Driving Styles? Options

[macavely]

just wanted to know what is your' driving style???

[Celica_Fan]

two hands on the steering wheel, and seat not back those guys and girls that do that look like idiots.

[chucho]

Drive it like you stole it..... sorry i couldnt resist.

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

two hands on the steering wheel, and seat not back those guys and girls that do that look like idiots.

I practicly sit in the back seats. I'm kinda tall though and I have a sun roof. I put the seat up as far as I can, my hair hits the ceiling at this point. I drive with left hand at about 10-10:30, and right hand at 2-2:30. Got to be ready to shift. Try to drive nice and slow and keep the rpm down around traffic and in town. No need to put others in danger.

[Celica_Fan]

my car does 0-100 km's in 8.8 secs it's just not fast enough. Hopefully I get a celica june next year

[Phat_99CeliGT]

im a tall guy. i sit with my seat back. id say my shoulders r a lil higher then the bottom of the door window sill. i rest my left hand on my knee and and drive. my right hand is either on the shifter or on my girls knee.

[95CelicaST]

I sit UP in my seat. I hate when you see people all slouched in their seat trying to look badass. I have my left foot on the dead rest and hands at 10 and 2.

[orvillescelica]

thank you! i drive like you guys too... seat straight back, hands 10 and 2, seat pulled forward so that when i extend my arms, my wrists can fold over the top of the steering wheel. This is proper driving postion that will allow you to turn the wheel the largest angel without crossing over and the seating position allows you to use its sides most effectivly to brace against turnung g's.

My gf thinks im a loser because i drive like that, and of course she cites her brother who drives a riced up rsx-s all leaned back. Oh well, hes in HS, he can be forgiven for now.

[macavely]

i don't know if it cause of the pain on my side but i kinda lean to the right but the back of my seat is almost at a 90 degree angle.... and the bottom of the seat is all the way down ... right hand is almost always on the shifter and left hand is 10 o'clock.... my seat is positioned back to the point where when i push the pedal all the way down its just the tip of my toe that is pushing it down ....

[creis]

freeway driveing is with the left hand on the wheel wile rested on the door, and the other rested on the shifter/arm rest.

however I go with the one had on top some times too.

Seat always up to a good hight, I think its so funny when people lean it all the way back and have to erk there back to see over the wheel.

[popstar]

seat back at about 100 degrees to seat ....but seat tilted right back
right hand at 1 ish, elbow on edge of window, or right hand at 5 ish and elbow on arm rest....
left hand on the hand brake and elbow on centre pad..... till i shift

just right

[Guest_mon3y19_*]

how do i drive? well my seat is always pushed up to the end next to the steering wheel, both hands on tightly to the steering wheel, hunch over, start drivin! this is true...im 5'11 and i drive like im 4'0...i dont know how i got to drive like that (cough - - - - - wife)...oh wells...peeps look at me weird...i dont kare

[celicaST]

my seat is all the way back, i am 6'1" and my legs are long. reclined at about 90 degrees. place hands differently depending on road im driving on. sometimes im 10/2 and sometimes im 8/4, and every once in a while ill drive with my knees on long slow roads, not the safest thing drive with one hand sometimes usually with left elbow resting on left leg with left hand at around 9. i never drive with one hand on top, i hate that. right hand rest on leg, ebrake, or my girls's thigh or belly, she likes to recline all the way . also try to keep rpm's below 4k for the most part.

and mon3y19, you better hope you dont get in an accident where the air bag goes off

[SSJChar]

seat at the highest thigh/sitting position. tilt around 90-100 degrees. seat close enough to the front so that i can cross my wrists at the top of the steering wheel, so maybe like 3 clicks back(my legs brush against the plastic trim pieces under the steering wheel). hands at 9 and 3, but doing the thumbs up position. i try to have both hands on the wheel all the time, so i never rest it on the shifter. i hear thats actually bad for your tranny too, though im not sure if its true, or if it only applies to rwd cars. i always turn with both hands to, and never solo/palm the wheel.
in my other car when i autox, I pretty much drive exactly the same, but my right leg is actually pushing against the tranny tunnel trim, and my left foot pushing hard against the dead pedal. i guess its a way to properly brace myself firmly, or atleast my legs. I try to use my ankle muscles to adjust the throttle in normal driving and autox, and not my whole leg like many highschool punks do when they sit in the far back seating position and who basically can't even hold the wheel with both hands and still be in the proper non-slouched forward position since they pretty much have to reach out with the ball of their foot just to reach the pedal.

[Coomer]

My seat is fairly upright, the lower part is as low as it goes, and my arms are at 3 and 9 on the wheel usually. People usually poke fun at me because I shift and then immediately my hand moves right back to the wheel.

This post has been edited by Coomer: Nov 16, 2005 - 11:36 AM

[BlackCelicaGT94]

guess i look like an idiot! but i cant sit straight up it hurts my back and is very uncomfortable so my seat is back rather far. gangsta leaning with one hand on the wheel and the other holding my phone and shift knob. tilt is all the way down closest to my knees.

im a very aggressive driver as well but my driving skills are always complimented on by guy drivers :-)

This post has been edited by BlackCelicaGT94: Nov 16, 2005 - 11:48 AM

[jess_i_74]

It depends on the day. Sometimes I have the seat all the way up, sometimes down. Occasionally I drop it down and recline, drop the wheel all the way down and pretend to be in Formula 1.

[easternpiro1]

Tilt all the way down, no gangsta lean (unless im trying to be cutefor some broads ) seat at 110 degree angle the seat is not adjusted close or too far from the wheel, and i have a nice girl's head in my lap... the only way to drive... dont flame me for the last comment...i was just kidding! (mostly)

[BlackCelicaGT94]

cars feature tilt steering for that exact reason ^^^

[frosty]

Driving style?...get in the car and go

One hand on the wheel, the other either on the shifter or the wifes knee/hand.
Seat is pushed back (long legs) and backrest is slightly tilted back. I'm pretty tall so I need room. Basically I drive comfortable, some days fast, some days average speed.

I never understood why people like to drive where when they look to the side they look directly out of the rear pass. window, or have the backrest all the way down so that they sit proped up on their elbows.

[azian_advanced]

i have the knob for the bottom seat lowered all the way (i'm 5'9") and the seat inclined back a bit (not the lean-back-gangsta-style way) to keep my hair from touching the head liner. then i have two fingers at the 9:00 position (on one of the 3 spokes of the wheel) and the other is palmed on the stick. it's cold and snowing here now so my gloves do all the gripping.

[CelicaBuddy]

I drive with one hand on the bottom of the wheel...

[Cutrara]

I slide my seat the whole way back, then I move it up 1 notch so I can push in the clutch the whole way. I have the seat 2 notches back from the full upright position or else my back will hurt.

Around town - 10 and 2, Left foot on the dead pedal.
Residential streets - Left hand 12, right hand shifter, left foot resting ABOVE clutch (No, I don't rest it on the pedal, I'm not stupid) anticipating the shifts.
5th gear - Both arms resting on lap, hands and 4 and 6, left foot dead pedal if theres not much traffic, 10 and 2 if I need to pass and such.

[afroman]

im 6' 4" so there really isnt alot of room. the seat is all the way back and is tilted back quite aways. hand rests on my left knee to drive with, and the other is resting on the shifter or messing with the touch screen.
-Aaron-

[celicaST]

im 6' 4" so there really isnt alot of room. the seat is all the way back and is tilted back quite aways. hand rests on my left knee to drive with, and the other is resting on the shifter or messing with the touch screen.
-Aaron-

lol just reminded me, im always messing with my head unit. i cant even remember the last time ive listened to a song all the way through the end... me and my short attention span

[dustinkemp]

I sit in the back seat....lol....hand at noon and on the shifter (even tho its an auto) lol

or i hand at six and another on my girls lap lol

[K-ESD]

guess i look like an idiot! but i cant sit straight up it hurts my back and is very uncomfortable so my seat is back rather far. gangsta leaning with one hand on the wheel and the other holding my phone and shift knob. tilt is all the way down closest to my knees.

im a very aggressive driver as well but my driving skills are always complimented on by guy drivers :-)

that makes two idiots

i got the same problem, my back hurts like a bitch when i sit too straight. i just love to sink myself into my seat and lean slightly on my right.

[soulshadow]

I sit straight up, left hand at 11 with a glove ( P/S gone is a bitc) . Right arm on arm rest (gosh I love toyota arm rests) and right hand always on shift knob. Then When I turn left hand turns, downshift to right gear with right hand and then right hand assists the left cause the steering wheel is so tough to turn.

[FreddyTheOthaMea...]

Seat all the way back and leaned back with left hand on nood and right hand on the shifter (raised on manuals, owns a auto.. go figure)

[Sh0gunkid8721]

I have my hat down below my eyes, my seat is all the way back so that my heads barely above the steering wheel. One hand on the wheel and the other on the stereo with my left leg out the window.

[95CelicaST]

^ G-Unit

[jdg371]

seat leans back about 15degrees hands at 4 and 8 or left at 12 and right at armrest... I drive a minivan

[amysmojo]

I drive leaned back a LITTLE BIT (not as much as natalie though hah) then i streer w/ my left hand between 11 & 12 teehee.......

I was w/ coomer one day in his car...dont be jealous & he was driving the old 10 oclock / 2 oclock way awwww

p.s. off topic....I Hate driving w/ the radio on cause i dont like how my car looks w/ the antenna up...anyone else feel the same way?

This post has been edited by amysmojo: Nov 17, 2005 - 6:53 PM

[JoKeRkId613]

My seat is fairly upright, the lower part is as low as it goes, and my arms are at 3 and 9 on the wheel usually. People usually poke fun at me because I shift and then immediately my hand moves right back to the wheel.

Don't worry Coomer, that's how the guys from Fast and the Furious drive too! Lol. Sry, couldn't resist.

[CoSo]

usually hands at the 10/2 (sometimes I move my left hand to about the 7 o clock position - resting on my left leg, it grips the bottom of the wheel)

seat is fairly upright, not too close to the wheel.

[Celicav]

My turn...seating position is pretty straight up, but a little lean to the right. Usually only left hand is on wheel at about the 1 o'clock position (unless turning). Right arm is usually resting on arm rest unless I am shifting.

[Valo666]

seat pulled back as far as it goes, leaned a back a bit, 1 hand on the side of the wheel, hand on the shifter and elbow on the console. Thats how i drive right now cuz its winter. Summer, i drive with the seat on the back of the rails, and pretty much straight up with the sunroof open so i got head room.

[celiracer]

I'm kinda tall so i have the chair all the way back the top of the seats tilted not to far. My right hands always on the shifter or on my girls knees, my left is always at 10 o clock. and i sit up so i can see dips.

[Celica_Fan]

if I put my hand on a girls knee I would get a slap and I drive and auto I used to shift it from L to 2 and sit back like a gangsta not anymore though

This post has been edited by Celica_Fan: Nov 19, 2005 - 4:59 PM

[Slow-lica]

Well I'm in a good old right-hand drive...i have my seat back so that when i push the clutch in all the way my knee is still bent a bit, back of my seat is tilted back so that its about inline with the pillar (I'm looking at my car out the window as I write this ) My right hand is at 3 usually on the spoke on the inside of the wheel and left hand either on my knee with my elbow on the centre console or on the shifter (or sometimes my phone ). And I also drive with my knees sometimes ...but only if I'm on long straight roads and there's minimal or no traffic.