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Badger wrote:
>
> Even worse when you approach the same line in the auto, think you are in a
> manual, and your left foot hits the brake hard, thinking it's the clutch!
> Not that I'm admitting to have done this, you understand.

Me neither, and I won't admit to having done it a 50mph looking to
change gear either, but I understand the results are somewhat exciting .


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On or around Sun, 05 Sep 2004 08:45:15 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Badger wrote:
>>
>> Even worse when you approach the same line in the auto, think you are in a
>> manual, and your left foot hits the brake hard, thinking it's the clutch!
>> Not that I'm admitting to have done this, you understand.
>
>Me neither, and I won't admit to having done it a 50mph looking to
>change gear either, but I understand the results are somewhat exciting .

this is the big advantage of doing a conversion such as Mother and I did,
where you remove the clutch pedal. you don't get the big single brake
pedal, so the temptation to stand on it ain't there. It does make
left-foot-braking harder, but that's a questionable habit if you drive a
mixture of manuals and autos anyway.

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> this is the big advantage of doing a conversion such as Mother and I did,
> where you remove the clutch pedal. you don't get the big single brake
> pedal, so the temptation to stand on it ain't there. It does make
> left-foot-braking harder, but that's a questionable habit if you drive a
> mixture of manuals and autos anyway.

Never felt the need for Left Foot barking myself. Although the insurance
have sent me a Peugeot 206 to keep me happy till the assessor gets here one
day... I can left foot brake, clutch and accelerate all at once! It feels
abit like a 10 year old driving a 5 year olds pedal car.

Lee D

On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 09:34:57 +0100, Tim Hobbs
<[email protected]> wrote:

>You haven't crashed it already have you...

Stalled - only once ;-)


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In article <[email protected]>, austin@ddol-las.
fsnet.co.uk (Austin Shackles) wrote:

> On or around Sun, 05 Sep 2004 08:45:15 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >Badger wrote:
> >>
> >> Even worse when you approach the same line in the auto, think you
> > are in a
> >> manual, and your left foot hits the brake hard, thinking it's the
> > clutch!
> >> Not that I'm admitting to have done this, you understand.
> >
> >Me neither, and I won't admit to having done it a 50mph looking to
> >change gear either, but I understand the results are somewhat exciting
> .
>
> this is the big advantage of doing a conversion such as Mother and I
> did,
> where you remove the clutch pedal. you don't get the big single brake
> pedal, so the temptation to stand on it ain't there. It does make
> left-foot-braking harder, but that's a questionable habit if you drive a
> mixture of manuals and autos anyway.
>

Left foot braking is almost impossible in a 101 as the steering column is
in the way. Since damaging my ankle 10 years ago, I've always used left
foot braking on autos and change to manuals without conscious thought. It
becomes instinctive.

My 130 is a manual to auto conversion with the clutch pedal removed.

Malcolm