Has your driving changed.

[mancman]

When I was in my late 20,s up until my mid 40,s my driving was somewhat erratic always racing away from traffic lights or overtaking when I shouldn’t foot always pressing hard on the pedal luckily not many speed cameras or radar guns to get caught. But since my 60,s and now in my 70,s I can’t be arsed with all that I keep up with traffic and I see a young tear away wanting to fly past I think ****ing idiot, oh how times change.

 

[sonic]

When I started driving 59 years ago, cars had very little performance. My first car was a VW Beetle 1200cc 30BHP output.

 

[rf065]

When I started driving 59 years ago, cars had very little performance. My first car was a VW Beetle 1200cc 30BHP output.

Wow! My '76 Suzuki GT250 had 31bhp!

 

[sonic]

Wow! My '76 Suzuki GT250 had 31bhp!

My second car was a 1300cc VW Beetle, all of 34BHP.

 

[EmilysDad]

.... My '76 Suzuki GT250 had 31bhp!

I had one of them .... in blue! NUJ565P (I can remember that better than the cars' registrations on my drive!)

I came off it going over Shap!

 

[RobinM]

When I was in my late 20,s up until my mid 40,s my driving was somewhat erratic always racing away from traffic lights or overtaking when I shouldn’t foot always pressing hard on the pedal luckily not many speed cameras or radar guns to get caught. But since my 60,s and now in my 70,s I can’t be arsed with all that I keep up with traffic and I see a young tear away wanting to fly past I think ****ing idiot, oh how times change.

Yep entirely agree. I am approaching 70 and find some of the driving these days appalling and then I remember back in the day I was just as bad - if not worse!! As you get older you realise you are not immortal.


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[davidsl500]

These days I just waft about in the Volvo. Occasionally, I may swap to sport mode, stop on a quiet A road and give it a bit of welly - naturally, up to the legal limit ..

That doesn't mean I'm not a positive driver, especially round Town but, the standard of driving these days leaves so much to be desired I leave them all to it..

On motorways, they zoom past and then a few miles on I pass them again, still at my same constant speed.. Same at the lights, you just meet them at the next set after they zoomed off previously...

 

[harrye500]

I don't drive particularly fast anymore but I don't like to hang about either. I love owning the V8 and occasionally I'll boot it down you know, just for fun! That's the summer car. The all year car is a Ford Hybrid nowadays so it doesn't lend itself to hooning about and certainly isn't brimming with untapped power! I did drive quick as a young driver though. I am also an advanced driver having completed Driver Instructor Training some years ago and teaching for a couple of years - that training stays with you and I do notice the silly mistakes of some drivers. I'm still far from 100% perfect, but still drive as I was trained to which is to always expect the unexpected and try to anticipate events several steps ahead.

 

[peterws1957]

It's got to the point in my neck of the woods that there is very liitle opportunity to press on a bit, even if you wanted to. Roads are congested, normal , average speed and mobile cameras proliferate and the Police are using some very disguised unmarked cars. Plus like others have said I too am knocking on a bit so driving a bit more conservatively (without doing the 30mph on normal roads and 50 mph on motorways which many older drivers seem to adhere to!).

 

[Wearsafoxhat]

I don’t drive as much as I used to, but do like to “progress” and I still have my moments..

 

[malcolm E53 AMG]

Best way to learn to drive is on two wheels the mantra being trust no one and hawkish observation.

Absolutely pointless trying to push-on with our now over populated roads occasionally I use a spirited burst of acceleration and that’s about it nice to hear the IL6 spool up though.

If you want to test the limits of a car track days are the best alternative but that’s a whole new world of commitment and expense

 

[Blobcat]

I only did 15,000 miles in the cars and 10,000 miles on the bikes last year. Need to do better this year…

 

[Too_Funny]

I suppose the novelty is still there for me as I've only been driving my own car for 4 months at this point and before that a slow manual instructors car. I generally only put my foot down on empty roads at night but boy the rush when those turbos kick in is intoxicating.

 

[star]

I used to drive smooth and fast, now tend to be slower and weave across the road……. just to try and miss the potholes.

 

[peterws1957]

I only did 15,000 miles in the cars and 10,000 miles on the bikes last year. Need to do better this year…

I often did 100,000 a year, now down to much less than 20,000. I doubt you could do 100k a year now on todays roads without driving 24hrs a day.

 

[Dean Fletcher]

I a mixed driver really, since getting the S63 I like to sit back relax maybe have a massage or 2 play some nice music through the burmister, but then there's other days I like to stick it in sports mode amg suspension setting and give it some hammer and perhaps be a little anti social. .
motoways I stick it to 65mph and love the v8 just gurgle away barely hitting 1200rpm. still only achieve about 28mpg tho

 

[dry run]

I think driving more "grown-up" vehicles helps.

Back in the day - Capri 2.8i, Renault 5 turbo, Citroen BX Gti 16v, etc.

Now - Mercedes E320 CDi, Mercedes E320 Coupe CDi, Mercedes CLS 350d.

Ironically, the diesel Mercs are probably faster cars than the earlier "boy-racer" ones

 

[Srdl]

I started off with several British Leyland cars with 1.3 A series engines and now I have a 3 litre V6 twin-turbo which suits my driving style much better . I do use the performance to overtake safely, although usually only because the car in front is doing significantly less than the speed limit. And I often find it difficult to resist the temptation to put some yob, driving in a bog standard car or van, in his place when he thinks he is in a F1 car and wants to race from the lights. Like OP, I’m in my 70s so I don’t think age has anything to do with it - I’ve always been like this!