My new Fiesta one month on - report

no.....


unusually I disagree with you

I'm driving or listening to music

not both

 

What a gimp.

I have been warned about 'advanced drivers' and now it all become abundantly clear.

AT, you seem a prime candidate for advanced driving lessons, you can all create your own forum on the best way to shuffle the steering wheel whilst wearing a cap.

 

Also if the car has no rev counter the engine sound becomes more important. I don't understand why people drive with music at 120db I mean how would you tell if a spring had just snapped? And also listening to traffic is also useful especialy with things like emergency vehicles.

My car has a very basic 4 speaker setup, two woofers in the lower door and two teaters next to the handles. It does have wiring for rear ones but I won't bother.

I think David you have hit the nail on the head, especialy if its a good album in the cars CD player, it is all too easy to start concentrating on the music while you should be concentrating on the fact you're speeding next to a school at closing time.

Motorways are different though as especialy if you're not driving fast you could cover 100 miles without even having to touch the brakes.

 

I've already got my driving gloves on order complete with my Rover SD1.

IAM is something I am considering for the future, but for now I just need to get more confident at basic driving.

 

I don't have a flash system in my car - just a poineer cdp and the bog standard speakers - but I get bored if I haven't got the radio on....

doing 80mph along those country roads isn't all it's cracked up to be...

 

Blimey even my N reg Laguna has steering column controls for the radio!
Believe it or not it is possible to listen to Radio 3 in the car and hear road noise, emergency services, springs snapping(!) or even hold a conversation at a very reasonable level.
And again AT most of the cars I owned in my years of driving didn't have a bloody rev counter!

 

Its one thing listening to Radio 3, to blasting out the awful Galaxy 102 at top volume while the subwoofer in the boot causes all the body panals to vibrate.

 

Why is that what you've got? If not it's irrelevant.

 

Got one mate.

I still don't use the radio.

 

I am at a loss I truly am. Still all the silence in the world ain't gonna stop AT plowing into you because he was straining at the time to hear if there was a small engine noise in the engine bay.

 

garyi
given AT's anxiety levels he'd probably be straining to hear if there was an engine in the engine bay!

 

Loud stereo's in pimped up Corsa's (particularly) are a mating call for chavs.

For Gods sake zerogainers, lets show some decorum. Maybe I'm knocking on but Pink Floyd at sensible levels was most condusive to late night driving. The love between a man and his 944 is a very beautiful thing.

I saw a funny one the other day, a bloke at the lights in a Honda Civic proudly playing Jennifer Rush's Power of Love at meteoric levels, oblivious to people pissing themselves laughing on the pavement. These drivers should not be on our streets.

 

No!

The important aspect here is to keep away from Manchester.

 

If you are going to play stuff....Roger Water's (?) lead guitar is probably as goog as anything, agreed.

Or admired for the audacity/bravery?

 

so, is this going to be an ongoing monthly report then..?

 

lol.

I don't have music on loud, in fact I often have talk radio on as music is something I like to enjoy at home on a proper system and without distractions ....... but I don't think you need to subject yourself to silence in order to drive well.

If I am having fun in the NSX, granted, I leave the tunes off - but that is only 'cos I like hearing the engine.

I am sure if something happened like a spring snapping, you wouldn't need to rely on hearing to realise something was wrong!

 

I agree totally

Maybe not...


...but if I do a running observation commentary in my head I can't do it with music on.



Edit; a purely personal thing here but I wonder if any thing causes a potential distraction is a good thing?

I an ideal world.

 

Eh? A 'running observation commentary'; that sounds like something you might do if you were completely insane . Do you do this outside the car as well, there are potential hazards everywhere you know, and it might be as well to do your commentary out loud so that you can warn everyone of all the dangers.

I just don't find music distracting when I'm driving, casual listening requires no specific concentration for me. Do you ban passengers from talking when you're driving?

 

Joking apart its a very effcteive observation mothod....

e.g. moderate left bend approaoching.....school on the right....are there kids around......start dropping speed to 30 for the 30 zone etc etc

How many of us drive home half thinking "well that was s**t day at work today, such and such really ****** me off"

ie it keep your mind focussed.

thats my opinion anyway!

Again joking aside, its inevitable that occassionally some distraction will take place.

You just ahve to be aware of it....and drive accordingly.







That I think is a part of the ATM concept, one which do agree with.

 

avoiding cracks in pavements springs to mind...