Quote from Tony: "I know when our two had driving lessons the 3-point-turn had already become "manoeuvres in the road"..........
The KNEES, the KNEES. Ask the DI about driving with the KNEES after leaving McDonald's with a drink in one hand and a burger in the other. Frankie
Cruising, I have left elbow on the centre armrest with hand on the gear knob and right elbow on the door armrest and right hand between 2 or 3 o'clock on the wheel, very comfortable. Press-on driving, hands are around 10.00 and 2.00..................Except of course when changing gear!All depends how fast I'm going, on a motorway or country lane, and what gear I'm in.
Can't believe police are still advocating push pull, do respect their instructors though,but I tried to get used to push pull after taking my tests and found it just doesn't feel natural. Just imagine the rally drivers trying it, which brings to mind the sudden rear end step out, how many of us would get time to push pull if we over done the first correction, just never seemed plausible to me.I recently went to a visit to the Police Driver Training College, where we taken out, for a drive, by one of the Instructors (in a BMW 530D)
It was fascinating listening to his running commentary, highlighting potential hazards along the route
As for hands on the steering wheel, we were told 10 to 2 and to use push/pull when turning ~ I think I tended to use 9 to 3, but have tried to change to 10 to 2
I have done a write-up for the BMWCC magazine - hopefully it will get published soon
Yes? No?
No because my boot rack is on the right way@miller1098 do you drive with one hand on the wheel and one hand holding the sheep on the boot rack?......
Dad, don't have to worry about shopping for groceries, the home I'm lining up for you, seeing you won't have a car, provides meals. Gaz Jr.Closest approximation to my current driving style I could find...
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I was taught "ten to two" and according to the wear marks on my steering wheel I would seem to have stuck with it...
Hugh, our RCMP drive more cars off the road summer and winter than anyone that has had no training. Got to tell us something!! JIM
This is becoming hilarious, couldn't stop laughing wife thought she might have to call an ambulance. Good job I wasn't driving at the time,might have got into a skid avoiding that sheep,push pulled and made it worse.No because my boot rack is on the right way
Lol
This thing about the boot rack all started when I joined the forum and posted pictures of my car. The car has a boot rack with a "lip" or upright piece to it. My boot rack was positioned with the upright piece towards the rear of the car. 'Certain members' posted back about the boot rack being on backwards, ie. the bent upwards portion should be towards the front of the car. It was a bit of a controversy with members clearly defined in one camp or the other. What I didn't tell them was that I did quite a bit of research about this looking up about 8 or 9 manufacturers of boot racks. The surprising thing was that they were evenly divided about the installation. So if they couldn't clearly decide which way the rack was to go on, what was the point of getting the members lined up on one side or the other? So I just dropped the whole thing. FrankieThis is becoming hilarious, couldn't stop laughing wife thought she might have to call an ambulance. Good job I wasn't driving at the time,might have got into a skid avoiding that sheep,push pulled and made it worse.
Glad not everyone droped it Frankie it's been so amuseing, I certainly remember reading it a couple of times over the first time round and wasn't laughing at you or the others but with you all, got to be one of the most memorable posts I've read and so likely to keep popping up. If I ever buy one for my Z I'll have two uprights on it, one to stop suitcase falling off the back, the other to stop it coming through the rear screen, job sorted.
Or you're transporting sheep across state lines Frankie. I read there was a lot of rustling of sheep in states bordering on NJ!!
I never 'russle' with the sheep. Frankie
Bit like Bad ///Boy's this morning......
) and one of the discussion points was position of hands on the steering wheel and turning technique.