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- Thu May 09, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Fuel saving tips
- Replies: 2
- Views: 40
Fuel saving tips
Does this make sense? If you drive a plug-in vehicle, make sure you maximise the potential by charging the battery. The increased weight of the vehicle will mean that, in the long run, the actual mpg will be far short of the claims. But over short journeys and by using electric where possible, your ...
- Fri May 03, 2024 9:41 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: IAM Thruxton Young Drivers Skills Day
- Replies: 20
- Views: 365
Re: IAM Thruxton Young Drivers Skills Day
Serious question: is it the case that pressing both pedals can cause issues in some cars? Not sure what you mean about "causing issues", but it's very common now for brake input to cut the throttle. /\ That :gear: So, presumably, left foot braking and H&T will gradually become impossi...
- Thu May 02, 2024 9:30 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: IAM Thruxton Young Drivers Skills Day
- Replies: 20
- Views: 365
Re: IAM Thruxton Young Drivers Skills Day
Serious question: is it the case that pressing both pedals can cause issues in some cars? Not sure what you mean about "causing issues", but it's very common now for brake input to cut the throttle. /\ That :gear: So, presumably, left foot braking and H&T will gradually become impossi...
- Thu May 02, 2024 12:58 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: IAM Thruxton Young Drivers Skills Day
- Replies: 20
- Views: 365
Re: IAM Thruxton Young Drivers Skills Day
Many of us brake with the left foot in autos. Once you're used to it you have good subtlety of control with the left foot. Probably not the first time you ever drive one :D Serious question: is it the case that pressing both pedals can cause issues in some cars? A colleague had an older Polo. Dodgy...
- Wed May 01, 2024 12:50 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: IAM Thruxton Young Drivers Skills Day
- Replies: 20
- Views: 365
Re: IAM Thruxton Young Drivers Skills Day
Triquet wrote:Maybe we need an Old Drivers Skills Day (including things like don't muddle the gas and brake pedals when parking).
He was concerned that I'd try to use the clutch
But you actually raise a good point. There are often tragic 'wrong pedal' incidents.
- Wed May 01, 2024 9:41 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: IAM Thruxton Young Drivers Skills Day
- Replies: 20
- Views: 365
Re: IAM Thruxton Young Drivers Skills Day
Aside: I did a half day (although it stretched to almost 5 hours!) at Thruxton, years ago - they were using Cortinas ... I took my Metro (1300cc of throbbing 'power') on at the end. It was actually difficult to make it lose traction. That reminded me that many years ago I was playing on the skid pa...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:03 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Use of Indicator for Overtaking
- Replies: 61
- Views: 12577
Re: Use of Indicator for Overtaking
Statement by Paul Ripley in a LinkedIn comment on one of his posts:
when changing lanes on a Motorway - signal for at least 2 seconds BEFORE moving lanes;
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/driving- ... 02978-9gPm
when changing lanes on a Motorway - signal for at least 2 seconds BEFORE moving lanes;
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/driving- ... 02978-9gPm
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: IAM Thruxton Young Drivers Skills Day
- Replies: 20
- Views: 365
Re: IAM Thruxton Young Drivers Skills Day
Yes, fair point. And what I meant by " whether there's any real emphasis on improving road driving ?" Aside: I did a half day (although it stretched to almost 5 hours!) at Thruxton, years ago - they were using Cortinas ... I took my Metro (1300cc of throbbing 'power') on at the end. It was...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:38 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: IAM Thruxton Young Drivers Skills Day
- Replies: 20
- Views: 365
IAM Thruxton Young Drivers Skills Day
Anyone here involved in developing or delivering the sessions. https://www.iamroadsmart.com/events/young-driver-skills-day/ Format is half day, covering: - Track (Porsche) - Off-road 4x4 - Skid pan - Autotest Realistically an hour of each at most? Although there's nothing wrong with going and drivin...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:32 am
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Oncoming car, wrong side of road
- Replies: 5
- Views: 696
Re: Oncoming car, wrong side of road
Another Bill wrote: Oncoming driver turned out to be LHD
... returned to correct side of road in plenty of time
Few years back, at the Isle of Man TT, several fatalities of German riders
... who didn't.
IIRC several signs were placed to remind European riders.