01-09-2012, 03:50 PM
ScottyB Wrote:i tend to drive with a "buffer" in traffic where i leave a big gap between the car in front of me, if possible (and we all know when you get a bunch of asses in one place everyone wants to duck into any opening they can find). this way i can just leave my car to slowly crawl forward in 1st, even if traffic ahead is changing speed slightly. or i'll let the clutch out in neutral if i can coast slowly or if i'm stopped for longer than a few seconds.
I missed this earlier but this is definitely the zen of driving in traffic. I "adjust my margins" so that when I'm moving I'm moving and when I'm stopped I'm stopped. I'm happier and the car is happier, if you ride your automatic brethren's bumper you'll be dancing in-out-in-out on the clutch and feathering the brake pedal the whole time, which gets rage inducing pretty quickly.
Anyway, just as I was considering not making the switch from summer to all-season this winter in order to save up money for a DD..... its snowing outside my office window right now. Sigh.
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S