Joined: Feb 20, 2012 Age: 20 Posts: 4507 Location: South America
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 1:08 am Post subject:
Yes, I know I can. It's either pushing the clutch to that sweet spot where the engine doesnt shut down, but doesn't let the car go back either, then accelerating while letting go of the clutch, Or just switching from the brakes to the accelerator really fast and then letting go of the clutch.
Or quite simply, accelerating with an automatic and not worrying about anything else. _________________ Verily I have often laughed at weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws. - Nietzsche
Joined: May 01, 2012 Age: 25 Posts: 345 Location: Staffordshire, UK
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 1:24 am Post subject:
Driving automatic isn't really driving that's why, It's the same as riding a really heavy mobility scooter IMO. _________________ I could have brought you roses or a diamond ring, that's just material things...This day i want you to be mine...I'm your blood stained valentine.
Joined: Feb 20, 2012 Age: 20 Posts: 4507 Location: South America
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 2:19 pm Post subject:
DogOfJudah wrote:
Driving automatic isn't really driving that's why, It's the same as riding a really heavy mobility scooter IMO.
Isn't driving getting from point A to point B using an automobile? _________________ Verily I have often laughed at weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws. - Nietzsche
I'm in the UK, and I don't know anybody or know of anybody who drives an automatic. My Mum had an automatic for a while in 1988, it was a works car. So yes, I was last in an automatic 24 years ago. (Except when I visited the US, that is). _________________ “There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.” - Frank Zappa
Joined: Sep 10, 2011 Posts: 1970 Location: Los Angeles
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:57 pm Post subject:
Loved that show. My first car was an ae86. This was back in the mid nineties, before that car gained any real recognition around here. Hell, even I didn't realize how good it was until I totaled it and bought something else. But damn it was fun. It's fairly slow, but everything just feels right, communicative steering, crisp shifter. And the handling! It's limits are fairly low, but it feels like you're steering with your mind. It's so so easy to make that car do exactly what you want it to.
Wish I had known back than that not every car feels that good. In my mind, it was just a crappy old Toyota. I just assumed that something newer would be even better. Unfortunately, faster does not equal more fun.
Joined: Feb 18, 2012 Age: 30 Posts: 5976 Location: Los Altos, California, United States
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 4:36 am Post subject:
I guess the reason being is because they are more into racing and such with a stick you can get better acceleration etc, while with an automatic not so much and its easier to drive an automatic all you have to do is put it in drive. Stick shift requires more skill, hand and eye coordination. I prefer automatics though I drive a 1991 Infiniti M30 it only came in automatic but it goes fast enough. With the right tuning and set up you can make an automatic out perform a stick but it takes more work and you have to know someone who is good at working on transmissions. Like set the lower gears closer and the higher gears further apart for optimum acceleration and top end. Most people who insult people who drive automatics are immature and are usually the kind who run their car to the ground and end up paying high insurance in the long run and wonder why they blow their head gasket and ruin their suspension. _________________ Your Aspie score is 193 of 200
Your neurotypical score is 40 of 200
You are very likely an aspie
No matter where I go I will always be a Gaijin even at home. Like Anime? http://www.anime44.com/anime-list
Loved that show. My first car was an ae86. This was back in the mid nineties, before that car gained any real recognition around here. Hell, even I didn't realize how good it was until I totaled it and bought something else. But damn it was fun. It's fairly slow, but everything just feels right, communicative steering, crisp shifter. And the handling! It's limits are fairly low, but it feels like you're steering with your mind. It's so so easy to make that car do exactly what you want it to.
Wish I had known back than that not every car feels that good. In my mind, it was just a crappy old Toyota. I just assumed that something newer would be even better. Unfortunately, faster does not equal more fun.
I got an 84 Supra...with the engine disassembled in my garage, currently driving my mom's Galant. Ugh. But nah, the Supras have been much better handling cars. They're not like, "dreamy" by any means, but they just feel more...analog, I guess. Compared to my mom's Taurus, the steering has much more feedback, and RWD is a bit better most of the time. I found my RWD manual Supra better in the snow than my mom's Tauruses and Galant. The manual made things much more predictable, as you'd know exactly what was going on, and you could do stuff with the clutch, and I'd much rather have minor oversteer than understeer anyday of the week, so much easier to control the oversteer. The only problem on my manual Supra was, the previous owner put like, shorter Camaro shocks in back, and the springs were always compressed a lot more, so the springs would just totally compress when you accelerated, and thus not be springs anymore. So dorifuta machine there... This is my nicer condition auto one, though. http://i.imgur.com/rk5lul.jpg
If you liked Initial D, you'd love Wangan Midnight. Wangan Midnight was better than ID in a lot of ways, as Wangan Midnight wasn't predictable like ID, and it deals more with the money and repair of cars. Also, it's about highway racing, not touge racing.
Another movie series I liked was the old Shuto Kousoku Trial movies, they were the best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUEa7ZoLEno
They're pretty corny, all taking place in the late 80s and early 90s, but they're fun movies, and I much prefer them over the Fast and Furious kinda thing. The first one was the highest quality, actually being a theatrical release, the rest were straight to video and all featured Keichi Tsuchiya having a part in the movie telling people to take it to the track and not street race.
Yay street racing anime. _________________ Too kawaii to live...
Too sugoi to die!
Joined: Sep 10, 2011 Posts: 1970 Location: Los Angeles
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 7:10 pm Post subject:
Early supras = very cool. But I'm kind of a Toyota loyalist. they rarely build sporty cars but, when they do, they build some of thebest. seventies/eighties japanese cars never really got the respect they deserve, I think. Sure, they're not terribly fast in a straight line, their capabilities are not terribly high, but they just feel right, very fun, which is far more important than any objective measure of performance, at least for someone who drives on public roads for pleasure.
When it comes to car movies/anime, cheesy fun is exactly what I'm looking for.
Joined: Feb 20, 2012 Age: 20 Posts: 4507 Location: South America
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 10:36 pm Post subject:
Now I get what you guys mean by driving. And... I think I understand =P, driving must be something you really like to do, and you can name all those cars and parts and know about transmission and everything.
All I'm looking for in a car right now is one with a lot of mileage per gallon, although living in a big city mass transport is better for me than overpriced parking space and paying for gas.
I like driving my father's SUV, it's diesel, automatic, and pretty powerful. I don't delve too much in it though, as I said I see driving as a way of transporting oneself and others, and not much more =/ _________________ Verily I have often laughed at weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws. - Nietzsche
Joined: Sep 10, 2011 Posts: 1970 Location: Los Angeles
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 1:39 am Post subject:
Shatbat wrote:
Now I get what you guys mean by driving. And... I think I understand =P, driving must be something you really like to do, and you can name all those cars and parts and know about transmission and everything.
All I'm looking for in a car right now is one with a lot of mileage per gallon, although living in a big city mass transport is better for me than overpriced parking space and paying for gas.
I like driving my father's SUV, it's diesel, automatic, and pretty powerful. I don't delve too much in it though, as I said I see driving as a way of transporting oneself and others, and not much more =/
Yeah, cars are kind of my special interest. The one thing I'm really passionate about. I'd never think less of someone who prefers an automatic, but it is a sign that they're not a real automotive enthusiast.
Joined: Sep 01, 2012 Posts: 3409 Location: In the heart of the dust bowl
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 4:58 am Post subject:
MXH wrote:
First time i drove stick was with someone who doesnt even have a license. Does that make me supermanly?
My first time to drive was in a 50's International Harvester farm pickup with a manual transmission, of course. My dad had me get in on the driver's side and my younger brother in the passenger side. He stood at the window and told me how to start it, how to shift gears, and how to accelerate. Braking wasn't important because the brakes hadn't worked in years. After explaining everything, he got in the back of the pickup and away we went.
I drove that pickup for years. No brakes, no license plates, no inspection sticker, no brake lights, no turn signals, and no windshield wipers. Also, the heater was pathetic, but that only mattered in the winter time.
That was the total extent of my driving instruction until I took Driver's Ed in high school. By then I was driving all over the place. The instructor just had me drive around while he read the newspaper.
Joined: Sep 01, 2012 Posts: 3409 Location: In the heart of the dust bowl
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 5:02 am Post subject:
Dillogic wrote:
We all should go back to horses.
Years ago, Outside Magazine published an interview with Edward Abbey. If I remember correctly, Abbey picked up the interviewer at the airport in an old gas-guzzling Cadillac. This surprised the interviewer considering that Edward Abbey was supposed to be some kind of environmentalist and asked Edward Abbey about it. Edward Abbey replied that the sooner we run out of oil, the sooner we can go back to horses.
(Except when I visited the US, that is).
