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I definitely fall into some of these; maintaining momentum attempting not to use headlights and wipers at the same time (I'm still on a generator) definitely get worried when I don't hear any noise (have to get around to fitting a tacho...) because I have a keypad and starter button instead of an ignition key I am always putting my keys in my pocket before hopping into a car, then having to dig them out again, turning on the ignition then hunting for the start button the servo is crazy on the amazon, so i actually find most modern cars to have soggy brakes with really long play definitely have trouble parking a modern barge after the 'zon, it can turn on a dime compared with everything else! checking temp and oil pressure guages, even when there arent any Putting the wipers on and off to create an intermittent mode, even if it has one already. Definitely! Trying to shift down at lights then realising I'm in an auto funniest thing I've done is jump on the brake of my sisters car thinking it was the clutch (automatic, you see...). that was fun, glad no-one else was in the car!
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Remade In Australia thereimaginarium.com.au
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chaseracer
Part of things
If you have to ask why, you will never understand...
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It's on the right in the Oxford True....super-low non-synchro bottom gear on the left, HUGE steering wheel in the middle, handbrake on the right....steep hill starts have you looking like Rick Wakeman <chuckle...>Brian m'boy, you are gonna have such fun with a 2CV... ;D
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It's surprising how quickly you get used to a car! I tihnk the main ones is noise, I much prefer a car you can actually hear what it's doing. In a lot of modern cars I'm sitting there wondering if it's even running
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sowen
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 24
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Revving the engine at traffic lights just to make sure its still running, changing down through the gears when coming to a junction, and generally hitting pedals too hard, people look at me funny at work when I move their cars, and wonder why I have so much trouble, don't they realise there's no connection between driver and modern car?
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Lex
South East
日本車 <3
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indicating with the wipers. that one gets me every time, lol Haha, or flashing someone on and end up cleaning your windscreen.
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Resto-UKal
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tycho
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double declutching when going 4-2 or 3-2 even. Firing myself through my dad's windscreen everytime I brake his mk3 Clio. Trying to find reverse left of first in modern Renaults (or 300tdi Land Rovers for that matter).
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sowen
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 2,245
Club RR Member Number: 24
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Flashing people and unknowingly leaving main beam on!
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GJM
Posted a lot
Alloy engines; like communism- great in theory.
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Flashing other classic drivers even when I'm driving the 98' Fiesta
Driving everywhere in the winter with all the windows down, Imp heaters never worked so may as well enjoy the (-1'c) wind in your hair!
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mym
Part of things
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half of what you lot have come up with i always took to be good driving pratice anyway.
having never really driven a retro, i do the long distance braking thing, as well as avoiding potholes etc like the plague mainly to give my passangers a slightly smoother ride.
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The worst thing is when you drive so many cars you forget where reverse is on the one you're in. Its most annoying when its dark and you have to put the interior light on just so you can see the gearstick!
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*Always park facing downhill *Always leave it in gear (just incase the handbrake fails) *Always point front wheels to the kerb (see above) *Never wind the window all the way into the door (it might not come back up) *Dab the brakes at the top af a hill (just to check) *If you can't hear/feel the engine use the key to start it *Throw away poncy air fresheners, a car should smell like a car a.k.a petrol,oil, exhaust, etc. plus my sense of smell has often detected burning clutch/brakes/wiring.
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Sing along everybody. "Sala-cadoola-metcha-caboola-bibbity-bobbity-boo!"
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DutyFreeSaviour
Europe
Back For More heartbreak and disappointment.....
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Blipping is a major one - expecially from cold, used to a choke and guessork Parking downhill, just in case (battery or connection usually) Lots of spares in the boot along with emergency tools. NEVER running it below 1/8th of a tank of go-juice (gauges have never been my friend) Regular stops on motorway runs to 'check' and let it rest. I have found it tunes the hearing and other senses though - so in other cars you notice things the owners have blanked out or not registered.
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Back from the dead..... kind of
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rodharris83
Club Retro Rides Member
Day Dreamer...
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Club RR Member Number: 4
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*Always park facing downhill *Always leave it in gear (just incase the handbrake fails) *Always point front wheels to the kerb (see above) *Never wind the window all the way into the door (it might not come back up) *Dab the brakes at the top af a hill (just to check) *If you can't hear/feel the engine use the key to start it *Throw away poncy air fresheners, a car should smell like a car a.k.a petrol,oil, exhaust, etc. plus my sense of smell has often detected burning clutch/brakes/wiring. I've got all the these habits, plus carring a shed load of spares/tools in the boot just in case!
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Does anybody else still carry their keys for the old RAC/AA emergency phone boxes, mine lives with my house keys.
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Sing along everybody. "Sala-cadoola-metcha-caboola-bibbity-bobbity-boo!"
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mcgee
Part of things
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Erm ... I do pretty much everything thats been listed here, not just because I think that its good habits to do some of them but beacuse thats how I need to treat the car.
And I drive an X plated Ford Focus (which I don't even consider to be an "older" car let alone retro aged). So what does that tell you about X plated diesel ford focii? lol
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I have realised I forget I have an 'intermittant' setting on the windscreen wipers so keep flicking them every so often manually. I also totally forget about the rear wiper!
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Due to many iffy handbrakes over the years (keeping 2CV ones in top order is a ballache) I've developed a lovely three-pedal technique for hill starts, using a nice bit of heel and toe. Though finding cars with ideal pedal positioning is tricky.
Self cancelling indicators do my nut now! I'm quite capable of turning them off myself thanks.
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1986 Citroen 2CV Dolly Other things. Check out my Blog for the latest! www.hubnut.org
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MartinC
Part of things
Don't like stretched tyres, very low profile tyres & I think a car CAN be too low. Perhaps I'm odd.
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*Always park facing downhill *Always leave it in gear (just incase the handbrake fails) *Always point front wheels to the kerb (see above) *Never wind the window all the way into the door (it might not come back up) *Dab the brakes at the top af a hill (just to check) *If you can't hear/feel the engine use the key to start it *Throw away poncy air fresheners, a car should smell like a car a.k.a petrol,oil, exhaust, etc. plus my sense of smell has often detected burning clutch/brakes/wiring. Nice one, all good stuff. I tend to lose the location of the gearstick (RHD/LHD, column/Floor) too. Fire up engine BEFORE switching ANYTHING on, and switch it all off BEFORE the engine, with a quick rev first to boot. Can't be doing with these that turn off engine then think about the headlights 5 mins later...
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1937 Standard Flying Twelve
1943 Bedford OYD
1947 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty-Special
1954 Hillman Minx MkVIII
1956 Austin A30
1957 Vauxhall Victor Super
2001 Chrysler 300M
2002 Rover 75 Connoisseur SE Tourer
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v8jim
Posted a lot
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weaving around all the sunken man hole covers driving around in winter wearing gloves and a coat with the windows open to try and stop it steaming up
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in my retros
double de clutching on downshifts. parking in first or reverse , depending on wich way the cars facing disconnect the battery if the cars gonna be stood for more than a day being confused by more than one stalk on the dash fluids and spares in the boot chamoix leather in the glovebox driving by feel, and listening out constantly
in the "modern" utter utter utter boredom, and thumping my face off the steering wheel under braking
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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