The Lamborghini

[mart]

Originally Posted by Max

What kind of an idiot would drive on the wrong side of the road, that seems kind of hard to do.

Note to self: Don't drive a car with automatic transmission, these cars allow you to do things such as text while driving and use your phone, a car should take 2 hands and 2 feet to drive

Good point Max. Avoid driving automatics. A friend of mine has an automatic. He'll have one hand on the wheel and the other usually eating something like a chocolate bar. But at least he has Bluetooth. Which i know isn't much help when he's still got a free hand. I drive a manual and it's hands on the wheel at all times. Only taking one off for gear changing. I actually prefer to have both hands on the wheel anyway. Yet some of my friends will only have one hand on the wheel. Especially when their talking and have to gesture everything their saying. Which i find annoying. But then everyone has their own way of driving. Be it good or bad.

[lora]

sorry to hear that,very sad news

[ugo]

You are right Mart. Is this the beautiful to make accidents when it is driven with an only hand on the steering wheel. Can be driven with an only hand when the road is empty. But never when there is confusion and risk of dangers.

[AlsoDan]

Ouch! - that's sorry to hear Rob.

Would i be right in saying that you also have an SLR in your garage to soften the blow - or was that the LP640's predecessor?

What do you plan replacing it with?

[indyfan]

That's a real shame. The road construction dividers looked obvious from the photo.

[Max]

Originally Posted by mart

Good point Max. Avoid driving automatics. A friend of mine has an automatic. He'll have one hand on the wheel and the other usually eating something like a chocolate bar. But at least he has Bluetooth. Which i know isn't much help when he's still got a free hand. I drive a manual and it's hands on the wheel at all times. Only taking one off for gear changing. I actually prefer to have both hands on the wheel anyway. Yet some of my friends will only have one hand on the wheel. Especially when their talking and have to gesture everything their saying. Which i find annoying. But then everyone has their own way of driving. Be it good or bad.

All an automatic is good for is if you want to kick your left foot out the window and masturbate, which you shouldn't do anyways.

[WhyYou]

Originally Posted by Max

All an automatic is good for is if you want to kick your left foot out the window and masturbate, which you shouldn't do anyways.

Some of us have no choice. My left leg won't handle a clutch anymore. My left ankle has some damage and doesn't bend properly and too much pressure is painful. For most of my life I drove a manual transmission and I believe everybody should at least learn how to do it. Maybe they should limit sales of automatic transmissions to people who can show a need for it (like THAT will ever happen...lol).

[Max]

Originally Posted by WhyYou

Some of us have no choice. My left leg won't handle a clutch anymore. My left ankle has some damage and doesn't bend properly and too much pressure is painful. For most of my life I drove a manual transmission and I believe everybody should at least learn how to do it. Maybe they should limit sales of automatic transmissions to people who can show a need for it (like THAT will ever happen...lol).

I agree that they are fine for people with disabilities

[tigger]

Originally Posted by max

i agree that they are fine for people with disabilities

disabilities have nothing to do with it. I own a stick and a auto. No mater whitch one i drive i drive the same. The car or truck has nothing to do with how some one "responsible" drives. It is the one behind the wheel doing the thinking not the car! I drive about 500 miles every day my truck does not tell me what to do, i do the thinking. Accedents happen thats life, some times it is the car/trucks fault things break. Every two hours i and the team stop for a safty insp. 2 of us walk around the truck and do a 120 pt. Insp sometimes we find things that need attn. That is why we do it. You would be suprised how often we see cars on the road with things hanging off of them draging the ground, or lights out my truck does not move if it has a light out, and if there is a safty issue we get it fixed before the truck moves. It is the driver who makes it safe or not.

[WhyYou]

A lot of people drive an automatic with one foot on the gas pedal and one foot on the brake (watch for cars going uphill with their brake lights on). It should be driven using only one foot. Using both feet will cause a bad poblem in a panic stop situation. Both feet will push the pedals down at the same time making the car go faster while it's trying to stop.

[mart]

Originally Posted by Max

All an automatic is good for is if you want to kick your left foot out the window and masturbate, which you shouldn't do anyways.

Or have it on the wheel as well lol. I've never been too sure who automatics were ever aimed for. Maybe for the disabled or partially disabled. I personally think every able bodied person should drive manuals.

[captnjack]

I see you point Mart and Max but for me it is a matter of convenience. I lived 17 miles from work and on a good traffic day it takes 50 mimutes to drive home. On a bad day easily 60 to 70 minute commute. A lot of the commute is stop and go traffic. A manual is just too much work.