Driving with mom......

It's not a kill story but hey it's driving realated....


Anyways so I'm driving with mom this morning and I get bitched at the intire way to school. Forst off I'm stuck in this BIGA** GMC Saburban. It's not a god awful truck but it's huge. Worst thing about it it's slow and the front suspision needs replacing so it goes bouncy bouncy alot. Anyways leaving the nieghbor hood and it starts.....I'm a stop sign and get ready to get out on the road and what do I hear. "YOUR ROLLING THROUGH A STOP SIG YOU CAN GET A TICKET FOR THAT". I'm sittingthere like I'm getting ready to go how is that rolling. Then I get to a intersection turning through it and I hear "YOUR GOING TO FAST!" and I'm rolling through it at like 15. It's just goes on and on. The worset part is I take my test in like 3 weeks and few days. So I know she is just gonna make me drive more and more. But I hate it cause All she does is bitch and yell. I don't about you but it is awfly hard to pay attention when yor pissed cause the passenger wont stop yelling. Anyone else have this same experience or had a parent that you HATED to drive with but couldn't do anything about it ? Don't want it to sound like a bitching post but I wanna know if anyone can give me some advice or share some stories of screaming,yelling,panicing or down right bitching parents ?

~BB~

my mom was never a problems. my dad used to make little comments about my driving that would drive me up the wall, but it was just advice and Im sure Im a better driver for taking the advice.

Did you just start driving? Cuz when I first started driving my parents were like that. Actually my dad was the easy going one and then my mom was the bickering one. Then about 3 months till i turned 16 they flip flopped and my mom was easy going and my dad was going insane. Their just not use to you driving yet, and it freaks your mom out that you can already drive.
P.S.-Dont ever brake check someone with your parents in the car.....they'll chew your ass out from end to end.

All I can say is listen to her advice. She'll calm down. You'll not escalate the arguement and you might learn something you hadn't before. Worked for me all those many moons ago.

Yeah I'd have to agree with most saying that my dad was pretty laid back when he took me driving my mom on the other hand was completely mental she wouldn't stop picking out little things and the more she talked the more I messed up but thats changed now since I am a better driver then her, she doesn't like to drive in the snow she just gets me to do it for her sometimes.

YEAH MY MOM BITCHED AT ME TOO :rolleyes: BUT YOGS IS RIGHT ITLL HELP YOU IN THE LONG RUN!!! GOOD LUCK ON YOUR TEST!!!:D

Just be thankful that she lets you drive. My Dad and Step-Mom never let me drive. Luckely I went to my moms every other weekend. I drove alot then.

My mom was like that, but my dad was cool about everything.

they occaisionally pick at things like 'you havn't put your blinker on yet' even when i am still a good 150 meters from the turn

my mon still bitches at me when i drive. Thats why I don't like driving with her. She says stop, watch out, turn here, slow down, see the stop sign, look its a yellow light........ the list goes on:rolleyes:
I guess she still see's me as a little boy driving....

W3rd!

Don't think that you're the only one!

Shit, when I started learning standard....with my Dad, in our '91 VW Jetta turbo diesel, he would bitch about me.....driving over potholes!??!!??!!? WTF!?!?!?!? :confused: I'm trying to get the fucking clucth down and he's bitching to me to fucking SWERVE (And I mean SWERVE) around potholes!!! Shit! Get out of the damn car if you don't like me hitting potholes and point them out to me!!!!!!

Man he's frustrating!

BTW....I hate standard....I'm going to get it oneday, and to do that I'm gonna rent a standard car and Jizown that shit until I gots it DOWN!

BTTW, have you ever been in a Jetta!!?!??! These things are fucking GIGANTICALLY tiny!!! And I'm a big boy! (5'11", 200~ pounds) Plus my right ankle is ganked since I broke, fractured, and dislocated it a few years ago, and I am not comfortable in that thing!

W3rd!

Later!

my mom wont get in the car with me :D :D :D

wow, i'm probably the only one that's opposite...

my parents both raced, so i'm constantly being made fun of for going too slow... and i have to keep reminding my mom that my car is faster than hers, and 7500 rpm in second gear isn't a street shifting point

Originally posted by TexasF355F1
Did you just start driving? Cuz when I first started driving my parents were like that. Actually my dad was the easy going one and then my mom was the bickering one. Then about 3 months till i turned 16 they flip flopped and my mom was easy going and my dad was going insane. Their just not use to you driving yet, and it freaks your mom out that you can already drive.
P.S.-Dont ever brake check someone with your parents in the car.....they'll chew your ass out from end to end.

About the same for me....

My mom really doesnt care what I do when I drive; She just asks me to go not too fast, and not to do ebrake turns. But, she knows I do them, but doesnt really mind. Drunk driving is a no-no though (as it should be). But, shes cool with everything (she let me drive at 14, ferchristsakes).
My dad is the one who is the back seat driver; always has been, always will be. He will complain, tell you how fast to go, how far to follow, when to shift, when to cruise, etc....pretty much the most annoying guy. He'll also make a loud and obvious "whoosshsh-aahhhhh-hissss" type sound, sounding very afraid, if you do something he perceives as slightly dangerous.
Oh well, I dont have to drive with him much. On the plus side, he does it to everyone:eek:

When Iwas learning to drive,my Dad was the pits.He would ride with one hand on the handbrake,yelling instructions like a drill sergeant.I guess that's the way that he was taught stuff,so I can't really blame him.Eventually,I got tired of it and started going for lessons with a proffesional driving instructor.His car was in much better shape than ours,which made it a lot easier to control,and he had a set of dual controls that he would use rather than yelling like a madman.He taught me a hell of a lot about the art of driving that my father never could,and Ibreezed the test first time.If you want good driving instruction,pay a professional.If you think you can get by with 'lessons' from your parents,it won't cost you anything,but you'll pick up all of their bad habits along the way.Next time she's behind the wheel,just watch out for errors.If she breaks the rules,tell her so.see how she likes it.:)

My dad was pretty bad, my mom was sweet when I was learning to drive. My mom only got bad when she was in the back seat. I really learned to drive from my parents, but then took lessons from a professional instructor to work out any bad habits,and I breezed through the test first time too :)

My Mum was awesome to learn to drive with- Very cool, calm and collected- also I got to drive her (Then) new 3 series Beemer- so it was win-win there- but my dad was an asshole when it came to driving-he paniced and yelled and wouldn't shut up- One time I even told him to get out and walk home :D


but yeah I'd say that you should just listen to your mum- she always knows best.....................Or is that always right.....................I can't remember:o

Originally posted by taranaki
Next time she's behind the wheel,just watch out for errors.If she breaks the rules,tell her so.see how she likes it.:)

One step ahead of ya.;)

my mom gets pissed off when i do 5 mph over the limit, and some tiems i gun her Chevy Z71, (actually it is pretty quick) and she starts yelling, and if i dont start slowing down about 2 miles before a stop sign, then i get yelled at, so your moms not the only bitch
no offense

Originally posted by ac427cpe
wow, i'm probably the only one that's opposite...

my parents both raced, so i'm constantly being made fun of for going too slow... and i have to keep reminding my mom that my car is faster than hers, and 7500 rpm in second gear isn't a street shifting point

hehe. High Five.

yeah, my parents were always cool. I drive 90 down the freeway and whatnot, but am generally pretty safe. My dad taught me to drive when i was 14, so he's cool.

Oh, ac427.... ROTARY POWER!!

Originally posted by supratuner
my mom gets pissed off when i do 5 mph over the limit, and some tiems i gun her Chevy Z71, (actually it is pretty quick) and she starts yelling, and if i dont start slowing down about 2 miles before a stop sign, then i get yelled at, so your moms not the only bitch
no offense


If you decided you would "gun" my car then I'd kick you out on the street faster than you could say moron.


Gun your own car- but when you are driving your mothers car what she says goes

My brother and parents let me drive whin I was 12-13 It was manily my brother. then when I was 14 I could ask for the keys and they would be like ok (we lived on a dirt road ) once when I was askin about how my dads truck handles he was like here try it out . My parents are like frekin cool .


p.s. do a power break at your stop sing (make shure that there are no cops or youll get a ticket) doing that should eather scare the shizit out of your mom and make her shut up or make it to where you will never drive your moms car again . good luck on your test

my mom refused to drive with me when i had my learner's permit, if that gives you any indication of how sketchy she was. even now when i drive with my dad, he stills warns me that i'm speeding if i'm only doing 10km over the limit, or if the cars are stopping ahead, or he tells me if i'm braking too late. it wasn't annoying when i actually had my permit, but now that i'm fully licensed, it annoys the hell out of me.

i cant stand the whole 'your braking to late' thing.

or when there is a car parked on the side of the road and you have to drive around it. the other day i did that and was going 'too fast' i turned 'too quickly'. maybe they expect me to drift into the other lane about 100 feet before the car and merge back 100 ft after the car just so i dont 'turn to fast'

:rolleyes:

my dad tried explaining his viewpoint to me the other day, and i can understand where he's coming from. he says when you're in the passenger seat, and you're so used to driving, and you don't have a brake pedal or a steering wheel, everything the driver does feels too early or too late or too fast or too slow. i noticed this too because i was in the passenger seat with him the other day (for the first time in a long time) and noticed how late he seemed to brake. but when i got in my car and drove the next day, i started braking at exactly the same point.

Originally posted by blackbob
...intire... Forst... Saburban....suspision...alot.... nieghbor hood...... I'm a stop sign... "YOUR ROLLING ....SIG....sittingthere.... "YOUR GOING TO FAST!"..... It's just goes on and on. .... worset .... I don't about you .....awfly.... yor.....panicing......
~BB~


You're a stop sign? :bloated:

Think about it this way for a second...she's letting an inexperienced teenager control a 2-ton vehicle, which costs a good deal of money, with a sloppy "suspision", that has the potential to cause millions of dollars in damage, and even kill someone. Of course she is going to be nervous. Besides, if you're rolling through stop signs WHEN YOUR PARENT(S) ARE IN THE CAR, what kind of hazard will you be when they're not? This thread scares me, and not just because of the grammar.

When I was learning to drive, my dad took me up in the hills, so I could learn to drive stick on them. I wasn't allowed to drive auto at all until I had mastered the manual. We went out on this deserted, hilly road about 15 miles long, and would just practice starts using the clutch only - no gas - until I had that mastered....then we practiced shifting, and eventually went in traffic. Both of my parents were easy to drive with, but that's because I took the responsibility seriously and did my best.

Both parents were pretty cool after I had a few months on the road.

Boingo - How the feck do you take off with no gas? You either stall or burn the crap out of the clutch! :confused:

Originally posted by Oz
How the feck do you take off with no gas? You either stall or burn the crap out of the clutch! :confused:

it's called the friction zone... learn to use it. :p :right: ;)

As for the whole "careless driving" bit... Yeah, driving is NOT a right. Your parents are ALLOWING you to drive, so I'd go ahead and keep an ear open. Sure, they get on your nerves b/c you are ALWAYS right at this age. ALWAYS. Just listen to them even if it's just stored away for a MUCH later day. They have been driving for longer than you've been alive... I think they might, just might, know a lil something (regardless of how entirely IRRITATING they may be).

Originally posted by Oz
Both parents were pretty cool after I had a few months on the road.

Boingo - How the feck do you take off with no gas? You either stall or burn the crap out of the clutch! :confused:

1st, it was a 1991 Dodge Spirit w/ a relatively torquey 2.5-liter.
2nd, let off the clutch really, really, really, really slowly and gradually.
It was harder in my Sentra, but I was able to take off in 1st, 2nd, w/ no gas, and 3rd, and 4th w/ gas. :bloated:

:eek:

OK.

Reminds me of a joke I heard:

(Man to wife) "That's funny. That's the 4th time this year I've had to replace the clutch"
(Wife)"WELL DON'T LOOK AT ME! I DON'T USE IT!"

Originally posted by sidewinder69
BTTW, have you ever been in a Jetta!!?!??! These things are fucking GIGANTICALLY tiny!!! And I'm a big boy! (5'11", 200~ pounds) Plus my right ankle is ganked since I broke, fractured, and dislocated it a few years ago, and I am not comfortable in that thing!


im 6'6" and 220 lbs and i drive my dads jetta occaisonally and its huge..

i have a 90 integra and that fits me fine except its hard to get into (cuz i have the steering wheel tilted all the way down and my knees hit it, once im in its plenty roomy) and my dads 95 jetta is enormous in comparison

my dad doesn't give a shit, but my mom is still nuts...i have 2 tell her 2 shut up sometimes if she gets really bad like that...it totally fucks with my driving and i hate it 2 man....i've been driving around for a while too

lol i've been driving for a few years but my mother still freaks out when she rides with me....youre going to fast....or my favorite
:brakelights ahead: "THEY'RE STOPPING!"
And if I ease up on someone at a traffic light she thinks I'm going to hit them....my dad and I will just have normal conversations but mom has no depth perception so she always thinks I'm going to hit something :)

You should here what some of the peeps said on some of the other forums...

~BB~

Originally posted by 90gs


im 6'6" and 220 lbs and i drive my dads jetta occaisonally and its huge..

i have a 90 integra and that fits me fine except its hard to get into (cuz i have the steering wheel tilted all the way down and my knees hit it, once im in its plenty roomy) and my dads 95 jetta is enormous in comparison

My Dad has those STUPID ASS old ppl. pads that help is old back and ass.....I don't know what they're called, but when I sit in the drivers seat I have NO ROOM!!!!! for my gigantic ass to fit in there, and even when I pull that shit out, it doesn't help.

I don't know, I just don't feel comfortable in that car at all, it's just all wrong for me, there's not enough leg room, and I have to put my foot at a wrong angle, and to use the clutch I kinda have to hover it over the clutch, instead of putting the heel on the floor.

I don't know, maybe I'm just fucked for standard. Also, if I had my brother teaching me standard, it would be a LOT easier to get taught, since he doesn't fly off the handle like my Dad does. *SHRUG*

It doesn't help that my ankle (right) was broken, fractured, and dislocated, a few years ago, and I have to have alot of leg room to move my foot around or it starts to fuck up on me. EX. It'll start throbbing, and aching if I don't move it around every once in a while, and waiting for my stupid ass left foot to engage the clutch doesn't help either.

BTW....the reason I keep it at a bent angle (right ankle) is that I don't wanna start revving the engine before I start engaging the clutch. Can't really hold it in one spot for a long time either......yes I'm QUITE messed up. *shrug*

One day'll I'll just "STEAL" the VW and learn by myself, then pay my Dad for a new clutch because it'll prolly. be blown out. :D

Later!

first of all your mother is right, you do not roll at stop sign!
You slam the brakes until she kisses the windshield and then you slam the acceleration to see how she can be glued to the seat.
After a few of those treatments I don't think she will judge or have oppinions anymore.

She won't dair to look at the car anymore.

Hope this helps

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