Driving automatics ?

jeannieblue

sarah_smurf wrote: »

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.

You have been taught correctly.

Its the rest of us that are lazy slack ar5es. :eek:

danny69

Made me laugh when I read that automatics are more complicated than manuals to drive! What a joke! Manual cars dont take any effort to drive hardly. Because of that, automatic drivers are extremely lazy! Manuals have a lot more control than autos. It makes me cringe when I see a bus going up a hill and the gears change. I prefer to select a lower gear at the bottom of the hill, instead ofchanging down halfway up a hill! As for stopping at traffic lights, manuals should be put in neutral and handbrake applied (takes strain off clutch cable and brakes). In autos, I dont really care what the right or wrong way is, but surely parking at lights with BRAKE lights on is not the correct procedure! I would like to ask the auto drivers what they do at a 'stop' junction, do they apply handbrake or foot brake?

goldspanners

danny69 wrote: »

do they apply handbrake or foot brake?

what if there is no handbrake? what if the parking brake is applied by the foot. 2 brake pedals, ohh the confusion!

jeannieblue

danny69 wrote: »

Made me laugh when I read that automatics are more complicated than manuals to drive! What a joke! Manual cars dont take any effort to drive hardly. Because of that, automatic drivers are extremely lazy! Manuals have a lot more control than autos. It makes me cringe when I see a bus going up a hill and the gears change. I prefer to select a lower gear at the bottom of the hill, instead ofchanging down halfway up a hill! As for stopping at traffic lights, manuals should be put in neutral and handbrake applied (takes strain off clutch cable and brakes). In autos, I dont really care what the right or wrong way is, but surely parking at lights with BRAKE lights on is not the correct procedure! I would like to ask the auto drivers what they do at a 'stop' junction, do they apply handbrake or foot brake?

Auto's have gears too so that you can select a lower gear for steep hills if need be.
Re junctions (and lights), I personally put foot on the brake and keep it there til I need to move forward. I don't park at lights. I park in car parks or up my drive.....

jeannieblue

goldspanners wrote: »

what if there is no handbrake? what if the parking brake is applied by the foot. 2 brake pedals, ohh the confusion!

So..........

You're home from the pub then.... :mad:

I'm upstairs

goldspanners

jeannieblue wrote: »

So..........

You're home from the pub then.... :mad:

I'm upstairs

no,i was at my other womans house,i was hoping you would be sleeping by now. caught again.:o

jackieb

Has anyone heard of spacers in an automatic gearbox? We were told a while ago that we would need new ones sometime. The car drives fine, but is a bit slower pulling away at junctions, than it used to - and a teensy bit 'jumpy' when pulling away or beginning to reverse - just need to press a bit harder on the accelerator and it's okay.

Sorry, if i'm not explaining it very well..!

jeannieblue

goldspanners wrote: »

no,i was at my other womans house,i was hoping you would be sleeping by now. caught again.:o

You'll suffer for that.........

I'll get the whip out..



You could 'thank' me now and again - you've got more than me



After all I do for you........;) Big boy

jeannieblue

jackieb wrote: »

Has anyone heard of spacers in an automatic gearbox? We were told a while ago that we would need new ones sometime. The car drives fine, but is a bit slower pulling away at junctions, than it used to - and a teensy bit 'jumpy' when pulling away or beginning to reverse - just need to press a bit harder on the accelerator and it's okay.

Sorry, if i'm not explaining it very well..!

What car is it?

goldspanners

jeannieblue wrote: »

You'll suffer for that.........

I'll get the whip out..



You could 'thank' me now and again - you've got more than me



After all I do for you........;) Big boy

your so competitive,i didnt realise we were competing?

no not the whip again, my ar5e is still red from last night.