OK I'm sorry but I'm tired of hearing how young people can not drive. I'm sorry but I drive my car hard. I give myself knowledge on how to drive. I'm an agressive driver. I don't play when I go on a spirited drive. I'm 20 and I don't love to drive cause it seems like the cool thing to do or because my homies in their civics and **** think they're cool so I'll roll with them. lol sorry thug little jits do that too much. I love the spirit of driving. I just want to go into the European Countryside and do some real spirited driving. But being stuck where I am it's hard.

How many others here just love to drive cause thats what brings them true happiness.

 

Hey I'm 46 and the feeling of those "spirited drives" never goes away. In fact you're lucky you live in a warmer climate. My 7 is stored for winter and I tell you it's almost depressing not getting it out. I will drive it a few times when I can't stand it anymore and if it's decent and dry outside. But you're right...it's too bad a few reckless/dangerous/stupid young drivers give you all a bad name.

 

When I lived in NC and had my -SE, oh I would drive just for the sake of it no matter the time of day. I love driving with a passion, people ask me what do I like to do for fun and I say "drive" I can see they just don't understand what I feel for it. There is something peaceful to me driving a machine for all that is worth and just knowing (or at least feeling like) that not many if anyone can drive your car the way that you do. I've always driven hard when I'm alone on the road, I'm VERY cautious with any traffic and never drive hard with people on board (mostly the screams anoy me) and always try to be curtious to others. I actually have the stigma in my office that I drive like grandma.

As I'm sure you could, I can go on and on about driving and my desire to drive, I honestly believe I'd give pass up sex to be able to go for a good drive (most of the time anyway). I'm not sure how it is where you live but hear, there is over crowding, bad road, and rude people, so yes I am messerable.

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BTW I'm 24

 

yea the screams are faded out by my exhaust and sex sometimes may not amount to how good driving feels. All hot and sticky. Then you can have the sunroof off the windows down the radio on a good song with smile on your face and have the feeling of that spirit just trying to escape once again.

 

I am 74, and still love to drive the RX. However some of the fun is lost due to my wifes sharp elbow. usually applied on sharp curves andin traffic when I see an opening. The fun never ends.

 

You Sir, KICK ***

 

great thread.

im 24...
I agree. I love to drive. Im good at driving and i do it because i love it.
I live in the central valley in california. that means mountains on 3 sides of me!!
Some of them are very remote. Perfect for zipping through at a safe but FAST pace.

I love to drive spiritedly. Allways have. Its so exciting. Id prefer an afternoon at the race track to an evening in the sack with my girlfriend anyday!.

 

totally agree with you gentleman. Im so happy it has stop raining over here were i live and omg was i so happy when the sun came out and the road was dry, i drive anytime i get the chance and with a good song playing it has got to be the best moment fun fun fun.

 

I'm 17,

I'm not going to lie, I drive my card hard, but I know what I'm doing. I see people go flying around turns not thinking anything about traction or anything like that or flooring it around a turn to fish tail but have no idea how to recover if it comes around too much.

I've never gotten into a wreck and I've been driving since I was 15 and doing WAYYYY over the speed limit when I drive and I still have no speeding tickets.

I average over 90 MPH on the way to work on average on the interstate. I in no way try to fly around traffic like so many of my idiotic friends do trying to race, it's not worth risking others life’s for a race in traffic, only when it's deserted or I know we're not in danger will I race.

My car's a RWD and a lot of people don't know that until I leave smoke in their face, from the back.

I take care of my car and baby it, you can ask my girlfriend.

- Tech

 

yea lol my girl is just now learning to love the way I drive.

I give all the people on here props for saying they'd rather drive than hump.

 

i'm 19 and i won half a dozen trophies last season for Solo-II

 

20 here, sadly i have wrecked one of my RX-7's (which actually isn't mine anymore, I gave it to a friend for a restoration project) but it was wet and i was going around a curve and slipped, not much i could do and i bounced it off a curb at about 20mph, which unfortunatly is enough to jack it up fairly well. anyway, I am one of the most cautious drivers that I know, never doing stupid stuff in the car like passing or really any road racing at all, just a few spirited drives on deserted roads. but i too tell people my favorite thing to do is "drive" and they just don't understand... maybe it's the rotary magic

 

yea well wet roads are scarey I know man spun out once. Wasn't a fun experience. But that was before the Falken Ziex tires were put on the car. I'm telling you guys. The tires from Pep Boys suck.

 

I think the main reason that we say that "kids" can't drive is simply this: when we look back at the person we were 20 years ago we mainly see two things....

1. We thought we knew all there was to know and nothing could ever go wrong.
2. We see how little we actually did know, and are surprised that we ever survived that age.

I am living proof that God watches over teenagers, because I was sure as hell too stupid to do it myself! Fortunately I was not stupid involving vehicles on roads.

On the other hand, I must admit that I had some pretty good times! Nothing like blasting along at 70 mph, at 3am, with branches scraping down the side of my '83 Datsun 310 hatchback, spending as much time in the air as I did on the ground, racing down the snowmobile trails of upper Michigan in the summertime! Of course, some of that fun was because it scared the panties right off the girls I took for these rides!

I do not believe that there is no such thing as a "good" young driver, but you must admit that they are rare. Congratulations on being one of the few!

 

I agree with the creator of the thread,allot of kids these days think their the best,and on the opposite side,allot arent given enough credit for being good,responsible drivers

Driving has been where i spend most of my time,when i`am not working or sleeping,i`am driving.I like driving so much ,i racked up 34 000 miles in my Daily Driver.(Non Rotary)

I turned 23 recently,and still there is nothing that excites me more than the Rotary.I`ll start her up,and go driving through the city at night time,windows down ,keeping an eye on the AFR gauge.Enjoying the petrol fumes and hot exhaust smell.I dont have a radio in her,as i love the engine sound too much.

Once its part of you,you never want to let it go.

Karis

 

Well,

I don't consider my self an expert driver yet, that's why I'm going to go take driving courses with the SCCA and learn some new moves.

I think I'm pretty good because I know how to get out of pretty much any situation that I've come across (tail spins around, etc) and it just all comes to me pretty naturally where I don't panic and just do what feels right to me.

Oh, and I have a good time in the school parking lot around here pulling the e-brake and recovering from the spin...that's what I do in my spare time ;P

- Tech

 

I'm 20 and I *know* that I still have a lot to learn about driving.

I honestly believe that the only thing that brings good driving is experience. I have friends who haven't had their licences more than a year and they think they know what they're doing just because they drive their car so much, and in so many different situations.

I thought the same way. I'll agree that there are many capable, responsible drivers out there who are young, but there are also the majority who think they are better than they are.

The ability to squeeze your car into places that nobody else can, and throw it around corners with lazer precision is one thing. The judgement ability on the road of what to do when and how when situations arise can ONLY come with years of experience.

So my big beef is that people assume the opposite - that people who have been driving for a long time know what they're doing. They don't always. I know many 35+ yr old drivers who just plain suck.

You have to *want* to learn to drive, keep an open mind, try different things AND get years of experience in order to be a driver of good skill AND good judgement.

I can put my car anywhere, but year after year I see small improvements in my driving under critical observation. And watching my friends "learn" to drive when they already "know everything" has given me new appreciation for why insurance companies charge us more. We're freakin' cocky!

Yes, there are some good young drivers out there, but never give yourself too much credit.

Jon

Edit: I got my learner's permit at 16, so I've been drivng for 4 years. Clean record, and I love to drive it like I stole it

 

Just noticed Tech_Greek's post and wanted to add:

I definately want to take courses like SCCA. I took a basic driving course when I started driving (which I recommend all young drivers should do) and I want more! MORE I SAY! Stunt driving, track driving, autocrossing...

I love the idea of being able to drive my car in any situation you can throw at me, and do things with it that nobody else can!

Jon

 

Then people that turn 80-85 drive like they're 15 again....only at 20mph though. Is it because at that age 20MPH seems to them like 40MPH? How cool is that? 75mph will feel like 150mph when I get that age! "I'm moving now Ethel"! "Where's my Depends?"

 

Exactly, I learnt by practicing in parking lots doing spins, sliding and everything else you could think of, but there's always going to be that one situation that you can get your self out of, that's why I soak up as much knowledge as I can when I can.

Does anyone ever push in the clutch when they go to break no matter what gear they are in?

It's instinct to me because if you spin the car around at 70 MPH (like the previous owner did) you'll mess up the LSD/Gears. I'm sure this wears down your clutch faster but it also makes for smooth driving in any weather condition.

- Tech

 

Did I also mention that my mom was a state trooper? hehe...makes for a fun learning experience when you get to drive in a squad car as your first car!

 

I agree 100%!!!
33 tomorrow, with many, many, many more hours on the road than I care
to mention. Part of my job entailed 10 hour shifts in a car.

That's why I love driving a "real" sports car like the 7, much more than
a Crown Vic.

 

DirectFreak are you PD? Dude thats so rad. And another thing people if you really want to do stupid stuff like drifting or driving fast, do it late at night when no one is on the road. Thats the only time I'd ever think about doing it. I find it most exciting to take a turn at 40 slide the back in just perfectly so the whole car goes sliding not just the back end. Then floor-it and take off. I've grown -up a lot since I've had my Mazda. In my Honda I thought I knew everyhting but when I stepped in the Mazda it was a whole new story. Drive safe but drive fun.

 

I'm 42 and can vouch for those on here who say they look back on how they used to drive when they were younger and shudder. It's easy to learn how to push your car to its limits and control it so that it does exactly what you want it to 99% of the time. But that other 1% where you mis-judge due to lack of experience and/ or complacency is what will cause you to have an at-fault claim every two years on average. Most would consider this record as that of a "bad driver."

Some of the cliches applied to pilots also apply to drivers:

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

It's your attitude that determines whether you are a professional after two years' experience or an amatuer after twenty years' experience." (This explains why there are still some 40-something drivers who are menaces to the driving public, and some under-20 drivers who are responsible way beyond their years).

"Good drivers use their superior judgement so that they don't have to rely on their superior driving skills."