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Nik · 03-05-2006, 12:09 AM

Well I figured I should weight in...

My dad brought the MR2 home when I was four. It was the first car I ever drove. He had me driving it around in parkinglots when I was 15 before I got my permit, then once I got it he always drove with me. As soon as I got my license I began autoxing and learned what the car was really capable of. But the car was not mine until I graduated highschool (or when I walked anyway, I actually finished a year early). For a year I had to drive my mom's truck, which was a source of much frustration at the time but now I see why and can appreciate it.

Can it be done? Yes. Is it smart or responcible? Not even close without precautions.

These cars are difficult to drive, and it is not mearly a matter of knowing how to drive stick as mr2xstyle suggests... (and btw I hope you realize you sound like an idiot. If you want any credibility type in basic conversational english as a minimum... not whatever that was.) If you're just driving around town on a sunny day they're fine, but we all know you're not going to do that. You're going to hit the twisties, you're going to drive in the rain, you may even be crazy enough to hit the twisties in the rain, you're going to try to impress your lady friends. The fact of the matter is, that the handling of these cars is not intuitive. When you find yourself in an emergency situation you don't have time to think, just react. You always hear about the bad "snap oversteer" these cars have. Well I can tell you that there's no such thing. It's an excuse used by people who can't drive to explain why they just spun out and wrapped it around a tree. No amount of reading about how to properly avoid a spin can save you when it happens; YOU CAN'T THINK, it has to become instinctive. Most people's reaction is to let off the gas, and in most cars that works great. That's what's intuitive, and sometimes it will even work in an mr2 (power oversteer.) But these cars aren't intuitive. That doesn't mean they're dangerous, they're just different. I was able to start off with a clean slate, and in the proper environment learned to drive the car and developed the instincts necessary to do so safely.

I recommend that everyone who buys an MR2, young or old, goes out and does an autox or two. But if its your first car, do a season, and don't whine about the entry fees like I see so often. If you can't afford it you can't afford the car.

03-05-2006, 12:09 AM	#15 (permalink)
Nik I drive the line Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 113 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Well I figured I should weight in... My dad brought the MR2 home when I was four. It was the first car I ever drove. He had me driving it around in parkinglots when I was 15 before I got my permit, then once I got it he always drove with me. As soon as I got my license I began autoxing and learned what the car was really capable of. But the car was not mine until I graduated highschool (or when I walked anyway, I actually finished a year early). For a year I had to drive my mom's truck, which was a source of much frustration at the time but now I see why and can appreciate it. Can it be done? Yes. Is it smart or responcible? Not even close without precautions. These cars are difficult to drive, and it is not mearly a matter of knowing how to drive stick as mr2xstyle suggests... (and btw I hope you realize you sound like an idiot. If you want any credibility type in basic conversational english as a minimum... not whatever that was.) If you're just driving around town on a sunny day they're fine, but we all know you're not going to do that. You're going to hit the twisties, you're going to drive in the rain, you may even be crazy enough to hit the twisties in the rain, you're going to try to impress your lady friends. The fact of the matter is, that the handling of these cars is not intuitive. When you find yourself in an emergency situation you don't have time to think, just react. You always hear about the bad "snap oversteer" these cars have. Well I can tell you that there's no such thing. It's an excuse used by people who can't drive to explain why they just spun out and wrapped it around a tree. No amount of reading about how to properly avoid a spin can save you when it happens; YOU CAN'T THINK, it has to become instinctive. Most people's reaction is to let off the gas, and in most cars that works great. That's what's intuitive, and sometimes it will even work in an mr2 (power oversteer.) But these cars aren't intuitive. That doesn't mean they're dangerous, they're just different. I was able to start off with a clean slate, and in the proper environment learned to drive the car and developed the instincts necessary to do so safely. I recommend that everyone who buys an MR2, young or old, goes out and does an autox or two. But if its your first car, do a season, and don't whine about the entry fees like I see so often. If you can't afford it you can't afford the car.