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Walleye

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Drivers License test tomorrow. the actual on the road test 🙁


so, when you chock your wheels against the curb, do you actually have to stick it into neutral and roll against the curb? or is it enough to point your wheels in the right way?
 
Just put them the right way. Repeatedly jamming them up against the curb can't be good for tire life. Besides, unless you're several feet from the curb they'll hit it and stop the car in the remote case that it actually does start to roll.
 
that's what i was thinking, but my drivers instructer made me roll against the curb a little. i've never seen an e-brake fail, nor a automatic go out of park mode, so i dont usnderstand this law at all.

(btw, i've seen a loit of auto failures. (axles shearing off, transmission just dropping onto the ground, engine mounts failed (that one was fun), from 5th into reverse accidently, and dumping the clutch (what an idiot that person was)...

thanks, btw.
 
Make sure you roll backwards when you stop at a stop sign. It sounds obvious, but when you're nervous like I was, you sometimes forget.
 
roll backwards? why? if you mean the full and complete stop, where you bounce backwards, way ahead of ya. i piss people off by doing that 😉

yeah, both hands on the wheel. i got the advantage of all my family being performance driver trained, and bob bondurant says both hands at the 9 and 3 positions, with thumbs not going inside the wheel. i guess that's a help.
 
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Good luck! And when you're looking to buy a car, talk to me. General Motors is the name, domestic is my game. 😉 🙂 😛
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i dont think i need a new car. we have 7 or 8. our family is not that big.
 
Originally posted by: Walleye
roll backwards? why? if you mean the full and complete stop, where you bounce backwards, way ahead of ya. i piss people off by doing that 😉

yeah, both hands on the wheel. i got the advantage of all my family being performance driver trained, and bob bondurant says both hands at the 9 and 3 positions, with thumbs not going inside the wheel. i guess that's a help.
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In my driver's ED class, I was taught 9&3. But the lady that I took my driving test with said 10&2 or I'd get marked off. 😕 9&3 seems so much easier. Oh well.
 
Good luck, though the test is easy if you have been driving for a while. I passed with a 95% because I was just lazy and could have actually gotten it about 2 years earlier (I didn't get my licence till I was nearly 20). Part of the reason is I can't afford a car anyway.
 
My driver's ed teacher taught 4&8. Said it was easier for long trips since your arms wouldn't get tired. Personally I think I have better control over the wheel at 10&2, but most of the time I just use 8 since I have a manual.
 
i've only got 25 or so hours, and due to dumb laws i have only this time to pass it before i turn 18, (1/3 year away) i'd prefer to be driving that year.
 
Originally posted by: Walleye
Drivers License test tomorrow. the actual on the road test 🙁


so, when you chock your wheels against the curb, do you actually have to stick it into neutral and roll against the curb? or is it enough to point your wheels in the right way?
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