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Posted by Michael Fox on April 29, 2001 at 21:06:49:

In Reply to: How can I learn how to *really* drive? posted by J.M. on April 29, 2001 at 20:18:40:


I may perhaps be coming into a nice e36 M3 soon, I'm 22, and up until now I've driven nothing but automatic Jeep Cherokees since I was 16. I don't want to be one of those casualties you read about in a post where some pro in a slower car smokes me because I have no clue what I'm doing. So before I embarress myself, I need to get a clue. I've never driven a manual for starters, but I don't see that as being the problem. I think any fool can drive a manual. I want to learn to drive one in such a way that I immediately command respect and attention, as it should be with a car like an M3. What do you suggest would be my best course of action.

No one gives a shit if some "pro in a slower car" "smokes" you, and YOU SHOULDN'T EITHER! If you want to command attention and respect, don't race, don't speed, don't drive under the influence, and don't drive recklessly!!! The public roads are dangerous enough without fools in high powered cars attempting to drive at the like that. How the hell would you feel if you caused an accident that resulted in injury or death to another driver, passenger, bystander or yourself?

Now, if you want to explore the limits of your car, do it in a controlled environnment, like a BMW CCA drivers school. You will be on a closed track with like-minded individuals and a knowledgable instructor in a setting WHERE SAFETY ALWAYS COMES FIRST. It will certainly be alot of fun, it's much safer than playing at high speeds on a public road, and --- if you can keep your ego in check --- it may even make you a better driver. (But God help you, and everyone else in your immediate vicinity, if you attempt to try any of that stuff on a public road!) Rant off.


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