Automatics (was: 20 Years)

[Jeff Hager]

I'll take 3 pedals every time.  Don't think of traffic as a PITA think of it as heel & toe practice!
Every manual vehicle I've ever driven in traffic has had different methods for the 3 pedal salute.  At a former job, I frequently drove a company Ford heavy duty diesel something or other.  That SUCKED in traffic.  The SE-R is a complete joy!


Jeff

>>On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:15 AM, George Roffe <geo31 at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> Wayne Cox wrote:
>>
>>Autos are kinda nice in traffic jams, and if you're a big city commuter
>> I would not think too poorly of you for having one.
>>
>> See, I don't get this argument. I hear it all the time of course. It's a
>> trade off IMHO. You're either pressing the clutch or the brake (slushbox) in
>> traffic. Take yer pic.

>In lands less flat than Texas, there are occasions when you have to
>use all three pedals at the same time. And holding a brake takes less
>pressure than holding a clutch, not that I'm defending automatics in
>general. For the ten times per year that -I'm- stuck in traffic, I'll
>happily trade a left foot cramp for the other 300-500 hours per year
>of full control. I usually hate it when a hydraulic or electronic
>circuit steps in and makes decisions that the driver is supposed to be
>making. If I want to take off from a dead stop, up hill, in third
>gear, dammit, I have my reasons!
>
>-- 
>-=|JP|=-     <//><
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