What does JWFan drive?

[BLUMENKOHL 1,090]

The Europeans here ride their fancy bullet trains. So no need to post here!

Anyways what do the rest of you drive everyday?

I'm currently in a 2007 VW Golf GTI. White. Automatic...but I can drive manual, automatic is so much easier with a soda and lunch in your American lap!

[Jay 45,801]

I drive a Silver 2009 Mazda6 with 84,000 miles on it that I bought brand new in 2008. It's automatic but also has the fake-manual "his and hers" shifting they put in a lot of cars now. Though I know how to drive real manual anyway.

[Brónach 1,328]

I don't have a car and I'll probably won't have one for quite a while.

But I can drive. Finally.

[Luke Skywalker 2,363]

I drive a SUV..but steef says it's a hairdresser's car...

Suzuky jimny 2011. Silver, brand new. (well, it was last year).

[BloodBoal 8,522]

That car is anatomically inaccurate.

[Datameister 2,581]

Silver Ford Focus here. Can't drive stick, I'm afraid.

[Brónach 1,328]

Boooo!

[stewdog1 50]

2007 Mazda 6 with a manual, thank you very much.

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[Brónach 1,328]

I think people who don't know manual simply don't have a full understanding of how to drive. A big part of my learning to drive was doing all these things with the gears, the clutch, etc I would be wary of letting a car do that stuff for me.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

5 year old Chevy HHR, burgundy color, stick. I almost always purchase and drive a manual transmission auto.

I want to be without a car payment for awhile and saving for a downpayment.

This is what I want to buy next: The Hyundai Veloster 3 door and hatchback.

In blue not green but could find a picture in the blue.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

'03 Honda Accord EX, Silver

I don't know how to drive manual, unfortunately.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,173]

Mountain Bike, Train

[stewdog1 50]

5 year old Chevy HHR, burgundy color, stick. I almost always purchase and drive a manual transmission auto.

I want to be without a car payment for awhile and saving for a downpayment.

This is what I want to buy next: The Hyundai Veloster 3 door and hatchback.

In blue not green but could find a picture in the blue.

Are you going to get the matte finish turbo?

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[Marian Schedenig 11,600]

I think people who don't know manual simply don't have a full understanding of how to drive. A big part of my learning to drive was doing all these things with the gears, the clutch, etc I would be wary of letting a car do that stuff for me.

Considering all the other stuff you let your car do for you (including steering support), shifting shouldn't matter. In my opinion, unless you explicitly *enjoy* shifting, you're often in unusually rough situations (snow & ice & stuff) or you're a pro racer, manual shifting seems unnecessary. For the average driver, the automatic is probably significantly more efficient (saving gas), and it diverts less of your attention from the road. Unconscious due to regular training or not, manual shifting is one more possible point of failure.

Me, I usually drive a bike. Better for my health, better for everyone else's health (no exhaust), and typically faster in the city as well. In the rare cases where I do need a car, I share my mother's Opel Zafira. Automatic. I haven't driven a manual shift since I got my license.

[Brónach 1,328]

I don't like using the car in the city much either.

Not that I can choose given that I don't have one. But I do have a bike. Which I usually diresgard in favour of going on foot...

[Romão 2,469]

I don't have a driver's licence. I've tried...and I'm trying again

[Brónach 1,328]

Agh, I tried quite a few times.

Good luck!

[JoeinAR 1,957]

5 year old Chevy HHR, burgundy color, stick. I almost always purchase and drive a manual transmission auto.

I want to be without a car payment for awhile and saving for a downpayment.

This is what I want to buy next: The Hyundai Veloster 3 door and hatchback.

In blue not green but could find a picture in the blue.

Are you going to get the matte finish turbo?

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it's going to be awhile, I've had 6 months without a car payment, I want to go awhile longer. I don't want the turbo, I want the most fuel efficient vehicle I can get.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,173]

That front end is seriously ugly.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

I don't have a driver's licence. I've tried...and I'm trying again

Agh, I tried quite a few times.

Good luck!

What's the problem? Simply failing the test?

Not sure how they do it internationally, but in the States it's pretty easy to get a license. My test was only 3 minutes long.

[Luke Skywalker 2,363]

heck, they have us driving for at least 15 minutes... unless you make a gross mistake and then you are out...

That car is anatomically inaccurate.

No, it's correct. It is just that it is a small SUV

But i'm glad I am anatomically accurate.

[Brónach 1,328]

My exams were around 20 minutes, half an hour when I had to it in a bigger city. Making it incredibly easier to fail at some point.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

That front end is seriously ugly.

I would disagree.

[stewdog1 50]

5 year old Chevy HHR, burgundy color, stick. I almost always purchase and drive a manual transmission auto.

I want to be without a car payment for awhile and saving for a downpayment.

This is what I want to buy next: The Hyundai Veloster 3 door and hatchback.

In blue not green but could find a picture in the blue.

Are you going to get the matte finish turbo?

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it's going to be awhile, I've had 6 months without a car payment, I want to go awhile longer. I don't want the turbo, I want the most fuel efficient vehicle I can get.

I completely understand. Stay without a payment as long as you can.

Here's the turbo reviewed by Autoblog. Even though it is a turbo at 201hp, it still gets 38mpg hwy. Not to shabby. Plus that matte finish is pretty sweet. http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/18/2013-hyundai-veloster-turbo-review-video/

[Nemesis 301]

Why no Subaru option?

[BLUMENKOHL 1,090]

Because they are the worst drivers! Or I forgot. Or both. I'm leaning towards both!

[stewdog1 50]

If I have the means in 2 years or so I would love to get my hands on a VW Golf R.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

My exams were around 20 minutes, half an hour when I had to it in a bigger city. Making it incredibly easier to fail at some point.

How did you fail?

My test was to make a 3-point turn, parallel park, and back up straight for 100 feet or something, with some stop signs in between. Unless you guys are talking about getting a permit, which is a bit more work.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

why would you need to make a 3 pt turn?

[Koray Savas 2,260]

To turn around on a street that isn't wide enough for a u-turn?

[indy4 160]

[BloodBoal 8,522]

[Melange 448]

I don't have a driver's licence. I've tried...and I'm trying again

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[Thor 9,347]

I've had a licence since 1998, but never owned a car. Don't need it. I get around with bike and public transport when needed. Hell, I've driven very rarely in all those years, and tend to avoid it if I can. I don't like to drive.

[Incanus 5,889]

I've had a licence since 1998, but never owned a car. Don't need it. I get around with bike and public transport when needed. Hell, I've driven very rarely in all those years, and tend to avoid it if I can. I don't like to drive.

I do not own a car but it is mostly because I am still waiting for a job which pays so handsomely that it allows for me to hire a chauffeur.

[Romão 2,469]

I don't have a driver's licence. I've tried...and I'm trying again

Agh, I tried quite a few times.

Good luck!

What's the problem? Simply failing the test?

Not sure how they do it internationally, but in the States it's pretty easy to get a license. My test was only 3 minutes long.

Well, I've failed the test twice, I'll try again closer to Christmas. The test is around 30 minutes. But that's a the driving exam, you have to pass a theorical exam beforehand (though it's not particularly challenging). Also, you can only make the exam using manual

[Nemesis 301]

Because they are the worst drivers! Or I forgot. Or both. I'm leaning towards both!

ha..............ha.....................haaaaaaaa

[Luke Skywalker 2,363]

i hope this beauty arrive to europe... (ford fusion 2013)

Familiar, yes?

But far far cheaper!

[BLUMENKOHL 1,090]

i hope this beauty arrive to europe... (ford fusion 2013)

Familiar, yes?

But far far cheaper!

Hey me too! Here it'll be the new Ford Fusion. But it's really just the new Mondeo.

It's either that or the Focus ST.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

I don't have a driver's licence. I've tried...and I'm trying again

Agh, I tried quite a few times.

Good luck!

What's the problem? Simply failing the test?

Not sure how they do it internationally, but in the States it's pretty easy to get a license. My test was only 3 minutes long.

Well, I've failed the test twice, I'll try again closer to Christmas. The test is around 30 minutes. But that's a the driving exam, you have to pass a theorical exam beforehand (though it's not particularly challenging). Also, you can only make the exam using manual

Ah, okay. I think they do something that like here now, but I got mine before they changed it. To get a permit you have to attend a class and pass quizzes and tests. Then you need to pass 6 hours of driving instruction. Then you need to pass the test at the MVA. Then after a certain amount of time you're allowed to take the test for your provisional license. After that then you can get your full license. See BloodBoal, lots of shit to go through!

[BloodBoal 8,522]

[A24 5,118]

[BloodBoal 8,522]

[alicebrallice 134]

[Wojo 2,458]

That bike is meh.

This is a bike.

[Marian Schedenig 11,600]

To get a license in Austria, you have to attend classes, do a minimum of official training hours (something like 10 or so I believe), pass a computerised multiple choice test on theory and then pass a driving test.

Depending on where you take the tests (in the city vs. in the country, and depending on the specific driving school you pick and examiner you're assigned), difficulty can vary from all too easy to unfairly hard.

Considering that easily 50% of all drivers you encounter in reality either don't know the rules and laws tested in the theory exam or simply don't give a shit about them, I think these exams are often too easy. It's not about being nice to people who'd like to drive. It's about making sure that people driving a car (probably one of the most dangerous common actions the average person regularly performs). Or at least it should be.

I wouldn't have given myself the license based on the exam I had. Our group first had to drive a small training course on the parking lot. Me being the last in the group, they asked me to get the car backwards to the starting position so the others could get in. The fact that I drove over one of the cones during this exercise didn't matter, "because I didn't know beforehand that I'd had to do it". So if in real life I realise that I took a wrong turn, and reversing drive over a kid, will I be innocent by that same rule? After that, I simply had to drive straight ahead at the city border (no traffic, no passengers, no signs, nothing), take a left turn at a junction with traffic lights, and then stop in a diagonal parking spot.

I don't believe that was enough to reliably judge my driving abilities.

[BloodBoal 8,522]

[alicebrallice 134]

OK, that photo is weird, in every possible way.

why oh why? it must be fucking bizarre if you find it weird, weirdo!

[BloodBoal 8,522]

[Incanus 5,889]

Wow. One picture taken from the back of a horse really sent your imagination reeling with possibilities. Admirable! Dream away!