Learn to drive?

 

I haven't had this problem. My first car was a '66 Impala convertible and my brother had a '73 Olds 88 convertible around that same time which was even bigger. Learning to drive on cars that big/heavy with shit steering and drum brakes has made driving any semi-modern vehicle a simple task. I had a Chrysler 300 rental this past weekend while my car was in the shop--it was a huge boat on innertube tires but I never came close to curbing it. I think it's pretty easy to be aware of the footprint of the car you're driving no matter what it is or how many times you've driven it.

 

I daily drive a Jeep and I purposely hit curbs, trees, the occasional bird, and anything I can!!! The Jeep is my first non nice/sports car in my life, so I take every opportunity I can to hit stuff and park in the front rows at shopping centers. Its nice after over 12 years of being careful to not care. Off topic slightly, but I would say I am a slightly worse driver in the Jeep because it kind of has a mind of its own and wanders between the lines and doesnt track all that straight. LOL.

 

I think I have seen your handle on the ctsv websites. My wife drives a honda pilot also (2010), you are right great minds think alike. I threw on an upper pulley, cai, ported tb and got tuned by new era. Gas mileage is horrible though.

For those those that think I cant drive: Awesome, I hope you curb your rims, J/K. Come with me to a track event and Im sure your opinion will change.

 

i drive a regular cts from time to time. i cant say driving the s has affected my driving. i know its a boat when i get in a treat it as such.

 

Curbs don't move. They're in the same place no matter what you drive...

 

driving is driving..

i think thats more of bad habit if you ask me. when i am driving my truck with extended bed, i dont have any issues driving it.

 

i daily my s and then on the weekends i drive a 24' isuzu npr box truck for work and let me tell you... i have had some damn close calls

 

If you're not adjusting your driving for your vehicle I'm not sure you "became worse" since you started off that way. We have 3 different vehicles including the S and it wouldn't make sense to drive any of them the same way I drive the others.

Apples and oranges. Some skills translate from one to the other but they're entirely different beasts. I know a guy who's great on the track and I won't ride with him on the streets because he is terrible on the road.

 

Yikes! Driving a Prius would make me want to dive out of the car and curb myself.