>Drive manual all my life
>Get in an automatic
At a stop light I lift off the brake
>car moves forward
What the fuck is this shit?
That's how a torque converter works.
>>14004026
Do all automatics do this?
>>14004020
it's called magic
>>14004047
Except certain supercars, yes. Have fun keeping the brake floored at traffic lights.
Sometimes when I drive someone else's automatic I'll occasionally reach for the shifter before remembering that I don't need to.
>>14004083
As opposed to the parking brake? That's a long ass wait time if you engage the parking brake at a light. And yet you can do that with a automatic also
>>14004083
>flooring the brake
Somethings wrong with your car, it should just need a light pressure.
>Drive auto for first time in a year+
>Instinctively go for clutch
>Left foot brake face into steering wheel
>>14004113
What. The brake pedal.
>>14004115
It was a bit of a hyperbole, you still need to hold it considerably harder than a manual car.
>Drive manual all my life
>Get in automatic
>Rev it like a dumbass because it's in park
Well, what's the fucking point if you have to shift it anyway?
>>14004129
Your post made it seem like it was extra work keeping the automatics brake pedal down
>No ability to push-start in auto
>have known how to drive manual for 18 years
>drive random auto
>accelerate or brake
>push imaginary clutch
>drive an automatic
>slam break mistaking it for clutch
Every time
I've only ever driven a vehicle with manual brakes. How the fuck do you stop a car slowly with power brakes? They're awful!
>>14004245
On the flip side, manual brakes are easy to jump from "nothing" to "locked wheels"
>drive an automatic
>when accelerating use gear 1, shift to 2, then shift to D
>>14004277
no?
>>14004219
>grab the gear lever
>push it forward
>hand encountars unexpected resistance
>audibly "the fuck?"
>"oh yeah, automatic"
>"first time driving an auto, sir?"
>"yeah"
>laugh with the car salesman
>in my peripheral vision I see him roll his eyes
>turn red with embarassment
>we don't talk for the rest of the drive
Awkward as fuck
>>14004301
Embarrassed? Why? It's a tiny mistake.
>>14004279
..... i've done this
>>14004467
He barely passed the penis inspection prior to the test drive.
>2015.9
>Having to take your hands off the wheel to shift
>not using paddles
>>14004511
>Any year.ever
>driving a glorified autotragic
>Shift to N
Problem fixed.
>>14004119
Kek'd
>>14004511
>2015.9
>Thinking telling a computer to shift if it feels like it is the same thing as shifting
>drive auto DD
>end up lined up with coworkers at light on way to work
>left foot on brake, shift into 1st
>leave light, rev up to redline in 1st
>jam left foot on brake like it was the clutch of my WS6
fuck. My mind was in race mode...
>>14004020
>driving automatic truck
>coming up to red light
>try to step on clutch with my left foot
Oh yeah...
And with regards to the brake thing, some of the automatic trucks can be really annoying at stoplights. They have so much torque that your leg gets tired trying to keep the truck from rolling. I end up just dropping it into N.
>>14004166
In a manual you can just sit there. No parking break, no break pedal. No work at all.
>>14005121
You should still keep your foot lightly on the brake even if it's level, the last thing you need is to go flying through a red light because some woman texting rear-ended you.
>>14005140
I do. I was just pointing out that the car will sit there on level ground.
>>14005152
Oh, right. It sounded like advice
>>14004020
>drive fork lift all day
>get in car
>turn on
>push down wiper switch
>facepalm
also cars with column shifters get me
>>14004113
>Parking brake
Who in the fuck uses a parking brake at a traffic light? Tell me friend, when you stop at an intersection, do you ever see a car sitting there without its brake lights on? EVERYONE holds their foot on the brake at a light...
>>14005173
I don't normally hold my foot on the brake, unless my car is rolling.
>>14004279
i do this when im in race mode,
made my expedition sound like it had a super charger and easily accelerate to 100+ miles somehow or my speedo is fucked during that time
>>14004245
Ahhh, are you drawing a distinction between modern power brakes and older model cars with power brakes?
I find it really easy to fine control the power brakes on a 1986 Corolla to stop nice and evenly, but driving around in the new Hyundai rental cars that work uses is a different feeling altogether, even if I hold my foot level on the brake pedal they seem to decelerate evenly for a bit and then they brake harder and harder as you slow down more until you're jolted to a stop.
>>14004099
I remember driving in my dads automatic for the first time.
I wanted to park it, so I was about to shift it to reverse, fucking stomped on the breaks lol
The new civic has a "hold brake" button. Is this on any other cars? I thought it was a cool idea
>>14005166
Mah nigga
>>14004279
What's even the purpose of the 1 and 2 gears in automatics? I've seen absolutely no one use them
>>14008045
Might have some shit to do with hills or mud, not sure though
>>14008045
Holding gears so you have more torque, like in snow i hold second going 30 mph, rear end slides less and no unexpected shifts from "right now i have grip" to "lol"
>>14004213
Fucking this. Saved me from needing a jump a few times
>>14004279
Always do this when I'm pulling trailers with the company trucks. Co worker that can't drive stick asks me what the 1 2 and od off button do. Wtf man.
>>14004020
>go with parents to look for a used car
>I drive first, dad shotgun, dealer and mom in the rear
>dealer does not buckle up, sits sideways so he can face my mom
>stop sign approaches
>left foot goes for clutch, clips brake pedal.
>screech to a stop, dealer gets rugburn on his face from the headrest
>parents didn't buy that car
>>14004519
>>14004213
>>14008150
Ehhhhh, as someone who who grew up with a manual, I have to defend autotragic here.
In some auto transmissions, you do have the ability to bump start it. It involves getting it to a much higher speed than a push start and and HORRIBLE for the transmission, but it can be done.
That being said, I miss the days of being able to push start my 1993 Geo Metro by myself with 50' of pavement.
>>14005173
I always do it at longer lights, and see other people doing it several times per drive.
>get in auto
>pulling out
>bliping gas while slowly letting out brake
>engine revs
>realize what I am doing
>>14004020
>mfw I almost ran my dad's Benz into a pillar the first time I drove it
>>14004020
>oh noes, I have to keep my foot on the brake at a red light. THE HORRORS!
>>14004115
Check your power brake privilege, cunt
>>14005173
I always think its funny when I'm at a stop light on a flat service and I throw it in neutral and chill. I definitely don't pull the parking brake though, that's retarded.
>Manuél for 12 years
>First time driving auto 6 mos ago
>Still put right hand on the shifter while driving
>>14008045
engine braking and torque to get out of shit
>>14010162
>slam foot on the clutch
>it's actually the break
Fuck.
>car us at the body shop because rear ended by drunk driver
>rental is a 2014 Malibu automatic
>decide to test out the +/- "manual mode"
>up shift
>"SHIFT DENIED" on the display
It's like getting cock slapped by the board of directors of GM.
>>14008045
Same purpose first and second do in a manual.
>>14004020
Can you believe this? Telsa got enough complaints from their former shitbox-driving customers that they actually implemented an optional software function that would cause the Model S to creep forward when the brake pedal was released.
>only ever owned manual cars
>driving girlfriends automatic
>take slight pressure off brake
>car starts making aweful groaning noise
Jesus why?
>>14010156
Fucking lol'd
>>14010399
I've done the "shift the wipers into D" thing and mashed the brake like a clutch when trying to coast. Driving a combination of manual and a little bit of column shift auto does weird things.
Merdedes S Class I just drove when you stop, you then push the break a little harder and it goes into HOLD mode. Then you can let your foot off the break and just sit there. Keeps the brake lights on obviously, but, holds the brakes for you. On the dash a notice comes up. Pretty nice, probably in all of them now and lots of other brands but can't confirm.
>>14005166
I know this feel
>>14011595
I dont see why you cant just put the trans in Neutral.. That's what I do (when i feel like im going to wait a while of course)
>>14011705
I guess if you have no hold function you can. It's better to have your foot on the brake in case someone runs into you though. Like even stopped someone behind you rolls forward, better to have the brakes down so them hitting you doesn't cause you to hit whoever Is in front of you
>have grand marquis
>brother starts driving car
>revving hits top of first gear
>see his foot reach for the foot parking brake
>>14004119
Come to full stop and
>double foot slam on brakes
>>14004519
We know you can't drive stick shift, that's why you gtr shill.
