Oppo Confession: I still left-foot brake.

"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
03/28/2015 at 19:36 • Filed to: None

And I feel safer and more in control doing it.

DISCUSSION (35)

Cé hé sin > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 19:38

Me too. I never right foot brake in an automatic.

jkm7680 > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 19:39

...

E30Joe drives a Subaru > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 19:39

You're weird.

Tareim - V8 powered > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 19:39

I don't on the road as I can't do it smoothly enough normally its like an emergency brake even when I want a gentle brake

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 19:42

I right foot brake in both auto and stick, but I havent mastered heel toe yet.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 19:44

I left foot brake occasionally too, but only on a manual.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 19:45

I do it if I'm sitting in stop and go traffic. I don't think it's so bad

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 19:47

I drove manual from the start so I never learned that habit. Even when I drive autos it just feels wrong.

Baeromez > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 19:49

Kinja'd!!!

Dusty Ventures > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 19:50

Kinja'd!!!

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 19:56

Left foot braking? That means you must be a race car driver!

Flavien Vidal > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 19:56

I right footbrake on occasion, just to unbalance the car while keeping the right on-throttle, but it's "pretty much" only on track that I do it.

If you drive an automatic car, I don't see a problem using your left foot to brake...

signintoburnerlol > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 20:02

How else are you going to control that oversteer?

Rock Bottom > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 20:06

I see nothing wrong with it, as long as you don't rest your foot on the brake pedal, keeping the brake lights on. Where I come from, almost anyone over the age of about 35 left-foot-brakes because they all learned to drive in carboretted cars that barely idled in the winter. I lucked out and had really well sorted carbs on my first few cars. Most of my unlucky friends, however...

yamahog > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 20:26

Kinja'd!!!

As long as you're being safe and not riding the brakes, I'm glad you feel comfortable sharing your unconventional ways with us :P

Flat Six > Rock Bottom
03/28/2015 at 20:32

What happens with the older cars? Do they stall out? I'm 36 but have never owned a car with a carburetor .... or left foot braked :)

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 20:35

I do in my Mercedes diesel, I often slow to a stop or close to a full stop and then keep the revs up. Before its warmed up I keep the revs higher with my right foot and give it some gas when waiting at a light, I wish the 300Ds had the idle knob like the 240s, why the fuck didn't you give it to me Merc?? I wonder if I could fit on on a 300D.

Rock Bottom > Flat Six
03/28/2015 at 20:42

You are a lucky Jalop! I like carbs the same way I like taking a bath in a river or shaving with a buck knife. Cool if you're trying to show off, but not cool if you want to do things well.

Carbs... if they're poorly maintained (as most teenager's cars are), then they can have idle problems (among other issues). The biggest thing about a carb is that it'll act differently in the winter and summer. When it's warm and sunny, you might have a nice 900 rpm idle. Then it drops to 5 degrees and it wants to idle at 300 rpms, which really won't work. Then the choke starts acting funny, and it either idles at 3,000 or stalls. Randomly. That unpredictability makes people drive two-foot just in case this thing starts acting up !

wafflesnfalafel > My citroen won't start
03/28/2015 at 21:50

Doesn't Mario Andretti left foot brake? Get better lap times LFBing I understand. I learned on a stick so always right foot. Tried a couple times and nearly sent myself though the windshield. The only time my left foot touches the brake is if I'm on a steep hill with my wife's automatic.

My citroen won't start > Rock Bottom
03/28/2015 at 22:03

I think I got it from always driving Auto, and the fact that my mother always left-foot braked.

My citroen won't start > yamahog
03/28/2015 at 22:03

Nah, no riding the brakes, that is one of the most infuriating things people do, tied with braking unnecessarily when in a straight line.

My citroen won't start > Dusty Ventures
03/28/2015 at 22:05

Kinja'd!!!