I've Got Wheels of Polished Steel

[skywaterblue]

I have now droven twice. Once with Cooper and once with my mom. Cooper is the one teaching me to drive. This is possibly the most hilarious sort of driving lessons you could imagine.

Cooper: It's a lot like driving games, actually.

Me: (incredulous) Dude, I SUCK at those.

I also supervised my sister driving the car all day in preparation for her driver's test next week. This was pretty funny because we took the car and then I went to work and my sister went around town to a job interview and hung out with friends... and my parents had a right goddamn conniption fit because we're over 18 and other than the cars physically being theirs, they can't stop us from leaving on our own. After this stunt, my mom apparently decided she'd better get with this whole 'adult daughters what drive' thing.

Anyway. Cars have a lot of knobs. I want a moped because the wheel goes around more than you would think and that's not very intuitive. The inside of a car is probably something that needs a big design overhaul.

I expect Steve Jobs is Working On It.

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[trishalynn.livejournal.com]

It's weird to me knowing that adult friends of mine either don't or can't drive because I've been driving since I was 16. I even know how to drive a manual transmission car, because I made myself learn so that I could drive almost any four-wheeled vehicle in an emergency. I mean, think about it! If there was a zombie apocalypse and the only car in front of my apartment building left that hadn't been previously jacked was a manual, I'd look pretty foolish trying to escape in it if I couldn't drive it.

[skywaterblue.livejournal.com]

My adult friends who can't drive are giving me the stink-eye. To be fair, I know lots of other skills that would be useful in a zombie apocalypse. Archery, anyone?

[persephoneflame.livejournal.com]

I was good at archery as a kid, but now I'm physically incompatible with the sport.

I know plenty of adults who don't drive, but only because I know people who live in urban areas. Where/when I grew up, everyone started driving at 14/15. YAY rural north Louisiana!

[crushing83.livejournal.com]

It's a lot like driving games, actually.

Yeah, except Bowser (or Bruiser or whatever is name is) isn't gonna knock you off the Rainbow Road with a red turtle shell. And the music can be less annoying.

I expect Steve Jobs is Working On It.

He probably is. The iCar could be released in a couple of years. Slim, streamlined design... lightweight but strong... inuitive systems... built in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth... an Intel chip... maybe one of those cool voices that makes me think of Knight Rider.

[skywaterblue.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and virus free because it runs on a UNIX shell! Sign me up.

[rosmar.livejournal.com]

Mmm, iCar. Coming in 2011!

I never got my license and haven't been behind the wheel of a car since driver's ed in high school. I salute you. :)

[skywaterblue.livejournal.com]

I don't really want one, it's just that not-driving is incompatible with my living situation.