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Old 17-Feb-2005, 06:45 PM
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How did you learn your driving?

Let's see all the racers....
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Old 17-Feb-2005, 06:53 PM
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Hehe not a racer .. but i basically learnt how to drive on my own .. my mom never drove a day in her life and i dont live with my dad so i pretty much learned on my own .. i was priveledged enuff to learn in my x girls Audi A6 Avant lol .. ya ya it was sweet... but hey mah look at me now im a pretty good driver.. i just learned standard like 2 months ago when i bought my first car in Dec.. so ya im gettin there dont know all the shifting tricks yet tho
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Old 17-Feb-2005, 07:02 PM
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my mom and my dad taught me how to drive standard and driving school taught me how to drive an auto.
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Old 17-Feb-2005, 07:12 PM
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my dad took me out when i got my first ef for half and hour and said there you go got the concept now go have fun !!! so basically i learned on my own
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Old 17-Feb-2005, 07:36 PM
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Went to driving school. Mom always let me drive her old Benz when I got my G1.

Learned the basic concepts of stick from my instuctor, 3 years later I got a 5psd car and it was all gravy. Since it had been so long between the training and actually having a car to use, I guess you could say I learned it on my own.
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Old 17-Feb-2005, 07:39 PM
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I had a power wheels 3 wheeler when I was really young. I was driving snowmobiles and 4 wheelers when I was 6, got my own snowmobile when I was 6, I drove boats growing up, go karts, etc etc etc .... took young drivers to lower insurance. I figure since I have been steering and driving things since i was very yound that a car is not much different when you thing about it.
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Old 17-Feb-2005, 07:53 PM
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I took driving school for automatic and taught myself standard.
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Old 17-Feb-2005, 09:25 PM
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i was born with the skillz
 
Old 17-Feb-2005, 09:35 PM
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Originally posted by The Prophet
i was born with the skillz
Lucky
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Old 17-Feb-2005, 09:37 PM
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I would have to say a mix of things, originally it first started off learning by myself at the age of 14 - 15, then friends and family, and then final driving school.
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Old 17-Feb-2005, 09:38 PM
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how did you "learn your english"?

Driving school
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Old 17-Feb-2005, 09:44 PM
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Originally posted by The Prophet
i was born with the skillz


What else are you born with?
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Old 17-Feb-2005, 10:11 PM
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I started with the Sidekick. That thing was hard to drive. I learned that then drove Del Sol, then I bought this Civic.
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Driving school for me.
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Old 17-Feb-2005, 11:35 PM
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Originally posted by Nova_Dust
I started with the Sidekick. That thing was hard to drive. I learned that then drove Del Sol, then I bought this Civic.
you had a del sol???
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Old 17-Feb-2005, 11:45 PM
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I took driving school, then my dad taught me how to drive standard in his saturn.....
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Old 17-Feb-2005, 11:47 PM
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Gran Turismo 2!!!!
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Old 18-Feb-2005, 12:16 AM
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Started go kart racing at the age of 11, raced just about everywhere in north america... moved up to 2 stroke karts.. then at age 16 hopped into a dirt modified car... raced 3 years - bought a house and here i am... racing is fun - but expensive..

Looking forward to building my hatch into a track car.. to follow gatherer around..

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Old 18-Feb-2005, 01:17 AM
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Well, I learned how to drive a few different ways. First time driving, my sister let me drive her 89 toyota tercel. What a piece of crap that car was. That was the only time I drove with my sister. My dad took me out several times as well. I took driving school as well, just to get the discounts on insurance. That's all for driving auto.

I learned how to drive manual by a friend of a friend. I sorta already knew the concept of driving stick. The only problem I had was not controlling the clutch. My first time driving stick, I only stalled the car once. I stallled it in reverse. After that I did ok, even though I was still nervous about the whole thing. I use to work at cdn tire, and I praticed driving stick while working there, even though I only drove cars in 1st or reverse only. When I bought my car last year, I then learned how to drive better. I did stall my car on the way home from the dealership last year. I was on a hill, and my car was rolling back, got nervous, and let go off the clutch too much. I have never stall the car since, and I'm now comfortable driving.

woooo !!!... that was long (time for a breather).....
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Old 18-Feb-2005, 02:29 AM
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I stole the car out when i was 14-16 everynite, drivin like 10kms each nite for fun, while my bro was asleep....n my sis taught me stick on a TJ, hardest car to learn on, but taught me well
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