On 26/01/2020 20:19, bert wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher
writes
On 24/01/2020 11:18, NY wrote:
Sadly, more and more drivers use their footbrake all the time that
theyÂ* are stopped - do they even know where the handbrake is? I
suspect theÂ* worst culprits are those with automatic transmission who
stay in DriveÂ* with the footbrake on to prevent them creeping
forwards, rather thanÂ* knocking it into neutral until they are about
to set off again.

The use of the handbrake is mandatory in a clutched car. Your left
foot has to be on the clutch and the right on the accelerator.
In the case of an automatioc its almost the exact opposite. You have
to learn to left foot brake to control the car in theÂ* same way you
can a clutched car: that is, fixed accelerator and then control uptake
on the left foot by releasing the brake insietd of the clutch.

My current car has an electric motorised handbrake. It's called a
'parking brake' and thats ALL it is designed for, and its riddy
awkward to iuse in a traffic queue on a slope as it takes an
appreciable time to disengage


Drove an automatic RR Evoque recently. Automatically prevented creep,
automatically prevented roll back, automatically released brake when
accelerator pressed. I think it would have wiped my a*** if only I could
have found the right menu option. Driving is being de skilled.

Worse, I had noticed the car was very sluggish on starting from stop in
a hurry. Turns out the engine management system is programmed to wait
until the handbrake is disengaged even when it was never engaged at all
in the first place.

Trick is to keep left foot on the brake and gun the bitch and then it
goes like a rocket...


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