New Driver Advice

[Sluttypatton]

Ahhhh, the brail method of driving.

[indyram]

Originally Posted by RazorGTR

Bah you guys have it all wrong. Just point the car in the direction you want to go, close your eyes, and mash the gas peddle to the floor. Everyone will get out of your way quickly

Except for the little old lady in the big ass caddy that thinks she is the only one on the road.

[indyram]

The first time that I drove was when my dad put a whole new front end suspension, steering, the whole works in his truck. He said here you go make sure it won't fall apart. It did and I am still here.

[landyacht]

Another bit of advice:

No street racing until ur 20 years old and have bought your own car. You should have 5 years under your belt before doing it. I started street racing after 2 years of driving, and things didn't go so well for me, i had to have the engine re-built and new front suspension. That's all i'll say on that one!

As far as stories of learning to drive...my Mom was teaching me. I had the car in 3rd gear @ 30km/h (grumbling tanny!), i went from 2nd to 5th accidentaly while trying to merge (oops!) and almost went right through a red light. All this in my 1st few days of driving ever.

Things will come with time. Its been 6 years of driving for me now, and i paid the 5000 bucks to take a BMW performance driving course, so there's nothing stopping me now other then the need for a new car! My point is, get the experience before you experiment with speed.

Be safe, good luck, have fun!

[boingo82]

Originally Posted by landyacht

...and i paid the 5000 bucks to take a BMW performance driving course, ...

How was it? I've always thought it would be fun to take.

[eversio11]

Originally Posted by boingo82

How was it? I've always thought it would be fun to take.

Yeah, same here. How much did you really learn from there? I'm really considering taking the course in a couple years.