Asian women are the best drivers ever!

Martin

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So I was on vacation with some friends and we decided to rent a car and get around the island a bit one day. There were only manual cars available and I knew how to drive, so I did all the driving, but some of them wanted to learn, so I decided to teach them all quickly. I showed them the basics and let them each drive around 10 mins or so and even got them to do one hard thing (accelerate quickly to 5th, break a bit hard before a corner, then downshift to second during the turn, which I think is hard enough if you've only driven a manual 10 mins).

Anyway, there were three asian girls and 4 guys (from various backgrounds) and the girls all did far better than any of the guys, sometimes embarrassingly so. One girl didn't stall a single time, while one of the guys barely got going after like 20 stalls. :laugh:


Ok, so this isn't a scientific study, but at least I get to make fun of the 4 guys for a long time ;)
 

yhelothar

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I had mixed experiences. I taught two girls and two guys before. The best one out of the 4 was a girl. She didn't stall once, and she drive almost perfectly her first attempt. The worst was a guy, and ironically a wannabe boy racer in this case. It's ironic that the girl who doesn't seek thrill or have fun with driving be the most natural to it.
:p
 

Nikamichi

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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Are you sure the guys weren't gay?

I've heard gay guys drive stick better than anyone else. Is there something you aren't telling us?
 

Phokus

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Originally posted by: Nikamichi
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Are you sure the guys weren't gay?

I've heard gay guys drive stick better than anyone else. Is there something you aren't telling us?

Gay guys grip the stick too hard or something ;)
 

JulesMaximus

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Originally posted by: Nikamichi
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Are you sure the guys weren't gay?

I've heard gay guys drive stick better than anyone else. Is there something you aren't telling us?

This thread would tend to prove you otherwise. :laugh:
 

Lurknomore

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Originally posted by: Phokus
Originally posted by: Nikamichi
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Are you sure the guys weren't gay?

I've heard gay guys drive stick better than anyone else. Is there something you aren't telling us?

Gay guys grip the stick too hard or something ;)

Or maybe they shouldn't sit on it while driving, hmm...:D
 

Nikamichi

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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Nikamichi
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Are you sure the guys weren't gay?

I've heard gay guys drive stick better than anyone else. Is there something you aren't telling us?

This thread would tend to prove you otherwise. :laugh:

Originally posted by: ranmaniac
So Asian women and Asian gay men are the worst drivers?


lol
 

bobsmith1492

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Well, as a counter-example, we had a girl from Hong Kong stay with us for a couple of months as an exchange student. The first time we let her drive was out on our property in the truck (I think). When we said, "Press the gas," she floored it and we started careening off into a field. When we said, "HIT THE BRAKE!" she slammed it tossing us all over the place. Yup, that was fun! :) The second time she was driving my Bronco II manual on our little side road (8 houses, dead end, paved). I told her to give it some gas and slowly let out the clutch, whereby she floored it and (no, she didn't pop the clutch!) let the clutch out so slowly for a couple of minutes that I was cringing at the lost contact material within. I don't think it ever fully engaged.
 

0roo0roo

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Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
Well, as a counter-example, we had a girl from Hong Kong stay with us for a couple of months as an exchange student. The first time we let her drive was out on our property in the truck (I think). When we said, "Press the gas," she floored it and we started careening off into a field. When we said, "HIT THE BRAKE!" she slammed it tossing us all over the place. Yup, that was fun! :) The second time she was driving my Bronco II manual on our little side road (8 houses, dead end, paved). I told her to give it some gas and slowly let out the clutch, whereby she floored it and (no, she didn't pop the clutch!) let the clutch out so slowly for a couple of minutes that I was cringing at the lost contact material within. I don't think it ever fully engaged.

hong kong... well they don't have a driving culture. cars are discouraged, taxes range from 30-100% on cars. never mind parking and fuel costs.