Most liked posts in thread: So who do you drive like?

We all drive like Steve McQeen, Jason, we all do.

Dave

 

In your mind.....

Only Steve McQueen drove like Steve McQueen....

Or rode a bike like in "The Great Escape", yep... Only Steve McQueen had the cool to do that...

 

I would like to say that I drive like Jim Clark, 1963 & 65 F1 Champion.
My wife would say I drive like a school bus driver.
I say I drive like me.

 

I drive like Flounder in Animal House

 

Who's Steve McQueen?

 

Same here.

The scientific part of the article was interesting. I think it makes sense that your gyroscopic sensations come from the lower back. That's one of the reasons I love driving with harnesses, because it really snugs the car tight against your body there and amplifies those inputs.

 

:cornut: I drive like Steve McQueen in 'Bullet'.

Jasonopcorn:opcorn:

 

I would have to say I drive like Barry Newman aka Kowalski in the 1971 version of Vanishing Point. There is something about that movie I really connect with.
Like the car also....

 

:cornut:MA the friendly site. I love it here!:lol:

Jasonopcorn:opcorn:

 

Technical understanding in Formula 1 is fantastic, but its understanding of the driver is primitive.â€

Boy, did he say a mouthful!

 

According to my wife I drive like "a crazy person". I don't think so, but what can I say.

Jim

 

That was actually a pretty interesting article.

In a RWD car I'd have to say I'm like Kubica. I'm happier with a tad of understeer.

In a FWD car though... I'm more like Hamilton. I like a bit of back-end slide.

Now in reality I don't even compare to those two. LOL.

 

It's funny. I used to be one of those "laid back" drivers but after I started autocrossing I felt so disconnected from the car. Right back to that whole sensation thing.

I keep my seatback fairly straight-up and the wheel/pedal distance fairly close even for DD. I'm 6'1" and I've had guys 5'10" get in my car and push the seat back a bit to drive it. :crazy:

 

I liked this sentence best:

"Kimi Raikkonen was blessed with a combination of devastating high-speed precision and almost no emotional limitation."

I definitely have "emotional limitation". To feel the car you need to be totally relaxed. This is very hard to do (for me anyway). I still have a tendency to stiffen up when I go to the brakes. The good thing is I recognize it and am working on it.

I am always boggled by in-car video (sports cars where you can see the entire person) as these folks work at the limit and appear totally relaxed. Someday...

 

I had an advanced instructor ask me if we were going for groceries. He had me pull into the pits. We moved the seat forward and the back nearly upright.

 

Like Franco in The Gumball Rally...

What's-a behind me is not important.