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codeman38
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10 Mar 2005, 3:35 pm

Hey, with "Planes" and "Trains" recently used as subject lines, someone had to complete the trifecta. :D

I don't have a lot to contribute to the topic, but here are two threads in which I've posted about how much I detest driving due to my perceptual quirks...

http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php? ... pic&t=1846
http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php? ... pic&t=1462

Feel free to post anything about cars you want in this thread, whether it's an obsession or a dislike. Commiserate about being unable to drive, gloat about how much you enjoy taking a joy-ride... it's a free-for-all as long as it stays on topic. :)



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10 Mar 2005, 4:09 pm

I don't know how to drive...yet. The idea of driving a car kind of scares me...it's so big, so powerful, and to be responsible for that? I will learn, eventually, because it is an essential skill.



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10 Mar 2005, 6:35 pm

I used to despise driving back when I lacked the skills and access to a car. Not to mention it took me ages to learn. Coming to think of it, I never had the need to do so because college and work were within bus distance. But today it is a different story - these days, I couldn't trade the convenience of going places in record time and the feel of independence that comes with it for anything.

Now I just wish I could afford a newer car - This one, actually.

VROOOOM! :D


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10 Mar 2005, 7:21 pm

Ebi wrote:
I used to despise driving back when I lacked the skills and access to a car. Not to mention it took me ages to learn. Coming to think of it, I never had the need to do so because college and work were within bus distance. But today it is a different story - these days, I couldn't trade the convenience of going places in record time and the feel of independence that comes with it for anything.

Out of curiosity, how long did it take you to learn? Anything you had trouble with in particular? Any advice you can give someone who's still struggling to learn?



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11 Mar 2005, 1:36 am

codeman38 wrote:
Out of curiosity, how long did it take you to learn? Anything you had trouble with in particular? Any advice you can give someone who's still struggling to learn?


I referred a bit to all that previously here.

Of all steps implied, perhaps the most troublesome has always been parallel parking in small, cramped spaces. I can't do that to save my life as I always need to move the car back and forth several times until it feels right. Other than that I'm pretty comfortable with it - constant practice builds confidence.


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11 Mar 2005, 1:52 pm

Ebi wrote:
I referred a bit to all that previously here.

Oh. Right. And I linked that thread in this post, too! Blasted short-term memory... :)