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our mountains are perfectly fine to ride for audis too
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Since this thread got revived could you tell me what happened?
Was it just the Sport+ MDM mode or DSC fully off? I'm still trying to experiment with different driving modes and push the car a bit more. So far the Sport+ is not really letting me slide it much. |
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If there would have been someone sitting in the backseat... Dead as a Dodo... The rear (backhalf of the roof and the trunk) was completely flattened. SPORT+ will NOT save your ass... Just saying... Last edited by 2nd chance; 12-18-2019 at 02:52 PM.. |
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01-02-2019, 11:12 PM | #141 |
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Maybe in Switzerland, but it's legal in all 50 United States; anything else you might read (with regard to motor laws in the USA) is fictitious.
I can actually (somewhat) appreciate the ban on driving with flip flops in some European countries. It is conceivable, if unlikely, that a flip flop could become lodged under the clutch or brake or accelerator pedal. But bare feet? What's the risk? ZERO. And it gives you better control than any pair of shoes. Even when I am in Europe (twice a year) I drive barefoot. I'm willing to take the risk of getting caught. If caught, it's not like you got caught doing anything that any rational person would give a shit about. Recently I was thinking about this at a gas station in France where I had just filled up (in Burgundy). There was a huge truck in the adjacent truck bay and the driver got in wearing socks, only. Obviously, I'm not the only one :-) I see the same thing at rest stops on the autoroutes in France, when you look at how people have their feet attired as they go into the restrooms!
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well here it is not specifically forbidden by law too, but 9 out of 10 insurances wont pay you anything at all, the same with missing snow tires after an accident on snowy ground
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One could certainly argue that in the case of a serious accident that having all of your body covered in a protective suit of some sort would be beneficial. No argument with that. But as to the idea that you are more likely to be responsible for creating an accident because you are wearing shorts or no shoes at all -- that's just ridiculous. I think that people should wear whatever they are most comfortable wearing when they drive, so long as what they are wearing doesn't compromise their ability to drive or creates a problem for the safety of others. As to missing snow tires in on snowy ground, that should depend on whether or not the tires were a contributing factor in the accident. I have snow tires installed on the two cars that I drive in the winter, so obviously I believe that they have value. On the other hand, if you were dumb enough to be driving a car with Michelin Pilot Super Sports in the snow, and some idiot with snow tires on their car runs into you, totally their fault, then I don't think that your tires had anything to do with it, and you should be covered.
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I can imagine the need for these laws "especialmente en España" since I've been there a couple of times. |
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I think you lost a lot of grip. It's not without reason not allowed in some countrys. Would never refer to other people how they drive. However they are worse things what you can do as driver so take care |
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But if you have some minor changes on your car for example blacked out taillights (which is forbidden in switzerland) or other sde mirors, you will be guilty in an accident in form that the insurance won't pay. Even then when the accident had nothing to do with your changes. |
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There is, however, no reason why driving barefoot presents a hazard to the driver or to any other vehicle. It simply does not. I think you can actually make a pretty strong argument that it is safer, as there is zero possibility of footwear causing a problem, as it sometimes does, and if having a direct contact between your body and "control surfaces" of a vehicle presents a hazard, I'd like to know of the evidence supporting that idea.
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Could depend on the station you are listening to :-)
By the way, Artemis, how are you doing now, after your scooter accident? Are you healed up enough to drive your M2?
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"Serious leg injuries, but feel lucky that you still got your leg". Metal plates and screws keep the injured leg together. 12 weeks of non-weight bearing (which substantially reduces muscle power). Literary in 'limp mode' for many months: wheelchair and crutches. Numerous sessions in a hospital rehab center, re-educating how to properly walk again, managing pain levels during exercises (increasing 'Range Of Motion' with a CPM torture machine during the first weeks), staying committed to make progress under proper guidance of physiotherapists. It appears that my progress goes well. After 5 months I resumed driving my cars (surgeon considered me fit for driving). No issues. I already drove my M2 for a few hours too. With one of my family cars I visited twice the mountains: long stints with manual transmission to check my driving reflexes and stamina/endurance levels. Those training sessions also went well. I plan to drive my M2 in the mountains again this Spring. Remains to be seen if I can still pull off 12-hr stints of (spirited) mountain driving with my manual transmission. Earlier this month - almost 7 months since my accident - I finally started walking without crutches. At last. Normal pace, no limping, but still too early for running. Nature takes its time to heal what's broken. My hospital rehab sessions will likely continue for several months (further improvement). Work ? Though the pace was inevitably slower during the first stages (hospitalization period with laptop madness), the accident didn't stop me in my tracks. Never back down. From my mountain drive 'training sessions':
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Life throws many challenges in our way, like it is testing us. Every problem and disaster lays the groundwork for how we deal with the next one; hopefully there are not too many over the span of a lifetime. My business partner is French and about 1/2 my age, plus he runs the businesses (a small chain of pizzerias). We have screwed up a few times and earlier it was as if we were done, in the eyes of my colleague. Then I would say, "this is nothing, we will survive it." And we did. I said there is no possibility of real success without failure; there isn't. And now I see that he is starting to think the same way; failure is bumps along the road, but if you keep your focus, you continue to go forward. Best wishes for the future, it will all come back and you will be stronger because of it.
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France also has what I consider to be stupid rules about driving. It's all part of the increasingly suffocating European nannying based on the lowest common denominator (ie the brainless driver). It can only get worse as each EU member state imposes its rules on the rest and cash hungry over-spending governments milk drivers for as much as they can. The hysteria concerning CO2 emissions gives government the perfect opportunity to extract the maximum amount of taxes and fines. George Orwell's 1984 is well and truly on course in Europe and I envy the freedom the Americans still have.
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