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Post by TheHitmanKid on Dec 21, 2023 13:40:02 GMT -5
I've had this on-going debate with my girl on which one, is the best way to drive an automatic car. Do you use one foot for the peddles or both?
I like to use both. One for the gas, and the other for the brakes. She likes to use one foot for both peddles
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Post by Papi Joker on Dec 21, 2023 17:12:12 GMT -5
One foot is the safe way. It amazes me how laid back American road authority can be. (using 2 feet in Oz would get you a fail here and insurance would take you to town too if they find out)
2 feet is actually dangerous, you only supposed to use 2 on the brake when you're heading into a big crash (that's why the brake pedals are sometimes wider)
Where you a manual driver before?
Please give my kudos to your girl for being a mindful, safe and proper driver.
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Post by rkmo: Autonomous Meat Shield on Dec 21, 2023 18:37:56 GMT -5
One for gas and brake, the other I save in case somebody ever needs their ass kicked lol
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Post by 2sweeeeet on Dec 21, 2023 19:20:50 GMT -5
Just one foot.
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Post by CM Tusk on Dec 22, 2023 0:39:08 GMT -5
For the love of god, use one foot.
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Post by John Zero on Dec 22, 2023 1:38:16 GMT -5
I don't know a single person who drives with both feet.
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Post by The Real Valbroski on Dec 22, 2023 4:26:52 GMT -5
I use my hands for the pedals and steer with my feet.
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Post by fabulous1971 on Dec 22, 2023 8:45:07 GMT -5
Really, two feet?  |
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Post by switchbladeera on Dec 23, 2023 1:11:55 GMT -5
One foot automatically. I typically drive stick shifts would feel insanely weird to use my left foot on a pedal that isn't a clutch.
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Post by ¡Twist Of 45 and 47! on Dec 23, 2023 3:30:27 GMT -5
Just one. My other foot rests on the step provided, as its meant to.
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Post by Mongo Bears on Dec 23, 2023 10:11:07 GMT -5
One foot. That is the way you’re supposed to do it
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Post by J-MANN on Dec 23, 2023 10:48:52 GMT -5
One foot is the only way it should be done.
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Post by TheHitmanKid on Dec 23, 2023 14:03:17 GMT -5
One foot is the safe way. It amazes me how laid back American road authority can be. (using 2 feet in Oz would get you a fail here and insurance would take you to town too if they find out) 2 feet is actually dangerous, you only supposed to use 2 on the brake when you're heading into a big crash (that's why the brake pedals are sometimes wider) Where you a manual driver before? Please give my kudos to your girl for being a mindful, safe and proper driver. Nah never a manual driver. I'll pass that message to her lol |
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Post by MonsoonMan on Dec 25, 2023 16:20:08 GMT -5
just one foot, lol.
i do remember trying the two foot method as a teenager thinking i was one upping the competition but it just made my braking horrible. stopped it after my dad was in the car and was like 'what the hell was that stop?!'.
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Post by bWo on Dec 25, 2023 19:08:15 GMT -5
As a teenager I was driving a forklift long before a car. You drive a forklift with 2 feet and that's what I got used to. I flat out can't drive with one foot. Hours a day with both feet for years is a habit I can't break, and it would be wildly dangerous for me to start at this point.
As a 2 footer I also think the idea of transferring my foot from the gas to the brake rather than just already having a foot on the brake seems like a waste of time when every split second can count.
I'm the only person I know who drives like this, and everyone I know thinks I'm crazy for doing it. People keep saying, "if you panic you'll press both feet down." All I can say to that is, "why would I do that?" I think that's a problem for the untrained/uninitiated.
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Post by PJ on Jan 4, 2024 16:22:18 GMT -5
Right hand on the wheel and the left on my lady! (Insert cocky head shake)
Unless you are driving a manual and have to work a clutch it’s one foot.
My dad used to say “Driving an automatic isn’t driving…it’s steering.” That’s why I have owned 4 vehicles in my life and all except this last one were manual. The last one we just got what was on the lot because I had totaled the previous one on the GSP and needed a new one asap. Which was ironic because the steering had locked up on the Ford causing the crash. lol
The vehicles I have owned in my life.
‘68 Chevelle
‘88 Chevy Cheyanne sports side pickup.
‘00 Ford 1500
‘07 Dodge Ram
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Post by TheHitmanKid on Jan 4, 2024 19:14:15 GMT -5
As a teenager I was driving a forklift long before a car. You drive a forklift with 2 feet and that's what I got used to. I flat out can't drive with one foot. Hours a day with both feet for years is a habit I can't break, and it would be wildly dangerous for me to start at this point. As a 2 footer I also think the idea of transferring my foot from the gas to the brake rather than just already having a foot on the brake seems like a waste of time when every split second can count. I'm the only person I know who drives like this, and everyone I know thinks I'm crazy for doing it. People keep saying, "if you panic you'll press both feet down." All I can say to that is, "why would I do that?" I think that's a problem for the untrained/uninitiated. "Did we just become best friends?" |
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Post by LK3 on Jan 5, 2024 12:14:59 GMT -5
Yeah, I swerve when I drive.
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Post by J-MANN on Jan 6, 2024 9:11:16 GMT -5
Right hand on the wheel and the left on my lady! (Insert cocky head shake) PJ you got yourself all crossed up. |
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Post by PJ on Jan 6, 2024 9:39:57 GMT -5
Right hand on the wheel and the left on my lady! (Insert cocky head shake) PJ you got yourself all crossed up. Or do I? I stand by what I said.   |
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