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Posts: Joined: 1st Jan 1970 | Just love this "stick shifts" term rather than gearchange lever. !! I did try an automatic (or is it auto shifter ?) but could not get on with it. |
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | quotePosted at 20:44 on 30th June 2011 Me too Mick but a long time ago.....kept braking with the left foot and that is quite frightening.....stick with a stck shift and a bit of proper left foot braking, which will certainly come in handy on some of the Lake District roads next week ! ! ! |
Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 21:00 on 30th June 2011 Have you guys driven an automatic car with two accelerators, one each side of the brake pedal? Don't panic though only one of the accelerators can be down at any one time while the other flips up out of the way. We had two cars with that configuration, one a Clio the other a Peugot 106.
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Posts: Joined: 1st Jan 1970 | Dave, I found the auto was scary and very gutless, however it was a long time ago. When are you setting off for the lakes ? |
Posts: Joined: 1st Jan 1970 | Vince, ?? you are joking, never heard of this !! |
| Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | quotePosted at 21:20 on 30th June 2011 I could understand that principle if it helped you go quicker. The only thing I liked about automatics is the big brake pedal, you can jump on that with both feet......just be there is nothing colse behind...whoops!!! |
| Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | quotePosted at 21:25 on 30th June 2011 Go on Saturday Mick, stop of at Asda in Kendal on the way to get shopping in then into the cottage 3pm ish and a couple of hour later take the camera (Anne can come as well) for a walk to make sure all the pubs are where we left then at Christmas. We may even be tempted so sample a couple of brews as well, we are on holiday after all ! ! |
| Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 21:28 on 30th June 2011 Very serious, it was an adaption to enable my disabled daughter to drive as she only has good use of her left leg but driving these days is just too iffy with roads as they are nowadays. |
cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 21:30 on 30th June 2011 I loved my automatic, had it for 10 years and now I have a manual (have to change gears!). It really took some getting used to again! Still would prefer an automatic gear box. I envy you Dave going to the Lake District. It was the last place we holidayed at before we came to SA. Fond memories ! |
| Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | quotePosted at 21:32 on 30th June 2011 well, in the nicest possible way i hope to make you all very jealous if the weather is reasonable and i can out with the old box brownie |
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