It doesn't shift THAT way

A few years ago when I got my 1st PC wheel, I was on the computer a lot racing AI drivers and online. I remember getting into my Jeep and thinking how big the steering wheel felt. The feeling went away in a few months. Now, I've been practicing and playing with setups, franticly, for the last 2 nights getting ready to try an FV race in GPL (FV is new to me). I've been getting home late all week, so this meant staying up until about 3am. Less than 4 hours of sleep a night. Usually I use an RS Shifter, but I'm trying another wheel, so I just used the paddle shifters. This morning I figured I had just enough time to skip out of work and grab a cup of much needed coffee before a customer came in. I hopped into my car (auto tranny), pulled out of the parking lot and when I hit about 25 mph I grabbed the windshield washer stalk with my right finger tips and pulled (to shift gears). I immediately knew that was a stupid think to do, and as the wipers and spray were beating away, I reached down to the shift lever and pushed it into neutral. DOH! It all happened in about 2 seconds. I'm going home now to get some rest before the race. I'll try not to do any 4 wheel drifts on the way. -- Slot Tweaks & Reviews www.slottweak.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.431 / Virus Database: 242 - Release Date: 12/17/2002

"GTX_SlotCar" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:avks2h$gv890$[email hidden]... > A few years ago when I got my 1st PC wheel, I was on the computer a lot > racing AI drivers and online. I remember getting into my Jeep and thinking > how big the steering wheel felt. The feeling went away in a few months. > Now, I've been practicing and playing with setups, franticly, for the last2 > nights getting ready to try an FV race in GPL (FV is new to me). I've been > getting home late all week, so this meant staying up until about 3am. Less > than 4 hours of sleep a night. Usually I use an RS Shifter, but I'm trying > another wheel, so I just used the paddle shifters. > This morning I figured I had just enough time to skip out of work and graba > cup of much needed coffee before a customer came in. I hopped into my car > (auto tranny), pulled out of the parking lot and when I hit about 25 mph I > grabbed the windshield washer stalk with my right finger tips and pulled(to > shift gears). I immediately knew that was a stupid think to do, and as the > wipers and spray were beating away, I reached down to the shift lever and > pushed it into neutral. DOH! It all happened in about 2 seconds. > I'm going home now to get some rest before the race. I'll try not to doany > 4 wheel drifts on the way. Excellent ;-) Malc.

GTX_SlotCar wrote: > grabbed the windshield washer stalk with my right finger tips and > pulled (to > shift gears). Heh heh heh! Don't worry Slot, I've done this too. Hopefully it won't be long before road cars other than Ferarris have paddle shifters. Glenn

"GTX_SlotCar" <[email hidden]> wrote: > This morning I figured I had just enough time to skip out of work and graba > cup of much needed coffee before a customer came in. I hopped into my car > (auto tranny), pulled out of the parking lot and when I hit about 25 mph I > grabbed the windshield washer stalk with my right finger tips and pulled(to > shift gears). I immediately knew that was a stupid think to do, and as the > wipers and spray were beating away, I reached down to the shift lever and > pushed it into neutral. DOH! It all happened in about 2 seconds. > I'm going home now to get some rest before the race. I'll try not to doany > 4 wheel drifts on the way. LOL! I can relate to that, I sometimes ride my bicycle as if it was a Ferrari 550. Ehm, I'm talking about the gearing, not mimicking the engine sound or anything... not out loud anyway. Ice D

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Careful Hack wrote:

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> GTX_SlotCar wrote: > > > grabbed the windshield washer stalk with my right finger tips and > > pulled (to > > shift gears). > > Heh heh heh! Don't worry Slot, I've done this too. > Hopefully it won't be long before road cars other than Ferarris have > paddle shifters.

A classic case of "adapting" was done with a steer-by-wire car (a real car), probably back in the 1950's. Someone took on the challenge of learning to drive it with the steering reversed (steer left, car turns right). After much learning out on a test area (with nothing to bump into), they became quite good... ...then crashed their personal car on the way home!

LOL! Almost as bad as my wife driving her mother's car (same make and model, just ours is 5-speed, hers is auto). Takes off fine, engine revs up, and then she slams on the brake with her left foot reaching for the clutch. You can get some sleep now, the next race isn't for another 2 weeks. :-) Ken GTX_SlotCar wrote: > A few years ago when I got my 1st PC wheel, I was on the computer a lot >

> slams on the brake with her left foot reaching for the clutch. Been there done that and have a drawer full of the T-shirts. lol MadDAWG

"Doug Milliken" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Careful Hack wrote: > > > GTX_SlotCar wrote: > > > > > grabbed the windshield washer stalk with my right finger tips and > > > pulled (to > > > shift gears). > > > > Heh heh heh! Don't worry Slot, I've done this too. > > Hopefully it won't be long before road cars other than Ferarris have > > paddle shifters. > > A classic case of "adapting" was done with a steer-by-wire car (a real > car), probably back in the 1950's. Someone took on the challenge of > learning to drive it with the steering reversed (steer left, car turns > right). After much learning out on a test area (with nothing to bump > into), they became quite good... > ...then crashed their personal car on the way home! >

Race Car Vehicle Dynamics - page 421 :)

Years ago, mid 70's, my wife (x-now, since she didn't let me buy the 246 Dino for $15000!) drove a VW Beatle with a semi-auto tranny. No clutch pedal, just a big brake pedal, but you had to shift it. The clutch engaged when you moved the shift lever. I was driving a new Triumph TR7, standard of course. Every time I took someone out in her car, I told them to keep both hands on the dash. They always asked 'Why?'. "It'll stop you from getting a headache." ------------------------------- Reaching for the windshield washer stalk to shift was bad enough, but when I reached for the RS Shifter....that was just pitiful. -- Slot Tweaks & Reviews www.slottweak.com "Ken MacKay" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > LOL! Almost as bad as my wife driving her mother's car (same make and model, > just ours is 5-speed, hers is auto). Takes off fine, engine revs up, and then > she slams on the brake with her left foot reaching for the clutch. > > You can get some sleep now, the next race isn't for another 2 weeks. :-) > Ken > > GTX_SlotCar wrote: > > A few years ago when I got my 1st PC wheel, I was on the computer a lot > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.431 / Virus Database: 242 - Release Date: 12/17/2002

Doug Milliken wrote:

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> On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Careful Hack wrote: > > >>GTX_SlotCar wrote: >> >> >>>grabbed the windshield washer stalk with my right finger tips and >>>pulled (to >>>shift gears). >> >>Heh heh heh! Don't worry Slot, I've done this too. >>Hopefully it won't be long before road cars other than Ferarris have >>paddle shifters. > > > A classic case of "adapting" was done with a steer-by-wire car (a real > car), probably back in the 1950's. Someone took on the challenge of > learning to drive it with the steering reversed (steer left, car turns > right). After much learning out on a test area (with nothing to bump > into), they became quite good... > ...then crashed their personal car on the way home! >

For fun we built a rear-steering bicycle. Same long adaptation process and (ouch) same end result. Stephen

Doug Milliken wrote:

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> On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Careful Hack wrote: > > > >GTX_SlotCar wrote: > > > > > >>grabbed the windshield washer stalk with my right finger tips and > >>pulled (to > >>shift gears). > > > >Heh heh heh! Don't worry Slot, I've done this too. > >Hopefully it won't be long before road cars other than Ferarris have > >paddle shifters. > > > A classic case of "adapting" was done with a steer-by-wire car (a real > car), probably back in the 1950's. Someone took on the challenge of > learning to drive it with the steering reversed (steer left, car turns > right). After much learning out on a test area (with nothing to bump > into), they became quite good... > ...then crashed their personal car on the way home!

LOL! But you know, pilots do a similar thing all the time, fly left seat, left hand on yoke, right hand on throttle- fly right seat, right hand on yoke, left on throttle. There have been instances where a pilot with no experience in the right seat has tried it got things mixed up... yoke forward with right hand to add power, throttle back to raise nose! Glenn