Driving automatics ?

jeannieblue

goldspanners wrote: »

she is demanding i know. it will be over long before the 5 minutes is done,trust me!

How true is that.........

Three and a half minutes MrsE - and he rolls over and goes to sleep!!

I'm left wide awake with the latest Jeremy Clarkson book and er, disappointed.....

Shoshannah

jeannieblue wrote: »

Erm...

No disrespect Shoshannah. But not only have auto's moved on but so too have the manuals.

You would be amazed at how fast some of the auto's go..........

Any auto drivers out there???? Back me up now!

No offence taken. I do actually have experience of more modern cars, no matter how strange that may seem. You may be amazed at how fast some of these older cars go. I have spent the last few posts telling you how my auto is slower than the manual equivalent, but nevertheless she's still quicker than some of the modern stuff on the roads.

I have a friend who owns an 1982 car with an early 90's automatic gearbox in it, that thing goes 150mph+. :rotfl: He needs the auto because he has a spinal disease and finds it too painful to use a clutch.

Nothing wrong with automatics, I'm not dissing them. Mine's OK. I just prefer my manual, this is my personal opinion and will inevitably differ from other people's.

jeannieblue

Shoshannah..

I would like to say that I know exactly what you mean ( I do, I have probably owned and driven them but I don't want Goldie to know that I am over 25:D - its dark when we get into bed at night and he is none the wiser )

I kinda like to be controversial - but in saying that, I am quite protective over the auto's, they get a bad time from idiots that need stick shift to help their 'members' get bigger. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

goldspanners

jeannieblue wrote: »

( I do, I have probably owned and driven them but I don't want Goldie to know that I am over 25:D - its dark when we get into bed at night and he is none the wiser )

i am now, you told me you were only 21 :eek:

the lights will be staying on tonight.:D

jeannieblue

goldspanners wrote: »

i am now, you told me you were only 21 :eek:

the lights will be staying on tonight.:D

Fine by me - I like a laugh :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: also makes it easier for me to read my book - its not easy juggling a torch during er......... :eek:

jeannieblue

Sorry Goldie - folks, its not true, honest...

He is wonderful....... so attentive........ and he lets me drive - the only time I use a gear lever these days

goldspanners

jeannieblue wrote: »

Sorry Goldie - folks, its not true, honest...

He is wonderful....... so attentive........ and he lets me drive - the only time I use a gear lever these days

thanks for clearing that up,you only drive when ive been drinking and im not able to take control.;)

jeannieblue

goldspanners wrote: »

thanks for clearing that up,you only drive when ive been drinking and im not able to take control.;)

I love it when you are comatose...... You remember nothing the next day... :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

You just walk differently

sarah_smurf

BevS97 wrote: »

All this into Neutral and using the handbrake malarky is something drivers of manuals do to keep their hands busy. Automatic drivers just use the brake.

Hi, I passed my driving test in automatic June this year & was learnt & told by my instructer that if waiting at lights that have just turned to red or longer than a short space of time, then I have to put the handbrake on and put into neutral as I'd get marks on my test for keeping it in drive & foot on the brake for some reason.

I don't know if he told me that because it wears the brakes, or because the engine's still trying to pull the car guzzelling more petrol or because of the engine doing something (can't remember the word on what it does when I sit for ages on the brake in drive but it feels like it stops pulling slightly like its gone sleep & not as noisy).

Me though I keep my foot on the brake if I know I won't be there long, otherwise handbrake goes on and slap it into neutral.

sparrer

Have just read through all the posts and learned something even I didn't know :rolleyes: - it never occured to me that putting in P at lights etc has to go through R and would give the [strike]guy[/strike] person behind me the heebiejeebies! Mind you there are times when some of the [STRIKE]guys[/STRIKE] persons behind me need a wake-up call..what's the deal with trying to get through the lights before I've put my car into D :mad: ? You'll only get my brake lights, or sometimes my fog light, or if I'm feeling particularly unfeminine a gesture if you do that :cool:...

In true MSE style I drive a very basic Accent 1.3i with electric nothing, no gadgetry, even got wind-down windows and no c/locking to go wrong. It has to last me another 4 years (bought new in 2001, now saving for the next/final one), so I'll try to remember to park in N in future and just hope I haven't screwed my gear box :eek:

Thanks for the amusing (and sometimes even informative :rotfl: ) thread