<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I'll take 3 pedals every time. Don't think of traffic as a PITA think of it as heel & toe practice!</div><div>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!<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Jeff</div><div><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;
"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">>>On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:15 AM, George Roffe <<a ymailto="mailto:geo31@suddenlink.net" href="mailto:geo31@suddenlink.net">geo31@suddenlink.net</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> Wayne Cox wrote:<br>>><br>>>Autos are kinda nice in traffic jams, and if you're a big city commuter<br>>> I would not think too poorly of you for having one.<br>>><br>>> See, I don't get this argument. I hear it all the time of course. It's a<br>>> trade off IMHO. You're either pressing the clutch or the brake (slushbox) in<br>>> traffic. Take yer pic.<br><br>>In lands less flat than Texas, there are occasions when you have to<br>>use all three pedals at the same time. And holding a brake takes less<br>>pressure than holding a clutch, not that I'm defending automatics in<br>>general. For the ten times per year that
-I'm- stuck in traffic, I'll<br>>happily trade a left foot cramp for the other 300-500 hours per year<br>>of full control. I usually hate it when a hydraulic or electronic<br>>circuit steps in and makes decisions that the driver is supposed to be<br>>making. If I want to take off from a dead stop, up hill, in third<br>>gear, dammit, I have my reasons!<br>><br>>-- <br>>-=|JP|=- <//><<br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></body></html>