abiL:

I've had to take a speed awareness course in the past.

The car vibrates sometimes, when the road isn't as smooth, there's wind blowing, or if there's a slight curve/ bend to the road.

I'm used to long distance high speed driving, so I rarely notice the car shaking, when it does shake. If it shakes too much, I just ease off the accelerator.

I drive a Mini Cooper Convertible.. 2010 one

coogar:

take it easy on the pedal.....life is precious!

ItsModella:
Didn't you see the 80-100 mph? mph not km/h.

Dopefiend:

We gat a tranny here guys

abrahkyn: Driving with one hand is a style to showcase pride. It tantamounts to doing a wrong thing with confidence. It is a characteristics of people that learnt driving in a hard way-not passing through Driving School.

Okija_juju: When once I reach 100km/h I switch to driving wi two hands... I once sat in a car where the back tyre exploded at 120 km/h and if the driver didn't have both hands on the wheel, it would have been disastrous.

chucksbadt: Pls i know am gion off topic but am still learning how to drive and all the cars in my house are automatic.......i want to know if it advisable to use 2 legs while driving automatic?....or is one leg preferable....if yes..why?

chucksbadt: Pls i know am gion off topic but am still learning how to drive and all the cars in my house are automatic.......i want to know if it advisable to use 2 legs while driving automatic?....or is one leg preferable....if yes..why?

Siena: I drive with both hands on the wheel - no exception.

I've done one hand driving in the past. However, this ended back in 1992 on the M4. I was on my way to Bristol, when I had a front nearside tyre blow-out. I was overtaking a coach when it happened, and the sudden explosion of the tyre actually spun the wheel wowards the coach! It took all my strength and skill to avoid slamming into the truck broadside.

When I managed to negotiate back to the hard shoulder, I realised the thumb on my left hand was broken. I didn't feel it when it happened, when the wheel spun in my hand, one of the spokes caught my thumb. I was really lucky, and ever since then, I've always driven with both hands on the wheel. It's good practice, and gives much more control in the event of an emergency.

Driving with one hand, to the point you feel "uncomfortable" using both is bad practice. Such driver's vehicles tend to "wander" when using both hands, as they have no idea how to keep their vehicles in a straight line. They grip the wheel way too tightly as a result. And when it's time to go for their driving test, it's often to see them fail, with "poor lateral control" cited as the main issue.

And before anyone says my car must have been old, defective, had no power-assisted steering, it had bad tyres etc, it was a 1990 BMW M3 E30 Cabrio, and was two-years-old at the time. And all tyres were fitted three weeks before the incident. It turned out two of the tyres had factory defects, which caused the tread to separate from the canvas.

fork adict: Bro. Trust me, I dont impress easily. But I must commend your dedication to the auto section of this land and also your methods of answering questions. You always attack any topic in a deep manner and still making it easy for even a foool to understand. Big ups man! I guess you are an automobile engineer. Please confirm. Best regards bro.

abiL:

I swear that song sounds so much better when you're speeding down the motorway

BasseyJ: Hi, Mr Siena and other guru's in the Auto section, i drive with one hand, i actually taught myself to drive, at times when i'm driving Elder ones, i ''use'' both hands, but not really sha, my left hand does nothing, it just holds the steering for show, if i attempt to steer with both hands, the car wont be steady and would 'swerve'. My question is, is it a bad way of driving?? And how do i change it. Also, i use both legs when driving automatic, one for the brakes and one for accerelation, is there any harm in doing it?
Thanks

manny4life: All of you doing 100mph on the highway, I will continue to pray for yall that none of you are EVER involved in a motor crash. After my accident, the highest I've come close to doing is 80/85 mph worst, that's it. Anything more than that, is literally suicide mission, because your car begins to vibrate at that point, you can feel the pressure on your tires against the road surface, the steering wheel becomes a lil loose and dancing around while you're holding onto it, because the car is gradually losing traction balance. At that point, unless your car is designed and equipped, so many things can go wrong. We all know that not all highways are super smooth, unless your brakes can react in 1/10th of a second less than 100ft from an obstacle, hmm, it's dangerous.

basisop:

Oga, 80kmph is dangerous on good highway. 90-100kmph is ok.