How do you hold your steering wheel?

[Sonic]

So are you a by the book 10 and 2? A lazy one hander or something else?

Go......

[Sonic]

Me, you ask?

When I'm crackin' on I'm always at 9 and 3 or 10 and 2 depending on wheel size, but Motorway cruises are a chilled out 8 and 3.

[tannat]

Thought by the book was 9 and 3 (?)


I'm 9 and 3-it just feels right...

[BeansBeansBeans]

One wrist resting on the top of wheel, cigarette in the mouth, bottle of JD in the other hand.

Not really.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

I always seem to have my right hand at 3 and my left on the gear stick.

[Sonic]

Thought by the book was 9 and 3 (?)


I'm 9 and 3-it just feels right...

10/2 or 9/3 will get you through your driving test.

[wedge]

Left hand, 12 o clock.



Winding road - 09:15

[chuck34]

Going down the highway, I've got one hand (usually the right one) at about 6 o'clock or so.

When I took driver's ed, the standard was 10 and 2. I guess now they are teaching 9 and 3 or under a bit because of the airbags. The thought being that if you're at 10-2 and the airbags go off, you smack yourself in the face. :-/

[Mark in Oshawa]

9 and 3. IN the rig, the spokes of the wheel pretty much was 3:30 and 8:30. When you hold a wheel for hours at a time, one hand with my fingers gently around the spoke. You can feel more of what the vehicle is doing always by gently holding the wheel....feel the road.

[MrJan]

On the motorway or cruising it's usually me right arm at about 2 or 3 with elbow rested on the door but when I'm having fun it's 9 and 3 all the way.

[Donney]

10 and 2, sometimes I rest my elbow on the door when on the highway, but it seems I mostly follow the book.

[driveace]

Well as a professional driving instructor for 47 years its 10 to 2 ,on some wheels if you feel at the back of the steering wheel there are ridges for your fingers there.On some vehicles there are ridges all the way round ,BUT at the Driving Standards Agency examiner training centre at Cardington its 10 to 2 ,when i did my course there.
Personally i tow a caravan and have a knob on the wheel of my 4x4,which on long journeys i hold

[donKey jote]

:uhoh: :eek: :laugh: :arrows:
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[Bezza]

Personally i tow a caravan and have a knob on the wheel of my 4x4,which on long journeys i hold

You should look at getting the knob removed, if you set off then he will get crushed.

[driveace]

recon I should replace the knob with a wench then ?

[Easy Drifter]

For emergencies it should be a red headed wench. :eek:

[Lalo]

I tend to vary between 3-9 and 12 with my left hand

[Mark in Oshawa]

I always seem to have my right hand at 3 and my left on the gear stick.

The left on the gear stick CAN wear out the bushings in the linkage. The gear shift is not meant to have that gentle pressure of the weight of your arm. THat was something I was taught when learning to drive a big rig, where you have a beefier transmission and 13 gears...

[driveace]

As a mechanic I was always told that riding with your hand constantly on the gear lever,wears the synchro(Baulk) rings,which are soft and usually copper.from constant contact with the selector forks

[Mark in Oshawa]

As a mechanic I was always told that riding with your hand constantly on the gear lever,wears the synchro(Baulk) rings,which are soft and usually copper.from constant contact with the selector forks

I knew it wore out something. I said Bushings, you say Synchro rings...either way it is money spent for resting one's arm some place it shouldn't be.

[Langdale Forest]

I know someone that drives and uses binoculars at the same time!

[Valve Bounce]

So are you a by the book 10 and 2? A lazy one hander or something else?

Go......

With my big toes while I fiddle with my mobile phone texting (I am new to texting, so need both hands).

[edv]

3 & 9 o'clock for spirited driving.
Lower part of the wheel, between 5 & 7, for cruising, usually with one hand.
Knees only when changing the 8-track tape. :)

[Mark in Oshawa]

3 & 9 o'clock for spirited driving.
Lower part of the wheel, between 5 & 7, for cruising, usually with one hand.
Knees only when changing the 8-track tape. :)

That 8 Track...let me guess, you have one of the Stampeders and you are putting in either Ian Tyson or Burton Cummings??? lol

[markabilly]

For emergencies it should be a red headed wench. :eek:
As long as it is female, head color dont matter, cuase that always beat driving and choking the chicken while drinking, chawing and smokin

[markabilly]

As a mechanic I was always told that riding with your hand constantly on the gear lever,wears the synchro(Baulk) rings,which are soft and usually copper.from constant contact with the selector forks


I knew it wore out something. I said Bushings, you say Synchro rings...either way it is money spent for resting one's arm some place it shouldn't be.
you guys are both wrong, it is just old age creeping up on you, try some ED meds and your synchro rings be bushing into selector forks just like new, with or without constant contact

[edv]

Wow..did somebody get a Viagra supply for Xmas? LOL

[Hondo]

I generally hold the steering wheel in front of me and face forward. When going backwards, I still hold the steering wheel in front of me and face forward, but use the mirrors.

If I ever take the windshield out, I'll try it with the steering wheel behind me while I face forward.