General Car Discussion

Discussion in 'Automotive' started by HadACoolName, Mar 6, 2015.

  1. SixSixSevenSeven

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    And everyone else feels otherwise
     
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  2. redrobin

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  3. MotherTrucker02

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    Depends on the state. From the factory they aren't road legal in any state, but with turn signals and a horn they are road legal in certain states.
     
  4. Bubbleawsome

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    He's either a troll or real and going to kill himself in a car wreck soon so either way he won't be an issue soon lol
     
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  5. Potato

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    Driving school is useless. You'll get far more out of puttering around on private property in a real car and finding the limits for yourself.
    You aren't supposed to learn the absolute basics of driving a car on public roads with other vehicles around, especially when you've displayed the level of absolute incompetency you have. First you learn how to drive, then you drive around other cars.
    My car is 78 inches wide. I've never had any trouble with it. It takes all of 2 minutes to get used to the dimensions of a car, and no normal passenger vehicle is gonna be wide enough to cause problems.
     
  6. lukerules117

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    There isn't any private property I have access to that would be big enough for more than just driving in a circle.
     
  7. redrobin

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    Then find an empty parking lot at night. How do you think I learned some basic car control?

    Jesus, do we really have to think of everything for you?
     
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  8. lukerules117

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    Parking lots still normally have curbs and other things that I could hit though and what even qualifies as basic car control?
     
  9. B727ClassicFlyer

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    Gas pedal, brake pedal, steering wheel. That's basic car control.
     
  10. Potato

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    Stay away from the edges and practice making turns smoothly and without driving over any lines. Then I recommend you forget about the lines and spend a while getting acquainted with the true limits of the car.
    My god you're helpless.
     
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  11. amarks240

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    This is frank. he prefers to sleep on the gt2.
     

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  12. NismoR35

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    What the others said, you have a steering wheel, brake pedal, and a gas pedal to AVOID obstacles like that. You're literally making me think you're like this when you drive. I'm not kidding.


    Seriously, do you walk into or trip over something that's in your way? No, you avoid that shit. My god.
     
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  13. redrobin

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    Probably because he does. Who knows, maybe two rectangles and a really big circle are complicated controls for idiots.
     
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  14. opkraut

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    Good lord there could be a single pole in a 500 acre square and you'd still be worried about hitting it.
    Please, for the sake of anyone else on the road, grow a pair and learn to drive like a functioning driver.
     
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  15. James Smith

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    It can be useful for learning the laws and regulations for using public roadways. (4 way stops, traffic lights, speed limits. . . )
     
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  16. rryz19

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    It's all fun and games until a car accidentally merges on front of the speeding 350z....
     
  17. redrobin

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    That's all common sense stuff.

    Stop at the stop sign

    Go says the green light, stop says the red, drop 2 gears and mash the pedal to the floor says the yellow light twinkling in between.

    Don't speed.
     
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  18. NGAP NSO Shotgun Chuck

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    This. The original Dodge Demon was a hopped-up Dart, which was significantly smaller than a Challenger. While I'd hate to see Dodge try to build a new one based on that sorry excuse for a car they call the Dart now, I'd love to see them back away from the "throwing nukes at Newton" approach to speed and give us a true driver's car.

    The Hellcat is weird for me because, on one hand, I want to love it for being one last thumb in the eye to the tree worshippers before the even more insane CAFE regulations come along and ruin everything again, but on the other hand, I recognize that it represents all the cancer that's currently killing performance cars rolled into one package. Sure, 700 horsepower is cool, but then you find out it weighs over 4000 lbs and is full of stuff you don't need like touchscreen infotainment and has that goofy electronic shifter with its available 8-speed automatic. I'm not necessarily against more power, but it just gets ridiculous when you see cars getting heavier and heavier while the manufacturers throw more and more power at them to try to outrun the scale. Power-to-weight ratio is a valid metric, but in terms of the overall package, straight-up weight is also important in and of itself.
     
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  19. HadACoolName

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    Spy pics of the 2017 HSV GTS & Maloo, they saved the best for last.
    saveover8.jpg saveover9.jpg saveover10.jpg

    Holden stated today that the final Commodore will roll off the production line on October 20th
     
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  20. Bubbleawsome

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