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Driving automatics ?

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  • vikingaero
    vikingaero Posts: 10,920 Forumite
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    BevS97 wrote: »
    I've been driving automatics for over 20 years, I've never put the car into neutral at anytime, I put my foot on the brake, nothing more. The only time I touch the gearstick is to put it in Reverse, or into Park when I am done driving.

    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. :)

    Each to their own. In slow moving traffic I use the automatic as intended. When I come to a level crossing or roadworks where there is likely to be a delay in excess of a minute I choose to exercise mechanical sympathy and save fuel.
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  • silvercar
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    BevS97 wrote: »
    I've been driving automatics for over 20 years, I've never put the car into neutral at anytime, I put my foot on the brake, nothing more. The only time I touch the gearstick is to put it in Reverse, or into Park when I am done driving.

    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. :)

    Totally agree, what is the point of driving an automatic if you are going to play at driving a manual.

    Jeez, next people will say they use the hand brake to do a hill start!
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  • vikingaero
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    silvercar wrote: »
    Totally agree, what is the point of driving an automatic if you are going to play at driving a manual.

    Jeez, next people will say they use the hand brake to do a hill start!

    On very steep hills I use the handbrake to help the transmission. :p:D
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  • Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!
    Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! Posts: 2,579 Forumite
    You leave your foot on the brake, unless it is night and other road users are queuing behind you - in which case you take your foot from the brake, and apply the parking brake.

    There is no reason to take it out of drive - the gearbox or fluid will not overheat. There is no significant degree of wear.

    Constantly moving from D to N will be the cause of more wear than leaving it in D.
  • hewhoisnotintheknow
    hewhoisnotintheknow Posts: 3,162 Forumite
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    i love sitting behind a lazy !!!!!! on a dark night in a queue
  • jeannieblue
    jeannieblue Posts: 4,761 Forumite
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    hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »
    i love sitting behind a lazy !!!!!! on a dark night in a queue
    That'll be me then ... :D

    Bothered? Nope, not if its you.. :rolleyes:
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  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    jeannieblue wrote: »
    That'll be me then ... :D

    Bothered? Nope, not if its you.. :rolleyes:

    what if its me? i hate this too, especially if its a range rover they seem to be the worst even when higher up in a van they still manage to blind me.
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  • jeannieblue
    jeannieblue Posts: 4,761 Forumite
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    goldspanners wrote: »
    what if its me? i hate this too, especially if its a range rover they seem to be the worst even when higher up in a van they still manage to blind me.
    Still not bothered...... wear sunglasses :D
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  • jeannieblue
    jeannieblue Posts: 4,761 Forumite
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    Ok Goldiespanners...

    Correct procedure, neutral, handbrake on. Also, if you get shunted up the ar5e, it is safer.

    Trouble is, us Autoists, rarely do that above procedure... :o its too much effort :D
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  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    jeannieblue wrote: »
    Ok Goldiespanners...

    Correct procedure, neutral, handbrake on. Also, if you get shunted up the ar5e, it is safer.

    Trouble is, us Autoists, rarely do that above procedure... :o its too much effort :D

    lazy swines! :mad:
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