Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Jay w on 09 January 2008, 19:18:52
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this July we are off again to south of france, like last year we will be in the miggy.
unlike last year I want to share the driving, sister in law is coming with us and I have asked her to drive from Plymouth to Dover.
she freaked when I asked her!! she regularly drives from porstmouth to darlington and portsmouth to plymouth so the distance isn't an issue, i'll do all the french driving.
she wants to have a couple of weeks to get use to the car!!! she currently drives a seat ibiza, its not the size thats an issue, or that its someone elses car.......
its because it an auto, she can't cope with that.....
wtf???
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A couple of HOURS maybe.......
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A couple of HOURS maybe.......
Or MINUTES??? How difficult can it be to do less work? :o :o :o
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this July we are off again to south of france, like last year we will be in the miggy.
unlike last year I want to share the driving, sister in law is coming with us and I have asked her to drive from Plymouth to Dover.
she freaked when I asked her!! she regularly drives from porstmouth to darlington and portsmouth to plymouth so the distance isn't an issue, i'll do all the french driving.
she wants to have a couple of weeks to get use to the car!!! she currently drives a seat ibiza, its not the size thats an issue, or that its someone elses car.......
its because it an auto, she can't cope with that.....
wtf???
Is it a caravan holiday... :question :question
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aha now thats where the problem lies, you see for her less pedals means more issues :o she doesn't know what to do with her left leg.......
Wait until i tell her about cruise control, that will really spin her out ;D
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this July we are off again to south of france, like last year we will be in the miggy.
unlike last year I want to share the driving, sister in law is coming with us and I have asked her to drive from Plymouth to Dover.
she freaked when I asked her!! she regularly drives from porstmouth to darlington and portsmouth to plymouth so the distance isn't an issue, i'll do all the french driving.
she wants to have a couple of weeks to get use to the car!!! she currently drives a seat ibiza, its not the size thats an issue, or that its someone elses car.......
its because it an auto, she can't cope with that.....
wtf???
Is it a caravan holiday... :question :question
no, we rent a villa down there
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aha now thats where the problem lies, you see for her less pedals means more issues :o she doesn't know what to do with her left leg.......
Wait until i tell her about cruise control, that will really spin her out ;D
Don't tell her, it'll spoil the fun ;D
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Women drivers are mostly scared from the size of Omega ..
When I asked my wife,she replied : I want something smaller :-? ;D
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aha now thats where the problem lies, you see for her less pedals means more issues :o she doesn't know what to do with her left leg.......
Wait until i tell her about cruise control, that will really spin her out ;D
Don't tell her, it'll spoil the fun ;D
oh no, i just want to see the look on her face when she realises that she doesn't have to touch the pedals.........
she is a control freak so having gadgets like auto, cruise just make her mad ;D
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Women drivers are mostly scared from the size of Omega ..
When I asked my wife,she replied : I want something smaller :-? ;D
Boaster :D
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Old mate of mine who only drove big Yank autos told me the solution to that problem years ago,
Give her a dead leg before she starts and she'll be fine.
;D
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She maybe likes your car and wants to have longer in it ;)
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Oddly, my mum had no qualms about driving my Omega, she's got a Mazda 3... a brief familiarisation, then we were out on the road... she even reverse parked into a bay, better than she ever does in her own car...
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what's she planning to do in those 2 weeks that she can't do on the trip? :-?
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I remember when i bought my first Auto it was funny kept putting my foot down for the clutch but i drove it stright home when i bought it and it was the first time i had been in one i thought it was like driving a GoCart go stop go stop dead easy :)
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what's she planning to do in those 2 weeks that she can't do on the trip? :-?
drive me up the wall most likely
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The first time I drove a auto I kept stamping on the brake ;D
Took about 5 mins to get it in my head not to ::)
Now I put my left leg well out of the way till I get used to it.
You could tie her leg to the seat to stop this or risk headbutting the windscreen ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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In all seriousness, get her to cross her left leg under her right one.
It worked for me. Stopped me headbutting the windscreen a number of times.
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fit a switch to floor connected to an air horn under hher seat every time she dips fresh air she will s**t herself ;)
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Funnily enough I never had this problem when I hired cars in the US. It was more the cornering (yes, they do exist in the US!) I had issues with, had to use a lot more of the brakes than I usually do, and the rubber band effect on the throttle doesn't inspire confidence through the corners.
I did hit my left hand on the door a few times as I reached for the gear stick though. Almost got in the passenger side a few times as well ::)
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I've never had a problem swapping between the two, and I think only once or twice have I "gone for the clutch" in an auto but then I do drive both on a regular basis.
It seems to be folk who only drive an auto for years on end and then get back into a manual who have real bother.
Kevin
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with the exception of about 20 miles it is all straight fast A road and little use of the brake or clutch......
i think giving her a dead leg as she gets in the car might work :y
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I've never had a problem swapping between the two, and I think only once or twice have I "gone for the clutch" in an auto but then I do drive both on a regular basis.
It seems to be folk who only drive an auto for years on end and then get back into a manual who have real bother.
Kevin
On a similar note, I regularly switch between 5sp and 6sp manual gearboxes, and for a while I worried that I'd end up going for the non-existant 6th on the Omega (which is reverse of course :o) but I never have. I even recently drove an automatic in the UK (and yes I hated it ;) ) and the only time I went for the clutch was when I was first pulling away and I wanted to put it into reverse. I actually found myself looking at the floor before remembering it was automatic! In defence though it was an 840Ci so very similar to my own car -- easy to forget it's missing the "driver's pack" option ;)