View Poll Results: how long it took you to become confident driving your new tc?
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NoOb PoLL: confident driving
#1
NoOb PoLL: confident driving
how long it took you to become a confident driver with your new tc? I have my sw tc for about a week, and I am still worry about driving it around because something might happen to it.
#6
Define confident. I'm confident that I'm pretty good at handling my car. However, I'm not 100% confident because I've never had the opportunity to take my car to its absolute limits in a safe environment. I don't know where the edge of my car's capability is, specifically pertaining to braking and handling.
#8
Originally Posted by Magnus213
Define confident. I'm confident that I'm pretty good at handling my car. However, I'm not 100% confident because I've never had the opportunity to take my car to its absolute limits in a safe environment. I don't know where the edge of my car's capability is, specifically pertaining to braking and handling.
#9
Originally Posted by Zebman
Originally Posted by Magnus213
Define confident. I'm confident that I'm pretty good at handling my car. However, I'm not 100% confident because I've never had the opportunity to take my car to its absolute limits in a safe environment. I don't know where the edge of my car's capability is, specifically pertaining to braking and handling.
#13
i was comfortable, yet nervous as hell. every intersection i passed i thought the somebody was gonna come thru and hit my ___. i was in a car accident like that a week b4 i got my tC so that is y im so cautious.
but, the accident is y i got the tC, my other car was totalled
R.I.P 02 nissan sentra se-r
but, the accident is y i got the tC, my other car was totalled
R.I.P 02 nissan sentra se-r
#14
Originally Posted by MJVsTC
Originally Posted by Zebman
Originally Posted by Magnus213
Define confident. I'm confident that I'm pretty good at handling my car. However, I'm not 100% confident because I've never had the opportunity to take my car to its absolute limits in a safe environment. I don't know where the edge of my car's capability is, specifically pertaining to braking and handling.
My car has been in the shop for 39 damn days, with no ETA in sight for weeks.
#16
are you driving stick or automatic? I drive stick and it took me about a month of driving streets, stop and go, hills, etc....to get so used to it that you didn't have to think about it anymore. If you drive automatic, the thing to remember is to stay calm, and don't do anything stupid, like speeding excessively on the freeway, or having a super heavy foot....other than that, confidence comes with experience...so drive drive drive!
#17
I put two weeks. At first the clutch was tricky cuz it's heavier than I expected. I've had my car 10 months and I still cringe at intersections. It's not the confidence part, that's the "where is the next _______ driver coming from" thoughts running through my head. I would say I push the car to what I believe is the 85% limit. - Hence i've never spun out or gotten sideways or anything, controlled or uncontrolled environments. I do a lot of driving too (i'm at 36,200 IN 10 MONTHS) so the experience malibuboy talks about is right. just drive drive drive (crazy, not stupid).