[ot] is this bad/lazy driving ???

[indiana_red@hotmail.com (Ken Bates)]

What he said !
Excellent advice.  I do both of those things as well though ; )
I guess I'm too old for people like my folks to give me driving instructions
though.  Driving in a "spirited manner" however may ocaisionally require the
wheel to straighten out faster than a "hand over hand" will allow.  At least
that is what I remember. Ask Craig if he remembered to "Hand over Hand" it
on his auto-X run that recent posts have been about  : )  Extreme example I
know..... It has been a year since I have driven mine : (  Actually the last
time I did it that way might have been for my driving test when I was 18.
17 yrs ago.
HTH
Ken
'79 Scirocco 16v project "McFly"
"...it's working...It's Working...!!"
'86 16v (parts car)
VORTEX:  "Indiana Red"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian Els" <tiAn@usiw.net>
To: <jamal_latrell@angelfire.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 6:35 AM
Subject: Re: [ot] is this bad/lazy driving ???


> Technically your dad is correct, you want to always have a firm two-hand
> grip on the wheel and feed it from hand to hand when unwinding from a
> corner.
>
> Also, resting your hand on the shifter has been known to wear out the
shift
> mechanism and/or transmission input seal depending on the design of the
car,
> plus you don't have as much control as quickly if both hands are not
already
> on the wheel.
>
> On the other hand, I'm happy if you are simply paying attention to your
> driving and not yapping on the phone/applying mascara/reading the
> newspaper/scalding your lap with hot coffee.
>
> If you intend to pursue performance driving, whether at the autoX, driving
> events or full-on racing, you will find it better and easier if you work
on
> your good habits on the street rather than have to remember to do it just
at
> the track.
>
> $0.02
>
>
> Christian Els
> Columbia, MO
> 1987 Scirocco 16V, For Sale
> www.schnellpc.com/scirocco.htm
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marko Latrell" <jamal_latrell@angelfire.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 July, 2002 07:04
> Subject: [ot] is this bad/lazy driving ???
>
>
> > When coming out of a turn while driving through city streets I let the
> wheel slip through my hands as the front end straightens out. This makes
my
> Dad crazy, if he is in the car. He says it shakes him up. I guess the
right
> way it to feed the wheel gently back into place hand over hand, but I just
> let it go by itself. Who else does this?
> >
> > Also he says that I have gotten into the bad habit of usually keeping
only
> one hand on the wheel. I usually rest my right hand on the shifter. That
is
> a bad habit, no?
> >
> > As a side note/question, isn't $300 kind of steep for a used SS 2.25 in
TT
> exhaust w/borla for an 8v?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Marko
> >
> > ---
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> > 84 GTi
> >
> >
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