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Roadster4Us 09-13-2012 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad (Post 1914161)
I paid more attention to this as I was driving last night.

For the most part, I'm 10-2, but my hands move all over the place. 9-3, 7:30-4:30...

I'm a mess lol

Don't forgot your consistent 6-12 movement. :roflpuke2:

shadoquad 09-13-2012 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Roadster4Us (Post 1914232)
Don't forgot your consistent 6-12 movement. :roflpuke2:

Your post just made me go 6 to 12 :bowrofl:

Mt Tam I am 09-13-2012 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am (Post 1914002)
What hand positions allow the use of the paddle shifters?

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Originally Posted by luigi90210 (Post 1914046)
10 and 2 for sure

just experiment with it and find whats best for you, everyone drives differently from one another

Sorry, I have a manual, so I can not. I was just curious where you could reach them from i.e. 8-10 on left and 2-4 on the right? Can they be reached from 1 or 5 O'clock? I assume 12 O'clock is out, but I do not know.

B&W_Evader 09-13-2012 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatOne (Post 1914005)
In Traffic - Left Hand: 6 Right Hand: Shifter

Daily driving - Left Hand: 11 with elbow on door panel (making a dent) Right hand: shifter

LOL was doing this too until I noticed the dent. Switched to L elbow on lap L hand at 7 for commuting. R. on shifter. Cracked a door panel with my elbow dent on the old vette and want to avoid that on this car. Window sil is a little high on this car and the door panel rest is a little far away to be real comfortable. Shoulders start hurting if I drive 12 for communting. Man I wish this car had a telescoping steering wheel!

For the curvies... 3/9 for sure.

srbrubak 09-13-2012 10:08 AM

I usually drive 9 and 2. But if my wife is with me, my left hand is at 9 and my right hand is squeezing her left C cup.

RandyD 09-13-2012 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am (Post 1914002)
What hand positions allow the use of the paddle shifters?

sometimes you can sort of hook your thumbs on the wheel cross members for easy access to the shifters. - so i guess thats 9 and 3:driving:

Mitco39 09-13-2012 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by srbrubak (Post 1914405)
I usually drive 9 and 2. But if my wife is with me, my left hand is at 9 and my right hand is squeezing her left C cup.

:bowrofl:

RandyD 09-13-2012 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by srbrubak (Post 1914405)
I usually drive 9 and 2. But if my wife is with me, my left hand is at 9 and my right hand is squeezing her left C cup.

i thought they only made D cups in Iowa..

Cmike2780 09-13-2012 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by RandyD (Post 1914441)
i thought they only made D cups in Iowa..

I thought they only made corn and insecure girls trying to make it into Hollywood but end making adult films.......

Mt Tam I am 09-13-2012 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Cmike2780 (Post 1914562)
I thought they only made corn and insecure girls trying to make it into Hollywood but end making adult films.......


Sadly, I can attest to this.

11Thumper 09-13-2012 01:04 PM

One on the wheel at 10 and the other on my lady's inner thigh :D

Kingbaby 09-13-2012 01:24 PM

9 and stick

11Thumper 09-13-2012 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Kingbaby (Post 1914796)
9 and stick

:wtf2:

luigi90210 09-13-2012 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am (Post 1914338)
Sorry, I have a manual, so I can not. I was just curious where you could reach them from i.e. 8-10 on left and 2-4 on the right? Can they be reached from 1 or 5 O'clock? I assume 12 O'clock is out, but I do not know.

ahhhhh

well i know 10 and 2 will do it easily but i dont have an automatic, MT all the way

Kingbaby 09-13-2012 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 11Thumper (Post 1914840)
:wtf2:

:icon17:

I like have fun when drive by myself :inoutroflpuke:

nmjaxx9 09-13-2012 10:51 PM

:wtf2:




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Originally Posted by 6MT (Post 1913413)
I drive with my knees when I blow my nose while driving :ugh2:

:bowrofl::bowrofl: thats gangster

sillyoldtayo 09-13-2012 10:55 PM

9/3 is the msot comfortable for me. since on the nismo i dont have a telescoping wheel, that works best. When i had my G i could do 12 o clock and then my right hand rarely ever touched the wheel...

UNKNOWN_370 09-14-2012 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Mitco39 (Post 1913325)
Moving from a truck I find that holding one hand at 12 doesn't work as well when playing with the car. Its a bad habit I started mainly because it is comfortable. I have since tried to keep my left hand at the 9 position while I switch gears and get on it, however I find that it feels weird and is almost harder to grip, although I know this is the preferred way to hold the wheel.

Just curious how you guys drive the Z.

Get a RHD Z34... FTW

:tup:

BrianMSmith 09-14-2012 09:39 PM

Preferably one hand on a big firm mammy in the passenger seat, other hand in the right spot.

binary0x01 09-15-2012 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by 11Thumper (Post 1914722)
One on the wheel at 10 and the other on my lady's inner thigh :D

That's true, mine actually places MY hand there lol.

But I think the thread title should include passenger being in or out of the car, because that alters one's way of gripping the wheel...

Tribalpinoy91 09-15-2012 12:15 PM

Left hand positioned at 7, right hand on tha shifter

Huck 09-15-2012 12:17 PM

I figure if 9-3 is good enough for race car drivers, it's good enough for me :tup:


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Mt Tam I am 09-15-2012 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by 11Thumper (Post 1914722)
One on the wheel at 10 and the other on my lady's inner thigh :D

Quote:

Originally Posted by binary0x01 (Post 1917812)
That's true, mine actually places MY hand there lol.

But I think the thread title should include passenger being in or out of the car, because that alters one's way of gripping the wheel...

Good thing, otherwise you'd have both hands on her thigh. :rofl2:

nmjaxx9 09-16-2012 12:46 PM

my position depends on my mood :tup:

GiorgioZ 09-16-2012 09:07 PM

Left hand at 9 right hand on the stick. Although, I've been told the reason some driving classes teach lower hand position is not necessarily for control, but more for airbag deployment. Get into a bad crash with your hands and ten and two and you'll break your arms and if it's bad enough, bury pieces or your radius and ulna into your forehead and face. Not the nicest way to go.

Quick370z 09-16-2012 11:29 PM

9 and 3 used to be the recommended driving position then 10 and 2 but like you say back to 9 and 3 cuz airbag deployment

DJ-of-E 09-17-2012 02:17 AM

9 and 3 due to airback deployment.

Never keep your thumbs on the inside area of the steering wheels or else a bad accident will ripe those thumbs out. After seeing a really bad track accident, I swore myself never again to do that.

marrim 09-17-2012 02:47 AM

OP needs to put a poll on this tread.

1 Hand
2 Hands
1 Knee
2 Knees

I think you would be suprised on how many people drive with there knees. lol

I personally drive with one hand or just knees. The only time I drive with two hands is on a hard mountain run.

GiorgioZ 09-17-2012 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by DJ-of-E (Post 1919538)
9 and 3 due to airback deployment.

Never keep your thumbs on the inside area of the steering wheels or else a bad accident will ripe those thumbs out. After seeing a really bad track accident, I swore myself never again to do that.

Or deglove them. I'll just drive with my knees from now on.

UNKNOWN_370 09-17-2012 08:34 AM

On bumpy roads I tend to hold 9/3
On smooth roads I do 9 or 8 and the stick.
On the highway I'm somewhere between 11-1 unless I need to get through a cluster of idiots. I'm back at 9 and stick or 9 and 3 using paddles.

KSFastah 09-17-2012 10:13 AM

It depends....if I'm just cruising around, left hand at 11 and right hand on the console behind the shifter. If I'm driving hard, it's 10-3 except to shift.

my2004Z 09-17-2012 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370 (Post 1919650)
On bumpy roads I tend to hold 9/3
On smooth roads I do 9 or 8 and the stick.
On the highway I'm somewhere between 11-1 unless I need to get through a cluster of idiots. I'm back at 9 and stick or 9 and 3 using paddles.

"Cluster of idots." Well said. 8:45 and 3:15 with two-finger paddle shifts for me! :happydance:

nmjaxx9 09-17-2012 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by my2004Z (Post 1920274)
"Cluster of idots." Well said. 8:45 and 3:15 with two-finger paddle shifts for me! :happydance:

or the shift nob on the ATs too dont forget those. :driving:


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