Maybe we'll go through WindemereI'll wave to you from the bridge at Jct 40 on the M6, while you sit for an hour or so!

(I'll actually do what Google says ... just hope via Whitehaven or Carlisle aren't the best recommendations

Maybe we'll go through WindemereI'll wave to you from the bridge at Jct 40 on the M6, while you sit for an hour or so!
Try Waze.I'll actually do what Google says
As usual, "most" requires more evidence than hearsay.Most autos and EVs are set up by default to give similar engine braking to a manual.
It is deprecated, and no longer taught*. These days, instruction is to only change down when about to apply power, changing to the correct gear for the speed at the time. Brake wear is routine maintenance, gearbox and clutch wear is not. Besides, my driving style is to lift off in good time...Bear in mind that few people work down the gears these days (I think it's actually been deprecated in some advice)
Not so, I think you've been brainwashed the other way. With appropriate anticipation I minimise brake wear and therefore maximise MPG. My automatic experience does not replicate this, where braking has been found necessary to prevent run-away. (Note this was in proper autos, not computer-controlled gearbox-with-clutch.) There is only no engine braking if the clutch is depressed (or the gearbox is in neutral), and coasting with the clutch disengaged (or out of gear) would be a test failure.so much of the time manual drivers have no engine braking at all.
I used to use it but ditched it as it became crap and went to Google. That is also crap, often sending you straight into a big jam. I'm just going to use my own judgement using these things as a loose guide. I wish I'd ignored it last Thu. - I nearly did.Try Waze.
I tried it once or twice and nearly ended up through the windscreen. I guess most people are similar. I don't see the problem with using right only.the left foot is supposed to remain on the brake pedal
People who are used to manual, yes. That's why I advise against it if the person concerned is elderly and thinking of converting to make things easier.I tried it once or twice and nearly ended up through the windscreen. I guess most people are similar.
You might get away with that in a computerised manual, but you only have to check out YouTube for runaway auto accidents to understand that there is a problem. The correct technique for automatics is right foot on gas and left foot on brake.I don't see the problem with using right only.
These days, instruction is to only change down when about to apply power
So how exactly do you slow from, say, 40 mph in 4th gear down to 5 mph (for a turning) without changing gear or depressing the clutch?There is only no engine braking if the clutch is depressed (or the gearbox is in neutral)
That is the biggest load of cobblers I've seen for a while. I never use my left foot for braking, except for a hold when stopped, for exactly this reason:In order to maintain proper control of an automatic, the left foot is supposed to remain on the brake pedal – because the driver is not otherwise in full control and might need to impede unexpected forward motion at any moment.
I tried it once or twice and nearly ended up through the windscreen. I guess most people are similar. I don't see the problem with using right only.
I agree with your points here, especially about the muscle memory regarding left and right foot.That is the biggest load of cobblers I've seen for a while. I never use my left foot for braking, except for a hold when stopped, for exactly this reason:
If you drive a manual (and I still have to sometimes) the muscle memory for the left foot is quick down, slow up, For the right foot it's slow down, quick up. And with modern cars the amount of force is substantially different too. Trying to change that programming on the fly is hard.
And how is having the left foot on the brake being more in control? In a manual car you have to move from throttle to brake, so doing the same in an auto is exactly the same.
If you never drive manual then using both feet is optional - my wife does this. But when she was teaching her son to drive (in an auto obvs) they were approaching a roundabout at speed when he yelled "It's not slowing down". Fortunately she realised he was pressing both brake and throttle! As he was going to eventually move to manual for his test I told him just to use his right foot for brake and throttle. All fine after that.
I said you're not allowed to coast out of gear, I didn't say you are not allowed to change gear. Applying the brake is not coasting, coasting is when there is no mechanical control over the motion of the vehicle.So how exactly do you slow from, say, 40 mph in 4th gear down to 5 mph (for a turning) without changing gear or depressing the clutch?
Just google it. Left foot braking is safer in automatics, if you can master it. Rally drivers use left and right foot braking in manuals.That is the biggest load of cobblers I've seen for a while. I never use my left foot for braking
I understood the wisdom is/was to be in the appropriate gear for your speed and the road conditions. It's a while since I last drove any car (cost, not a ban!), but I always used to change down on the approach to a roundabout, as I was slowing, to utilise some engine braking and to be more responsive if I don't have to give way. Having never driven an automatic I have no idea how that would translate. I'd have to drive an automatic to find if BH's left foot on brake is a good idea. Instinctively, I'd say not. However, as someone near me once had a car creep forward and take out the back wall of a garage, I'd never say never!So how exactly do you slow from, say, 40 mph in 4th gear down to 5 mph (for a turning) without changing gear or depressing the clutch?
Maybe we'll go through Windemere![]()
That'll be the so-called police advanced drivers that don't follow the police driving recommendations.I'm talking about correct regulation driving. I've even seen police cars with brake lights on when stationary and facing uphill.
Left foot braking takes skill and practise. It's fine if you're in Motorsport. They aren't many cars going the opposite direction. You can practice on track - the professionals behind will anticipate your manoeuvres from the pace and placement of your car. You don't get that in real life - just impatient people everywhere. Also if anything goes wrong, the very expensive race car has roll cage, fire suppression and marshalls to help. That's Motorsport. You're trying to keep the car going forward as fast as you can with minimal loss of speed by braking or taking corners. Rally drivers also cut corners and go off road. Maybe the general public should do those as well?..Just google it. Left foot braking is safer in automatics, if you can master it. Rally drivers use left and right foot braking in manuals.
I drive a manual car and an automatic work van and use right foot braking for both. I also go karting for which you have to use left foot braking. I seem to automatically know which foot to use for what depending on what I am driving. Call it contextual muscle memory.I said you're not allowed to coast out of gear, I didn't say you are not allowed to change gear. Applying the brake is not coasting, coasting is when there is no mechanical control over the motion of the vehicle.
I'm not talking about what the typical sloppy driver does, I'm talking about correct regulation driving. I've even seen police cars with brake lights on when stationary and facing uphill.
Just google it. Left foot braking is safer in automatics, if you can master it. Rally drivers use left and right foot braking in manuals.
The results suggest this is to do with manoeuvring in a confined space at very slow speed where stabbing the brake doesn't matter. In fact I sometimes do this putting swmbo's car away as there is a lip at the garage door needing a bit of power to get over, and her transmission is a little grabby.Just google it. Left foot braking is safer in automatics
Crikey, I thought that was a thing of the past and there was now a consensus off left for lights, right for wipers. Is one of those vehicles quite old?I have more of a problem sometimes mixing up the light control stalk and the wiper stalk between the car and the van as they are on opposite sides
But nonetheless not the bullshit you claimed. If you only drive automatics, and do not have to switch between manual and automatic, then left foot braking is the best way. Anyone driving an automatic, even occasionally, needs to be at least aware of it.The results suggest this is to do with manoeuvring in a confined space at very slow speed where stabbing the brake doesn't matter.
I had occasion and opportunity to speak to a driver in a supermarket car park, who was signalling right for left and left for right. Turns out he'd changed cars and the indicator stalk had swapped sides, but he didn't realise the stalk operates in the same direction as you turn the steering wheel – he thought up is left and down is right (or vice versa) regardless of which side the stalk is!Crikey, I thought that was a thing of the past and there was now a consensus off left for lights, right for wipers. Is one of those vehicles quite old?
Everything I've driven in the last couple of decades has been left lights (or at least indicators and flash - one had a dash switch to select off/side/head), but I've certainly not driven every make.Is there a consensus which side the stalk is? I'm not at all sure about that.
Oh? My Mk4 Mondeo seems to have a decent 6 speed auto (yes it is a powershift version).Ford never seem to have got the hang of a decent auto other than the BW type ...
Yeah, but they also don't have a clutch, and have a gear stick that works the same way my automatic does when in manual mode....Rally drivers use left and right foot braking in manuals.