"JeffFurbs" (jefffurbs)
06/30/2014 at 16:02 • Filed to: None
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"JeffFurbs" (jefffurbs)
06/30/2014 at 16:02 • Filed to: None | 1
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I was very surprised to see I have been doing something completely wrong (and no it wasn't turning the wrong way into a slide). Granted this does not mean I am saying I know everything about being a great driver. There are plenty of things I'm sure I could do better, but I am happy with my driving and I think I am a good driver in adverse conditions. Anyways, I had fallen into a bad mirror habit as it turns out. Granted it was the way I learned or the traditional thinking, but after I read the part about adjusting your mirrors the light bulb went off in my head. I also wonder why it never occurred to me before that there could be a better way. I thought that my car had a good amount of blind spots especially in my mirrors. Each day I was a little more weary of switching lanes because I never felt like I could see anything. Enter in the new way of doing things. I drove home today and could see cars coming from behind me in my mirrors. What a trip! I even angled them up a bit because I really have no idea why I had them pointed down at all. I'm in a low car, why do I need to see how even the yellow lines are painted, and how my rear wheel looks with that rubber on it. Crap, in 8 years I still haven't learned a damn thing. Here's to hoping. Am I the only one? Did you find anything useful?
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deekster_caddy
> JeffFurbs
06/30/2014 at 16:13 |
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Well, other than #5, I do all those things. But I was listening to Car Talk years before there was a Jalopnik! ;)
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JeffFurbs
> deekster_caddy
06/30/2014 at 16:26 |
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Hahaha can't argue there! I don't hear it nearly enough. I just started listening to NPR and always forget when it's on.
BATC42
> JeffFurbs
06/30/2014 at 16:36 |
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The way I set my outsside mirrors is to see the rear door handle in the bottom-corner of the mirror.
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JeffFurbs
> BATC42
06/30/2014 at 16:43 |
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I was foolishly closer to the top corner for whatever reason. I can't even come up with a viable reason
MountainCommand
> JeffFurbs
06/30/2014 at 21:16 |
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haha, #5. I dont think any of us break that rule because we are late somewhere. We just like the noise of the engine ringing out.
Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT
> JeffFurbs
06/30/2014 at 21:35 |
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The state required me to do a defensive driving course at 18 adter a burnout that a local cop didn't appreciate....
Not a bad class to take to be honest.