"E. Julius" (soonerfrommi)
12/30/2014 at 17:15 • Filed to: None
1
10|
"E. Julius" (soonerfrommi)
12/30/2014 at 17:15 • Filed to: None | 1
| 10 |
And not a new driver, a 28 year old who's been driving for ten years. She thought it was the craziest thing that the car rolled forward instead of backward, and she kept accidentally hitting the brake with her left foot when stopping. She shifted into neutral once when she was accelerating, which was kind of startling. Other than that nothing eventful, just a strange experience. She even had to have the owner of the car shift it into park for her. Europe is weird.
SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
> E. Julius
12/30/2014 at 17:25 |
|
those kinds of things happened the first time I drove an Automatic
BATC42
> E. Julius
12/30/2014 at 17:30 |
|
Never ever drove an automatic (I've only got my licence 4 years ago though). And I think that in 23 years I've been on an automatic car twice : my godfather old C4 Picasso, which was a automated manual rather than a proper automatic, and a friend's father Q5, which had a DSG.
And I'm quite sure my father only drove 1 automatic car, which was the aforementioned C4 Picasso.
jariten1781
> E. Julius
12/30/2014 at 17:31 |
|
That's exactly how my wife is with autos (well except the putting it into park part).
She also hates hill start assist for the same 'it doesn't roll back' reason.
tapzz
> E. Julius
12/30/2014 at 17:33 |
|
I think I was a bit older, and did most of the same things- though I did know how to put the car in park. Did she do the vague, absent minded grabbing for the stick thing too?
|
E. Julius
> tapzz
12/30/2014 at 17:46 |
|
Yep
coelacanthist
> E. Julius
12/30/2014 at 18:20 |
|
Awkwardness behind the wheel of an automatic is a sign of higher intelligence and good upbringing.
Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
> E. Julius
12/30/2014 at 19:32 |
|
ever since I got my truck I get very confused in an auto. I ghost clutch alot
gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun
> jariten1781
12/31/2014 at 03:59 |
|
I'd kill .... well, maybe do minor bodily harm... for a car with hill start assist, it just seems like the neatest thing ever!
|
gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun
> tapzz
12/31/2014 at 04:00 |
|
Everyone does that absent minded grab for the stick I'm pretty sure
duurtlang
> E. Julius
12/31/2014 at 06:04 |
|
I had the same thing during my first time in an automatic. Well, hitting the brake with my left foot and wanting to grab the shifter. The same thing happened a few years later during my second time in an automatic, and again last year when I went to test drive a Touareg for fun. This, by the way, was my first time inside an SUV.
Driving an automatic is counter intuitive and uncomfortable when you're used to a manual.