Tell us your driving secret - it's safe with us

Tell us your driving secret - it's safe with us

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DickyC

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49,540 posts

197 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I drive in my gardening shoes.

They are so comfy you can call me Mr Comfy.

Robmarriott

2,633 posts

157 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I don’t mind people sitting in the middle lane.

Super Sonic

4,515 posts

53 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I keep a good space from the car in front. It a oids a lot of accelerating and braking. If someone pulls out of a junction into the space, well good for them, they're obviously in a hurry/ on the ball/ in a quick car.
If anyone cuts me up or pulls out in front of me, I don't take it personally. We all make mistakes.
Mitigating other drivers mistakes is what makes a good driver.

StonedRollin

1,670 posts

209 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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Super Sonic said:
I keep a good space from the car in front. It a oids a lot of accelerating and braking. If someone pulls out of a junction into the space, well good for them, they're obviously in a hurry/ on the ball/ in a quick car.
If anyone cuts me up or pulls out in front of me, I don't take it personally. We all make mistakes.
Mitigating other drivers mistakes is what makes a good driver.
Most sensible post on PH for a while....................

Speed Badger

2,667 posts

116 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I don't care if I've been sitting in a long queue of cars exiting a motorway and someone bypasses the entire slip lane and dives in front of me at the last minute. I just don't mind. I know I should be red with rage and close up until I'm inches off the car in front's bumper as we move along to prevent last minute ingress.

thewarlock

3,234 posts

44 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I've gotten lazy, having 'upgraded' from a 350Z to a 370Z, and never heel and toe by myself anymore, as the car does it for you, and gets it perfect every time.

blackscooby

300 posts

279 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I love driving my automatic.
I said it.. never thought it would.

GT03ROB

13,207 posts

220 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I can't tell the difference between RWD & FWD

spoodler

2,072 posts

154 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I can't tell if 95% of the posts in General Gassing are sad, serious, satire, out and out spoof or posted by some form of artificial intelligence...

geeks

9,119 posts

138 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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DickyC said:
I drive in my gardening shoes.

They are so comfy you can call me Mr Comfy.
I used to have a pair of driving shoes, they were just so comfy, gutted when they got lost in a house move a few years back.

T6 vanman

3,055 posts

98 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I've never thought to criticise Mrs T6's poor driving ... I just keep it bottled up inside as my little secret boxedin

simon_harris

1,211 posts

33 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I have my own set of defined rules for choosing when to let people out of junctions, side roads etc.

ie if I am approaching a red light and there is traffic behind me and someone is waiting to be let out, I will always let them out. If there is no traffic behind me or the light is on green I generally won't.

if a car is trying to cross traffic and there is a build up of cars behind it and there are cars behind me I will slow to allow them to cross, if there are no cars behind me or the car trying to cross I won't.

I've got quite a few more but the general concept is be nice to other drives and karma will come back around when I need it too.

rewild

2,981 posts

138 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I love EVs. It's how things should be. I still have ICE cars too, but I secretly wish they would throw a valve or something so I could buy a second EV, and maybe a third, and maybe an electric motorcycle too...

I don't think I'll buy an ICE car ever again.

Smokey Bear

37 posts

23 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I'm addicted to tailgating.

deckster

9,630 posts

254 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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GT03ROB said:
I can't tell the difference between RWD & FWD
Be careful who you say that to. I admitted to that a few years back and was ridiculed for months.

(I still can't, btw)

scouseVR6

125 posts

188 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I've become very lazy; I only ever indicate when I absolutely need to,

Xenoous

948 posts

57 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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Although I love driving and consider myself to be a petrol/pistonhead, my back catalogue of cars is 4 cars in 13 years. All FWD. I don't really have a hankering for anything RWD other than perhaps an M2, or a newer Mustang. Neither of which I care about the fact they're RWD. I'd rather own a Mondeo than a 5 series.

What's the fuss all about?

Bannock

4,462 posts

29 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I've owned 37 cars in 36 years. The highest performance model was an Alfa 33 1.7 Cloverleaf.

I'm just not that interested in fast cars, I admire value for money, practicality and comfort above all else. Yes, the Alfa was a mistake given that statement! wink

Lotobear

6,231 posts

127 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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I'm more interested in building or restoring cars, and improving them, that actually driving them. In fact I've become really quite bored of driving despite living right in the middle of some of the best driving roads in the UK (north Pennines and Scottish Borders)

donkmeister

7,995 posts

99 months

Wednesday 14th September 2022
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simon_harris said:
I've got quite a few more but the general concept is be nice to other drives and karma will come back around when I need it too.
I get annoyed when another road user steals the karma I was going to get. For instance, two cars need to be helped out of a junction, the driver in front lets both out... It makes no difference to where I am in the queue but that bd just stole the karma I would have earned from letting the second car out. Hopefully he'll experience karmic vengeance for stealing my good karma.

Also I think most cyclists and lorry drivers are courteous and are just as valid on the road as cars, and very few have ever caused me concern or consternation. That seems to be an opinion you need to keep to yourself hehe