I dunno about you guys, but Ive always been very strict about who I let drive my car. Actually, pretty much nobody else is allowed to drive my car. Mainly because I know whoever drives it is gonna beat the hell out of it in vtak non stop and I just dont want anything to break unless Im driving it. Plus my new motor has just over 1000 miles on it.

Well anyway, last night I let a friend drive it. By drive it, I mean beat the living **** out of it. Hes a VW guy and never really been behind the wheel of vtak before. I was nervous watching the RPM gauge sit at 6-7K RPM for extended periods of time without my foot on the gas pedal. But that nervousness was soon overcome by happiness as I finally felt what the R feels like from the passenger perspective. It was an interesting feeling. When you are driving the car, in total control of the gas pedal, you know what to expect. Sitting in the passenger seat is a whole other story and I loved every second of it. The roar of the motor even sounds different.

And the chipped R32 we played with on the highway got his feelings hurt

 

<FONT COLOR="red">R</FONT> &gt; ***

Now that the caR is running you should come down on a Thurday night and chill y0!

 

My daddy always use to tell me: "you never lend your car or your girl to any one"

Some how I feel the same way you feel RTW about not letting anyone drive my car.

 

I have been in the passenger seat before... It's pretty cool.

Did someone say Thursday Nights???

 

yea well thats a very good idea about never letting anyone ever drive your car. i used to be very genorous about lending my car until a month ago my cousin was on his was to burger king and totalled mine trying to miss a dog lesson learned!

 

yeah after we had a little fun I made him take it easy in the slow lane lol

Im not trying to say the R is &gt; *. Im just saying this was the first time I experienced the R from that point of view and it was great.

He also enjoyed it and gave a good review after driving it. He said he felt very "in touch" with the car as if he was part of it. He felt like it could do anything he wanted it to. He was also impressed with the shifter feel. Obviously I already knew what he was talking about and just smiled

 

I have let one other person drive my car, and thats b/c without his help my motor would have never been installed correctly! The couple times he has driven it i have always been in the passenger seat with him. With the window down you can hear the motor so much louder b/c you are sitting on the intake side obviously. I agree with Race The World Ryan...its a blast, but that doesn't mean i dont like driving better

 

whenever I ride with someone, I'm impressed. The cars always feel faster from the passenger's seat.

 

I just like that it starts everyday, and gets 30mpg on the highway.

 

You're lucky. The last person that "attempted" to drive my <FONT COLOR="red">R</FONT> crashed it

 

hmm last time i sat in the passenger seat of a R was the thanksgiving ITR meet. it was fun. still wish i had one

 

passenger seat scares the hell out of me because i have that slightest doubt in the driver. people don't drive my car anymore.

 

I've never had a problem with people driving any of my cars (the R included). If they have insurance, it's fine with me.

 

I love my JDM R motor is my hatchcrap. It made me love my car over again this weekend when i drove on the 101 with the windows down bumping up the OC song Was about to mess with a srt4 but he didnt want to go

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nightrider &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">passenger seat scares the hell out of me because i have that slightest doubt in the driver. people don't drive my car anymore. </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha you should ask mythias about my "test drive" of his R

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18C R Spec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My daddy always use to tell me: "you never lend your car or your girl to any one"

Some how I feel the same way you feel RTW about not letting anyone drive my car. </TD></TR></TABLE>

lol i thought of somthing... what about ur parents?? u can trust them obviously right?

 

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im with Kendall......... ill let my friends drive it if they want even without me in the car....... as long as they got insurance its all good

plus...... some of my friends have driven enough to where they know what its like and they dont ask anymore so now i barely let anyone drive it just cus they dont ask anymore....... but there is always the occasional buddy with the broken car and needs to get a vtec fix

 

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I still crigne thinking about that you crazy bastard.

 

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I still crigne thinking about that you crazy bastard. </TD></TR></TABLE>

but but.... i wasn't even pushing it

 

NO one drives my R. haha my dad is only allowed to back it out of the driveway if i am blocking him in. But I kinda would like to see what its like on the other side! Glad you had fun!

 

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give me the keys, i will show you what it feels like to be a passenger

 

i let my freind with a gsr drive my R, he had his car about 6 months before I got the R, he was better at driving stick than me for months!! (Not anymore, he hugged a tree in his GSR). I pretty much learned on how to drive stick on his GSR. I have let a few freinds drive it, but i absolutely hate it and will probably not let it happen again. Sunday night my parents asked me for the first time to leave my keys at home incase of emergency before I left for school. I was hesitant, they cant drive stick.

--Rockin Grampa dukes's beater while he chills in CA.

 

that's the cool thing about being RHD. you're always in the passenger seat, but no one else ever gets to drive. lol.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SecretAgent &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that's the cool thing about being RHD. you're always in the passenger seat, but no one else ever gets to drive. lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Calling 'shotgun' while holding the keys