Who likes driving?

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I hear many people on this forum admit they don't like driving. I enjoy driving so much that I go on joy rides and listen to music. I was randomly driving in the city one night. I found myself driving out of the city and by the time I knew it, I was out of the state in Kentucky. I was like 80 miles from home. I have no idea how I ended up there, but I enjoyed the trip.I just can't keep my butt home.

I loved to drive when I was leaving high school and then trapped in college, because I felt stuck all the time. But now all I do is drive, so I'm pretty sick of it.

Driving without traffic is great but where I live the traffic is always heavy and people are very aggressive. I have done many long journeys on clear open roads and yes, they are fun.

I've been car-obsessed since birth. Driving feels like all the control I never had. Wouldn't give up my Saab for the world.

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I can't drive, but I wish I could -- for practical reasons (more independence, more job opportunities and freedom in terms of where I could live) and because I love the feeling of being in a moving vehicle.

I really don't like to drive very much.

That said, one thing that I think would be interesting (and I've had dreams about it) would be to do a complete restoration on my '64 pickup similar to the one in the picture below and hit the road touring Texas and occasionally other areas and writing up my observations for a blog along with pictures. Things like visiting various local festivals on weekends and seeing the various sights.

In that case, I would probably not drive very far in a typical day. Maybe just from one town to the next and stopping for the day. I can imagine spending months on the road between visits home.

My pickup looks much like this one:

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except that mine is cream colored instead of red, the side mirrors don't stick out as far, I don't have any sideboards on it, and on my pickup the spare tire mounts in the back right side of the pickup bed and is clearly visible. And mine has some minor dents as well.

I suspect that I'd get tired of that pretty fast and return home.

I LOVE driving! I've driven to Fallon, Nevada, and back in one day (about 470 miles round trip). I use my mom's car now, and she has an insurance policy that limits my driving to around 12k miles/year, so no more long trips. I hope to get an older pre-97 diesel pickup. (Pre-1997 diesels are smog-exempt in CA.) I've driven more than one car into the ground with my driving habits.

I've driven from Rhode Island to L.A. That took 5 days. I also drove from Nashville to Seattle. That took 2 days. I've also driven a taxi so there were lots of miles put in from upstate NY to the airports. I put in a lot of miles on my bike, too.

I only enjoy driving on freeways late at night or early in the morning. Making a nice speed with barely any traffic. I really don't enjoy driving in busy cities.

I enjoy the freedom of having a car and I'm thankful of being able to drive where I need to go. But to me it's means to get from one place to another, rather than recreation. It's usually something I'm neither happy or unhappy about. I hate long drives though. Anything past an hour starts to be way too long of a drive.
I consider long drives boring and arduous and kind of nerve wracking.

I've got major butterflies about my upcoming drive from Las Vegas to Seattle.
I think one reason why is feeling trapped and cooped up for too long. Having to basically sit in the same position with nothing to do except keep my hands on the wheel and my eyes on the road. My back and legs eventually start to get stiff and hurt. The longer I'm in a car the more I worry about breakdowns and accidents.
When I was taken on long rides as a child, I always worried about us breaking down and getting stranded. Driving through mountain passes always made me especially nervous. Still does.

I like driving when there isn't a lot of traffic. I love driving on back roads.

I love driving on the wrong side of the road and driving fast.

I am not allowed to drive a car.
Driving means also to foresee others people reaction as I got told and I got assessed not being able to do so.
I do not ride a bike in open traffic.