad, many, many times)

You drive down your street in reverse the whole way, because you forgot your wallet(me, my dad, and my bro, lol).



That's all I got for now.

With the race walking, yup, that's me. While walking down the halls at school, I swerve between people, cut corners, and always walk on the correct side of the hall. Then I look at people as if thier complete idiots for not complying with the rules of the road, and if I get aggravated enough, I'll just walk into people that are stopped talking and then just keep plowing through. Wish I could do that while driving...
 
Originally posted by vat_man
You habitually heel and toe gear downchanges of two gears (e.g. 4th to 2nd) - officially to 'save the gearbox', unofficially to keep stability under braking.
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Sissy. I heel-and-toe all my deaccel downshifts...
 
Originally posted by MazKid
With the race walking, yup, that's me. While walking down the halls at school, I swerve between people, cut corners, and always walk on the correct side of the hall. Then I look at people as if thier complete idiots for not complying with the rules of the road, and if I get aggravated enough, I'll just walk into people that are stopped talking and then just keep plowing through. Wish I could do that while driving...
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:lol: That's exactly how I walk at school, except there are people stopped talking about every five feet, and they talk in the middle of the hall! :mad:
 
LOL. Being a senior this year i dont have to worry about running into some big guy, i can just about go around walking through any traffic zones i wish:lol: Its pretty scary sometimes how closely tied my driving and walking patterns are.
 
Originally posted by Ev0
:lol: That's exactly how I walk at school, except there are people stopped talking about every five feet, and they talk in the middle of the hall! :mad:
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Yea, that's the same thing they do here. They stop freggin right in the middle. I just keep moving and crash into them.
Others merge into traffic where there's no space, and others also make turns across moving traffic.

Then there's the ones that "run out of gas". You're walking behind them and they are moving pretty well, then they just kinda slow down and you're stuck behind them.

There's also the street racers that think it's cool to run through the traffic chasing a friend with no regard for the road rules.
 
:lol: That was good. I can relate to them all. Does anyone have the kind of people who think they're freerunners and try to jump off lockers..? :odd:
 
Originally posted by XzifT
:lol: That was good. I can relate to them all. Does anyone have the kind of people who think they're freerunners and try to jump off lockers..? :odd:
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What kind of a school do you go to??:odd: I can relate to everything Mazkid said above lol. Stupid street racers and their rice-rocket backpacks:banghead: Probably have a couple mini-bottles of NAWS in there.
 
Ah, dont ask. They attempt to do a backflip from a wall.. and they end up breaking their necks.. And so, yeah. Its rather funny, actually.
 
Originally posted by MazKid
You've driven a '88 323 in a very fast manner every day and not been pulled over or involved in an accident ever.(while your friends are getting pulled over more times than you can count)
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It'll catch up to you eventually.:D
 
if you see someone blazing down the street at full speed on a bicycle and you wonder how much horsepower he's pushing
 
I think I'm a true driver because...

-I hit apex's at every corner.
-Double-clutching every acceleration.
-Heel-toe before stopping.
-Hitting max speed on highways.
-Power-sliding before parking the car.
-Looking for a parking spot at high speed.
-Alway using the gutters (Initial D style) on very tight corners.

Heh, heh, heh. :trouble:
 
Originally posted by The Vanishing Boy
I think I'm a true driver because...

-I hit apex's at every corner.
-Double-clutching every acceleration.
-Heel-toe before stopping.
-Hitting max speed on highways.
-Power-sliding before parking the car.
-Looking for a parking spot at high speed.
-Alway using the gutters (Initial D style) on very tight corners.

Heh, heh, heh. :trouble:
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The excess speed, power sliding, and Initial D reference practically diminish all merits you had for being a true driver.
 
Originally posted by The Vanishing Boy
I think I'm a true driver because...

-I hit apex's at every corner.
-Double-clutching every acceleration.
-Heel-toe before stopping.
-Hitting max speed on highways.
-Power-sliding before parking the car.
-Looking for a parking spot at high speed.
-Alway using the gutters (Initial D style) on very tight corners.

Heh, heh, heh. :trouble:
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No 'real' driver does ANY of these things. But morons do.


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