If you are driving a long distance in the car, or riding a long distance, which shoes do you prefer for driving? Are there any shoes that you cannot drive in? Or do you prefer to ride barefoot?
If I get into the car to drive or to ride for shorter distances while wearing flats, I will drive/ride in my flats.
If I get into the car to drive while wearing heels, I have a pair of ballerinas in the car that I change into. But when I get into the car to ride while wearing heels, I normally don't bother changing, I keep the heels on.
But for long distances, whether driving or riding, regardless of whether I'm wearing flats or heels, I change into the ballerinas.
If I'm driving a very long distance then I'll try to wear something quietly easy like trainers so that I can loosen the laces slightly. But basically I can drive a car in anything from flip-flops to high heels to Wellington boots and I frequently do.
If I'm driving a very long distance then I'll try to wear something quietly easy like trainers so that I can loosen the laces slightly. But basically I can drive a car in anything from flip-flops to high heels to Wellington boots and I frequently do.
If I'm driving a very long distance then I'll try to wear something quietly easy like trainers so that I can loosen the laces slightly. But basically I can drive a car in anything from flip-flops to high heels to Wellington boots and I frequently do.
Trainers for me. But if it is a short journey, I don't bother changing from what I am wearing.
If I'm driving a very long distance then I'll try to wear something quietly easy like trainers so that I can loosen the laces slightly. But basically I can drive a car in anything from flip-flops to high heels to Wellington boots and I frequently do.
This is pretty much me too. I'll add that if I am driving a long distance I will also make certain my clothes are sensible too and have appropriate clothes in case the car breaks down too.
If I'm driving a very long distance then I'll try to wear something quietly easy like trainers so that I can loosen the laces slightly. But basically I can drive a car in anything from flip-flops to high heels to Wellington boots and I frequently do.
This is pretty much me too. I'll add that if I am driving a long distance I will also make certain my clothes are sensible too and have appropriate clothes in case the car breaks down too.
I have rubber gloves in case I need to do stuff. If anything breaks.
I have changed a tyre before, and worse than that, was fixing a loose wiper in the pouring rain. The rubber gloves were not too impressive for that job.
This is pretty much me too. I'll add that if I am driving a long distance I will also make certain my clothes are sensible too and have appropriate clothes in case the car breaks down too.
I have rubber gloves in case I need to do stuff. If anything breaks.
I have changed a tyre before, and worse than that, was fixing a loose wiper in the pouring rain. The rubber gloves were not too impressive for that job.
Rubber gloves in the car... Why didn't I think of that?
I have rubber gloves in case I need to do stuff. If anything breaks.
I have changed a tyre before, and worse than that, was fixing a loose wiper in the pouring rain. The rubber gloves were not too impressive for that job.
Rubber gloves in the car... Why didn't I think of that?
I have rubber gloves in case I need to do stuff. If anything breaks.
I have changed a tyre before, and worse than that, was fixing a loose wiper in the pouring rain. The rubber gloves were not too impressive for that job.
Rubber gloves in the car... Why didn't I think of that?
Like I said, I have my AAA card for such situations. I try to avoid man-work whenever I can.
A good move. I didn't bother until changing my car recently (membership was part of the package). These days cars are generally so reliable and recently I buy one of the better regarded makes. For my job I had to have reliability. I have changed a wheel in the past although it's not something I relish. Back in my teens I did learn how engines worked and helped get friends motobikes working. I was even given an old moped with engine just a box of bits, at one point, and was very happy that I got the puzzle together and it worked. They used to ride around farm tracks and fields on them. I was a bit of a tomboy lol. I don't like dirty hands much though and nowadays usually only get dirty hands when gardening or in art and craftwork.
Like I said, I have my AAA card for such situations. I try to avoid man-work whenever I can.
A good move. I didn't bother until changing my car recently (membership was part of the package). These days cars are generally so reliable and recently I buy one of the better regarded makes. For my job I had to have reliability. I have changed a wheel in the past although it's not something I relish. Back in my teens I did learn how engines worked and helped get friends motobikes working. I was even given an old moped with engine just a box of bits, at one point, and was very happy that I got the puzzle together and it worked. They used to ride around farm tracks and fields on them. I was a bit of a tomboy lol. I don't like dirty hands much though and nowadays usually only get dirty hands when gardening or in art and craftwork.
We always buy a haynes workshop manual for whatever car we have.... This time they only do a digitaal version so we purchased it online and guess what? Its awful I think it has maybe a third of the information that the old printed version would have had and it was twice as expensive.
The problem with new cars is that theres so much electronics if you mess about with something you shouldnt youre in trouble..
Someone we know gave a lady in distress a jump start with his nice new Mercedes... Then found he had shorted the board computer and it cost him nearly €3,000 to get it repaired. !
A good move. I didn't bother until changing my car recently (membership was part of the package). These days cars are generally so reliable and recently I buy one of the better regarded makes. For my job I had to have reliability. I have changed a wheel in the past although it's not something I relish. Back in my teens I did learn how engines worked and helped get friends motobikes working. I was even given an old moped with engine just a box of bits, at one point, and was very happy that I got the puzzle together and it worked. They used to ride around farm tracks and fields on them. I was a bit of a tomboy lol. I don't like dirty hands much though and nowadays usually only get dirty hands when gardening or in art and craftwork.
We always buy a haynes workshop manual for whatever car we have.... This time they only do a digitaal version so we purchased it online and guess what? Its awful I think it has maybe a third of the information that the old printed version would have had and it was twice as expensive.
The problem with new cars is that theres so much electronics if you mess about with something you shouldnt youre in trouble..
Someone we know gave a lady in distress a jump start with his nice new Mercedes... Then found he had shorted the board computer and it cost him nearly €3,000 to get it repaired. !
Someone we know gave a lady in distress a jump start with his nice new Mercedes... Then found he had shorted the board computer and it cost him nearly €3,000 to get it repaired. !
That's why I've carried a charged booster battery in my trunk for years. You'd be surprised at how many men don't know how to properly jump a car battery.
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yeah i heard that when i was younger and looked it up to see it wasn't. i wonder where it started. i know it's highly frowned upon to use both feet for an automatic car unless you're an F1 driver but i have been doing it for 15 years now? i can also easily/safely drive left-foot only. if i panic it's my hands that are going to mess stuff up more than my feet will. i started using both feet a few years after i began driving because of some sciatic pain and going barefoot helped me feel how hard i was pressing the pedals but i think if i'd been taught how to set my car seat ergonomically from the start a lot of that could have been avoided. i only figured it out earlier this year!
I had one, and I did like it, but it is not on my shopping list when I look for a car.
Cherry, t's just the opposite here. Standard transmissions are rare in new vehicles if not impossible to get. You have to look ay used cars to find them and that is even difficult.
I am the opposite. I see no point whatsoever in a manual unless you race (and even Formula One cars have semi automatic boxes).
They are certainly great in motorway tailbacks.
I was surprised to find the oil change on my automatic gearbox was £140
I first bought one because of work and finding house addresses in areas of towns I was not familiar with. There is nothing like a tailgater beeping to prompt a stall lol. £140 sounds expensive but when you take in the environmental disposal on top of the more complex changing procedure (with my first there was mention of running the engine for so long at certain revs, I think) and labour charges it can soon get there
I was surprised to find the oil change on my automatic gearbox was £140
I first bought one because of work and finding house addresses in areas of towns I was not familiar with. There is nothing like a tailgater beeping to prompt a stall lol. £140 sounds expensive but when you take in the environmental disposal on top of the more complex changing procedure (with my first there was mention of running the engine for so long at certain revs, I think) and labour charges it can soon get there
My own mechanic wouldn't do it as he didn't have the right pump, so I had to use the Audi dealer. I was surprised how the general quality of care at the main dealer was so inferior to my one man garage service.
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