When I switch from a manual car to an auto...

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
02/16/2015 at 01:51 • Filed to: None

"What do you mean 'don't have to shift'?"

DISCUSSION (18)

PS9 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/16/2015 at 02:10

Oh no...first Logan abandons GM and now The murdersofa pilot now drives a japanese deck chair...

GM is losing ground on oppo. Maria, you better do something fast. The titanic is taking on water!

Trunk Impaired 318 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/16/2015 at 02:15

I tend to have more issues with my feet...

M > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/16/2015 at 02:29

I usually keep it on the shifter if the car still has a center console shifter, or on the paddles. BMWs without paddles and that little shifter nub annoy me.

My left foot on the other hand, generally slams on the brake while backing the car out of the parking spot a few times until I fully realize that I'm in an automatic car.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/16/2015 at 02:51

You know what they say about idle hands...

...they're the devil's playthings.

Tareim - V8 powered > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/16/2015 at 02:55

I tend to hold the handbrake with what would normally be my shift hand when I don't have the paddle shifts engaged and both hands on the wheel

Fookin' Prawns > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/16/2015 at 03:00

Hah, every time I move from a dead stop in an automatic I reach for the shifter, but only grab air. Similarly, my car has the window switches on the center console so I end up reaching there in other cars, too. Both are hard habits to break!

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/16/2015 at 04:22

That and searching for a non existent clutch at start up. The worst thing is a me specific thing. I have a floor mounted ebrake. I was driving my brothers subaru the other day, I not only forgot how to disengage the ebrake, but I forgot how to re-engage it when we parked.

bingham123 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/16/2015 at 05:25

iv been driving the wife's car now for a year and I'm still looking for the clutch and trying to move the gear stick left and right. I once stomped on the brake with my left foot thinking its the clutch, never stopped so fast in my life.

Ryan A. > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/16/2015 at 06:35

I also have difficulty parking. I keep leaving it in drive and wondering why I can't take out the key.

Conan > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/16/2015 at 08:09

I'm not sure what to do with my hands.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/16/2015 at 08:58

same with me. I also stomp the ground looking for the clutch. the worst part of driving my wifes Escape is remembering that it can;t handle off ramps at the same speed as the WRX