driving a automatic car = snoozefest and lazy

[MikelArteta]

rip paul walker

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

mafukkas be driving a stick shift KIA and pop shyt



nikkas in England driving cars the size of a dog house



i run over ya lil ass shyt in my truck

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

mafukkas be driving a stick shift KIA and pop shyt



nikkas in England driving cars the size of a dog house



i run over ya lil ass shyt in my truck

so audi n bmw making dog house size cars?

show me a small car that has 6 gears

 

[SCORCH]

@Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha

An American tribute to British drivers

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/02/uk-driving-law-versus-us

I have newfound respect for all the motorists I encounter on British roads. A UK license is basically a PhD in driving

The United States and the United Kingdom have many important similarities, but a rigorous driving test is not one of them. As an American who recently passed the UK driving theory and practical tests, I have newfound respect for all the motorists I encounter on British roads.

To get my American license when I was 16 years old, I had to take a very short multiple choice theory test. Having not studied and never driven, I passed easily. Then I took a practical test that consisted of a 15-minute amble through a flat rural area. I performed poorly, and at the end of my test the examiner turned to me and said, "You really don't know what you're doin', do ya?" And he passed me.

I initially assumed the UK test was comparable to the one across the pond. But then I read that the large majority of UK motorists fail their first driving exam. And I heard horror stories of Americans and other foreigners failing multiple times. I began to study (or "revise" as you Brits say) in earnest.

I'm a doctoral student at Cambridge, and I'm quite sure I prepared much more for my driving tests than I will for my PhD viva next year.

A UK license is basically a PhD in driving.

I read the Highway Code. I read the entire 528-page AA Complete Test book, reviewing all of its 948 multiple-choice questions. I bought the Driving Test Success DVD, watching hours of slightly awkward inside-the-car footage of UK driving lessons. I watched countless "hazard perception" videos on YouTube.

The night before my practical test I fell asleep around 2am on my sofa with my laptop on my stomach as I watched "show me, tell me" vehicle safety tutorials. Had I not watched those videos, my answer to every vehicle safety question during the real test would have been "I would call my dad and then call AA."

(Note to American readers: AA is the British equivalent of AAA, but for some reason they don't call it the "American Automobile Association" in the UK.)

In the course of my studies I had to learn all those charming British motoring terms. To me, many of the terms sounded more like names for rock and folk bands. You know, when I was a teenager I loved heavy metal bands like Kerb, Slip Road, and MOT, and punk bands like The Rising Bollards. Now that I'm older, I prefer the gentler acoustic sound of bands like Soft Verge, Central Reservation, Pelican Crossing, Gantry Sign, and Urban Clearway, though I can still dig the pop-punk energy of Double Mini Roundabout.

I also had to create mnemonic devices to remember the differences between Britain's bird-name road crossings. A toucan crossing is where "two can" cross – both pedestrians and cyclists. At a puffin crossing, a pedestrian may be "huffin' and puffin' to get across" because there is no flashing amber light. Oh, apparently "amber" means "yellow" in English English. I've taken to calling Britain's other traffic lights ruby and emerald.

Thanks to my preparation, I passed the theory test, though my hazard perception score was hazardously low.

When the moment of my practical test arrived, I was a nervous wreck – though thankfully not a literal wreck. I tried to endear myself to my stiff-upper-lipped examiner by noting that the driving tests in America are "a bit different". He chuckled and said, "they're a joke".

To be fair to Americans, we drive big automatic cars on wide, open, straight roads, and most of our country is farmland and wilderness. Most of our towns and cities were laid out after the invention of the automobile. America is a car-based civilization. A Declaration of Independence from public transportation is part of our national psyche. A burdensome license test would be seen as an infringement on our fundamental human right to drive.

Things are "a bit different" in Britain. You have eight times the population density of the United States and many of your narrow, windy roads were developed before the invention of even the horse-drawn coach.

My American compatriots are shocked when I tell them that to earn a UK license I had to take a lengthy theory test, computerized hazard perception test, eye sight test, vehicle safety test, and a 40-minute driving test with a meticulous examiner jotting down each of my "faults" in real time.

As my faults mounted during the test, I prayed that we would turn back toward the test centre before I surpassed the maximum level of acceptable faultiness. I'm a married homeowner who drives an MPV with two toddlers in car seats; I'm hardly a risk-taker on the road. But I am an American. The examiner perceived my hazardousness and marked me down for not looking in my mirrors before I signalled – seven times.

Now I'm always conscious of looking in the mirrors before I signal and manoeuvre. Thanks to the rigors of the UK driving test, I'm a much safer driver, and I'm glad that I share the road with a nation of drivers who had to pass the same demanding test.

The people of Great Britain can be rightfully proud of their great driving skills. Whereas the easy US tests make me wary of American drivers, here in the UK, I've embraced the mantra Keep Calm and Drive On.

British drivers >

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

you're half way right, but if i buy a sports car.. i want performance, and manual ALWAYS offers more performance than your average auto

No

I have driven Ferraris and GT-Rs at the track... NO WAY I could have handled those cars with stickshift and I am on my 6th stickshift car (and 6th car period)

Even a regular planetary gear auto can be OK if its programmed right. I drove the 370Z with the paddles... it was alright but I still like my 6MT 350

Here is the way I see it. Stickshift is good in slow cars. I had a few Hondas and would not want them with autos. But for legit fast cars no way. If my car had a more responsive auto with more gears I could go either way. My next car mite be auto but if it is it will be a Porsche or M3 or something

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

so audi n bmw making dog house size cars?

show me a small car that has 6 gears

Ford Fiesta ST, GTI, GT86, hell the old Honda Civic Type-R had a 6 speed fam.

U prob drive a Ford Mondeo 1.6 TDCi Elegance M8.

 

[CJ]

Love having that stick/3rd pedal, but this 7-speed DSG in this S4 is far from a snooze

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

Ford Fiesta ST, GTI, GT86, hell the old Honda Civic Type-R had a 6 speed fam.

U prob drive a Ford Mondeo 1.6 TDCi Elegance M8.

is that german, did you not see when I said only german

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

Love having that stick/3rd pedal, but this 7-speed DSG in this S4 is far from a snooze

to bad its a s4, love the drive hate shape

 

[yo moms]

@Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha



British drivers >

I tried telling nikkas how hard it is to get a license over here but you didnt want to hear it.

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

Stick really matters with the enthusiasts.


I was getting into my car late night last friday before hitting the club circuit with my boy.


Before i stepped in, this other 350 z on dubs, slammed with konigs drive by and the passenger window rolls down and dude says,


"Is yours stick or auto?"


I asked him, "Why you wanna know?" (of course, low key, he wanted to know that his boys whip was on "another level" and "uber furious" because it was manual."


I told him, shamelessly, "It's a tip tronic."


Said it once and i'll say it again, the manual shiit don't matter to me. I sit in a lot of traffic in seattle (top 5 worst in the nation) and i don't want to scuff my kicks shifting so much.


It ain't a big deal to me... but to hard core drivers - it's enough for them to boot you off their buddy list on AOL messenger.


*shrugs*


I just need beats in the whip with clean wheels and i'm good.


./

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

is that german, did you not see when I said only german

You didn't say German, but since you're an idiot, BMW 1 series, Audi A3, Benz A-Class, VW GTI, BMW Mini Cooper are all small German cars with 6 speed boxes. All Porsches are pretty small too.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Stick really matters with the enthusiasts.


I was getting into my car late night last friday before hitting the club circuit with my boy.


Before i stepped in, this other 350 z on dubs, slammed with konigs drive by and the passenger window rolls down and dude says,


"Is yours stick or auto?"


I asked him, "Why you wanna know?" (of course, low key, he wanted to know that his boys whip was on "another level" and "uber furious" because it was manual."


I told him, shamelessly, "It's a tip tronic."


Said it once and i'll say it again, the manual shiit don't matter to me. I sit in a lot of traffic in seattle (top 5 worst in the nation) and i don't want to scuff my kicks shifting so much.


It ain't a big deal to me... but to hard core drivers - it's enough for them to boot you off their buddy list on AOL messenger.


*shrugs*


I just need beats in the whip with clean wheels and i'm good.


./

Yea I have the Z in the city... shyt is rough in the stop and go. I really love the gearbox on my bike. It's manual but it's way less of a hassle.

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

You didn't say German, but since you're an idiot, BMW 1 series, Audi A3, Benz A-Class, VW GTI, BMW Mini Cooper are all small German cars with 6 speed boxes. All Porsches are pretty small too.

I don't drive hatch backs clown nor do I drive porsches

 

[Ice Water]

I don't drive hatch backs clown nor do I drive porsches

Your German manufactures are going to stop offering manuals in 10 years lol. What you gonna do with your p*ssy then breh? Poor guy won't have nothin to sit on anymore.