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#85 |
![]() Drives: '11 2SS/RS L99 Vert IO Interior Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: FL
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In Monaco you can be ticketed for blowing your horn. I always wondered if that law resulted accidents.
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Location: Chicagoland
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![]() In Illinois you can be ticketed for blowing your horn except in case of an emergency. Do you blow your horn often?
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Location: Brunswick, GA
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I am assuming that this score is similar to the Progressive insurance score from their little plug in device. Getting a good score on these devices does nothing to assure me you can control your car. Like you said, how many people that we all drive with everyday have any concept of how their car would react under moderate to heavy breaking, let alone close to threshold breaking. The same goes for acceleration near a vehicles traction limits. I am by no means promoting driving like a moron on the street, but knowing your vehicle at or near its limits is a huge plus in a critical situation.
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#88 |
corner barstool sitter
Drives: 08 Mustang GT, 19 WRX Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Eastern Time Zone
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Agreed ↑↑↑ Only a few data measurements would be meaningful even with the blanket assumptions that the insurance companies would naturally make.
I wonder what the range of peoples' reactions to having "brake assist" take over and cram the braking all the way into a full-blown ABS event might be . . . then again, maybe I don't even want to guess. Back when I still had a morning commute, I had a daily opportunity to hone my own braking skills. From about 60 mph (divided highway) onto the office driveway, accelerate down the driveway and go from whatever speed to a full stop (STOP sign). Even with most of my track time coming after retiring, I think I've lost a step and probably wouldn't be able to reliably match what I could do on a daily basis. At least on that specific stretch of road/driveway. Norm
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![]() Drives: 2012 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Palmetto, FL
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corner barstool sitter
Drives: 08 Mustang GT, 19 WRX Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Eastern Time Zone
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Two years on, it still looks like insurance companies would penalize you for what traffic around you could be forcing you to do. They say "suggesting a more risky driving style" when what they do with internally is probably more like rubberstamping your file with something that reads more like "you're not as bad as some drivers, but we still don't like the way you drive".
Never mind how they'd view a session of bedding in a new set of performance street brake pads, which would be in their interest as well as yours that you do. I trust people have seen State Farm's TV ads where the passenger is more worried about losing her insurance discount than dealing with whatever urgent matter of the moment. Quote:
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#91 |
Ponies are for girls
Drives: 2015 RS LFX Red Hot (G7C) Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Southern AZ
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She knows the car is loud, it's not her VW Tiguan this is a muscle car, it's lowered and fast. If we take my car i drive it my way, if we take her car i drive it her way. That's it.
If it's a manual, you can always learn to be a little more accommodating on your shifting, i mean if you want to keep her around. LOL
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#92 | |
![]() Drives: 2010 Camaro SS Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Indiana
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lol, i did have a incident where "showing off" came into play. Coming home one day, my neighbor was out washing his truck (he is a major gearhead too, so whenever we see one another out its guaranteed that tire smoke will happen) so i pressed the clutch, hit ~5k and let her eat.....wifes head bounced off the headrest and she complained about a headache for a day of two.. Other than that, i usually drive pretty reasonable when she is with me. short, roll in bursts and 90 100mph sprints on the highway when its empty.
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Drives: 2010 CGM 2SS LS3 Swapped A6 Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Spring Hill, FL
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I used to get pissed that my GF doesn't really like my car. She gets carsick very easily so I have to drive very tame when she is in it. The low position of the passenger seat makes it even worse for her as she can't see over the dashboard. No paddles, no Competitive Mode, no revving...nothing. She doesn't understand that it's hard to drive this car like an old lady. But now we just drive her slow and reasonable Mitsubishi Lancer when we need to go out together, and I drive the Camaro when it's just me. I am perfectly fine with it being that way. Maybe I should get a TrackHawk as a family car?
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#94 |
![]() Drives: 2015 Camaro Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: CA.
Posts: 139
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Here ya go..............
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