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Automatic Car, different licence to Manual?

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    #62
    ninty9er
    Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    I drive with my left foot bent under my right leg if driving an auto or cruising on a relatively traffic free motorway with little liklihood of needing the clutch.

    Though I can see how the left foor could look for a clutch, would be worse if the parking brake was on the floor though!


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    #63
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    SteveC wrote: »
    It scared the crap out of me the first I saw it (long time ago), I thought the guy was going to reverse into me. There may be a delay built in to more modern cars so it needs to be in R for >1s or something.
    I've seen this happen on recent cars too a couple of times. I guess the few people around here with autos just don't put it in park when stopped in traffic.

    I had a similar misadventure to other people here, but in a manual! It was one of the first times I drove my car after getting used to driving my instructor's car - my left foot caught the side of the brake pedal. That was not fun...


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    #64
    -Chris-
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    ninty9er wrote: »
    I drive with my left foot bent under my right leg if driving an auto or cruising on a relatively traffic free motorway with little liklihood of needing the clutch.

    Exactly what I do - put it were it can't do any damage!! :):)


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    #65
    ninty9er
    Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    AudiChris wrote: »
    Exactly what I do - put it were it can't do any damage!! :):)

    Plus it's more comfortable and won't get mangled in a head on at low speed!


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    #66
    towel401
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭towel401


    Anan1 wrote: »
    It wasn't just 'technically' your fault, it was actually, completely, and totally your fault. You drove into the back of her, consider yourself lucky she was laughing. She has a perfect right to be ******d off, you have none whatsoever.

    wow rub it in his face some more why don't you. like the 3 people already said it to him, but worse


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