Dumb Kwestion #22

You can get a learner's at 16 in the provinces of Ontario and Québec, and get a restricted at 17 (16 and 8 months if you take driver's ed, in Ontario). If I recall correctly, some of the Prairie provinces (north of Minnesota, the Dakotas, etc.) have 14 or 15 as their age. Then again, there's a lot less to hit in the Prairies.

Driven wrote:

I decided to try a handbrake turn to get into the parking lot from the side road. Unfortunately, I forgot that the handbrake was effectively useless for locking the rear wheels...

Unless it's snow/ice. The downside of FWD is you can't have near the fun as a RWD except in winter. Yeehaw!

topshot rhit wrote:

Driven wrote:

I decided to try a handbrake turn to get into the parking lot from the side road. Unfortunately, I forgot that the handbrake was effectively useless for locking the rear wheels...

Unless it's snow/ice.  The downside of FWD is you can't have near the fun as a RWD except in winter. Yeehaw!

That's the thing, it was snow/ice! That's how bad the handbrake was! (since then, my brother says he's tightened it… we'll have to test that theory )

Driven wrote:

You can get a learner's at 16 in the provinces of Ontario and Québec, and get a restricted at 17 (16 and 8 months if you take driver's ed, in Ontario). If I recall correctly, some of the Prairie provinces (north of Minnesota, the Dakotas, etc.) have 14 or 15 as their age. Then again, there's a lot less to hit in the Prairies.

Thanks.

Driven wrote:

I forgot to post my little tidbit. One time, it was snowing, and I was driving with my dad (a teacher there) to school. I dropped my dad off at the front door and went to park in my parking spot. I decided to try a handbrake turn to get into the parking lot from the side road. Unfortunately, I forgot that the handbrake was effectively useless for locking the rear wheels, and I didn't slide the rear wheels out one bit. I ended up hitting the curb at maybe 5 mph with my front wheel. It was a bit embarrassing, but there was no visible damage, and no effective damage to the alignment either. To this day, I'm not sure anyone else knows.

Which reminds me, it's winter, and I'm going to be home next week… practice time!

My dad taught me how to cut donuts in a parking lot covered in snow!

alldatndensum wrote:

Driven wrote:

I forgot to post my little tidbit. One time, it was snowing, and I was driving with my dad (a teacher there) to school. I dropped my dad off at the front door and went to park in my parking spot. I decided to try a handbrake turn to get into the parking lot from the side road. Unfortunately, I forgot that the handbrake was effectively useless for locking the rear wheels, and I didn't slide the rear wheels out one bit. I ended up hitting the curb at maybe 5 mph with my front wheel. It was a bit embarrassing, but there was no visible damage, and no effective damage to the alignment either. To this day, I'm not sure anyone else knows.

Which reminds me, it's winter, and I'm going to be home next week… practice time!

My dad taught me how to cut donuts in a parking lot covered in snow!

I would just use a knife but that rarely happens because I just eat the thing whole

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

alldatndensum wrote:

Driven wrote:

I forgot to post my little tidbit. One time, it was snowing, and I was driving with my dad (a teacher there) to school. I dropped my dad off at the front door and went to park in my parking spot. I decided to try a handbrake turn to get into the parking lot from the side road. Unfortunately, I forgot that the handbrake was effectively useless for locking the rear wheels, and I didn't slide the rear wheels out one bit. I ended up hitting the curb at maybe 5 mph with my front wheel. It was a bit embarrassing, but there was no visible damage, and no effective damage to the alignment either. To this day, I'm not sure anyone else knows.

Which reminds me, it's winter, and I'm going to be home next week… practice time!

My dad taught me how to cut donuts in a parking lot covered in snow!

I would just use a knife but that rarely happens because I just eat the thing whole

Exactly. It's just so much easier to eat them whole. (bonus points if it's one bite!)

And heck, I don't even need the parking lot to have snow to do that.

The list is long and tedious. Started my neighbors yard on fire, burned it pretty good to but never got caught. Drowned a cat with my cousin, it was boys being stupid. How many more you want?

Redeemed Fool wrote:

 Drowned a cat with my cousin, it was boys being stupid. How many more you want?

Yikes! That's one of those "future serial killer" indicators.  You're not a mass murderer are you? 

Not that you can prove. 

Uh oh